TOKYO, Japan (CBSMiami) -- Japan's first Robot Café opened its doors to the media on Tuesday with a robot replacing the barista to serve coffee to customers. It's called "Henn-na Café," which means ...

Being waited on by robot is something that we all imagine might be possible in the distant future, but one cafe in Tokyo is already offering just that… with a twist. As Fast Company reports, a visit ...

A new Tokyo cafe is staffed by robots that are remotely controlled by people with severe physical disabilities. The cafe stems from a collaboration between the Nippon Foundation, ANA Holdings Inc., ...

Japan is running out of workers. With an unemployment rate of just 2.5 per cent, a rapidly ageing population and declining birth rate, finding enough people to fill roles as taxi drivers, baristas and ...

At a Tokyo cafe, Michio Imai greets a customer, but not in person. He’s hundreds of kilometres away, operating a robot waiter. At a Tokyo cafe, Michio Imai greets a customer, but not in person. He’s ...

Photographer Sachyn Mital recently returned from a visit to Tokyo, where he had the good fortune to spend an hour inside an utterly surreal "Robot Restaurant." Here's what he witnessed: Tokyo has far ...

Robots in this anime-inspired, pop-up cafe are allowing people with ALS and spinal-cord injuries to work short-term. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots.

Masato Nagahiro and an OriHime avatar robot he remotely controls using a computer are seen in a photo provided by the individual. TOKYO -- A single encounter can change a life. For 30-year-old Masato ...

The sole purpose of some tourist attractions is to entertain. Within the wellness industry, the aim is to pamper. But a cafe in Tokyo has a rather loftier goal: to eliminate loneliness from the human ...

Being waited on by robot is something that we all imagine might be possible in the distant future, but one cafe in Tokyo is already offering just that… with a twist. As Fast Company reports, a visit ...