When you're a super cute blushing robot, humans will let you get away with murder. Especially if the thing you're killing is dying a slow death anyway. NEC in Japan developed its Partner-type Personal ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. NEC has written an Android app that allows you to control its PaPeRo robot from a tablet device. NEC has written ...

PaPeRo robot nanny is the latest in a series of robots for the home; NEC and telecommunications giant NTT came together to offer this one to a nation's children. PaPeRo has a built-in mobile phone; ...

As a huge conglomerate, NEC is active in a lot of areas. But unknown to many people outside Japan, the company is quite aggressive in the robotics field, too. Their PaPeRo, a cute helper robot, for ...

The guys and gals at NEC's research and development division can have a bit of fun, you know. One such project is what NEC terms as PaPeRo (Partner-type Personal Robot). The first PaPeRo prototype was ...

We may have a soft spot for NEC's PaPeRo robot because of his endearingly huge eyes and squat little body, but the Japanese company's latest research suggests that the companion 'bot does in fact have ...

Forty-five East House clients will take part in a two-week enrichment program on June 3-6 and June 10-13 at Rochester Institute of Technology. This program is designed to encourage participants, who ...

NEC may have finally found a use for a robot that's been "twiddling its thumbs" since the 1990s. The coffeemaker-sized PaPeRo robot has communication skills and cute looks, but NEC has struggled to ...

China-based JUST GOOD Technology Corp. and UNIS Corp. must really like the PaPeRo, NEC’s super-cute mini robot that was first shown to the public back in 1997. Or how else can you explain the ...