This week, Toyota revealed its Kirobo Mini robot. Clocking in at all of 10 centimetres in height, the little robot seems a marked departure from what the Japanese car manufacturer is most known for.

The tiny robot captures the spirit of one of the country's most famous cartoons. Sept. 5, 2013— -- "Good morning to everyone on Earth." These are among the first words said by Kirobo today, the ...

Three years ago a small robot called Kirobo blasted into space, headed for the International Space Station. When it arrived, the 34-cm-tall, Toyota-made android became best buddies with Japanese ...

TOKYO — Robotics, artificial intelligence and connectivity are the buzzwords of the day. So when Toyota Motor Corp. offered reporters in Japan a chance to take home its first retail-ready robot, the ...

It can get lonely in space, even for a robot. Kirobo, the Japanese humanoid robot who is modeled after Astro Boy, was developed to entertain astronauts in space. But now that the robot's trip home has ...

Toyota has developed a 4-inch-high robot companion named Kirobo Mini, which will roll out across Japan in 2017. It’s supposed to provide companionship to lonely oldsters in notoriously low-birthrate ...

The new robot from Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. can’t do much but chatter in a high-pitched voice. But the $390, 4-inch-tall, doll-like Kirobo Mini — whose name comes from “kibo,” or “hope,” ...

Kirobo was put through a series of zero-gravity and other safety tests before it was deemed ready for flight. Image posted June 27, 2013. Kibo Robot Project Call it one giant leap for robot kind: A ...

The world's first talking robot in space has uttered its first words in orbit, echoing famed moonwalking astronaut Neil Armstrong's "one small step" line, but this time for all robotkind. The small ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

The first human-robot conversation in space will take place later this year aboard the International Space Station. The chat will be between Kirobo, one of two humanoid communication robots developed ...

Kirobo - the first humanoid robot to be sent into space is doing a good job of keeping the astronauts entertained. Kirobo was sent up first but had to wait for Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata to ...