Whiz, the latest vacuum from SoftBank Robotics isn't nearly as charming as Pepper or its tiny counterpart NAO, but it's certainly more practical. Today in Las Vegas at the ISSA trade show for the ...

But the Japanese giant has other projects in the works, too. Whiz is the company's newly released robot vacuum. SoftBank calls it a "fully autonomous vacuum sweeper," similar to a Roomba ...

Its 2015 acquisition of Aldebaran didn’t go as smoothly as SoftBank hoped. At the time, the French robotics startup was best known for its Nao, which had become a fairly ubiquitous presence in ...

SoftBank is backing Japanese robotics startup Telexistence, making good on the tech giant’s recent pledge to go back on the investment offensive in light of the current AI hype. Tokyo-based ...

The best self-emptying robot vacuums have one huge perk past the obvious act of vacuuming the floor for you. (Spoiler alert: It's in the name.) When you outsource vacuuming to a robot, your floors ...