NEC held another PaPeRo workshop, this time at Tsuda College for Women.

Robots appeared at the Int’l Modern Hospital Show 2010 in the “Future of Rehabilitation Care” section.

NEC is leveraging years of R&D in robotics to augment their self-checkout system.

Unfortunately they aren’t for sale.

ATR is developing a smart network that combines cameras, sensors, and robots to create an assisted living platform. The system could be used in shopping malls and other areas.