NEC announced an improved version of their “PaPeRo” robot, the “PaPeRo 2005.” While they failed to clarify what it is for, a number of things are specific: it has 8 microphones, has echo cancellation ...

Toshiba Corp. has developed two technologies that will enable robots to interact with several people at once as well as follow them around without bumping into them. The company wants to commercialize ...

It seems that another device has been cloned in China. This time, it isn't an iPhone or an Android tablet. Instead, a Chinese company has decided to produce a copy of the Japanese PaPeRo Robot. The ...

LAS VEGAS -- It wouldn’t be a Consumer Electronics Show if there weren’t robots hanging around. I saw my first one at the NEC booth. Papero is a cute little robot - of course it’s cute, it’s built in ...

Toshiba has developed two technologies that will enable robots to interact with several people at once as well as follow them around without bumping into them. The company wants to sell robots that ...