Giant robots aren't science fiction anymore — Japan just made them real. Meet ARCHAX: a 4.5-meter piloted humanoid robot built by Tsubame Industries for the jobs too dangerous for humans. This isn't anime. It's industrial engineering at its finest. Step inside the cockpit and you're surrounded by nine cameras giving you 360° vision. Control the robot with force-feedback systems that let you feel exactly how hard you're gripping. With 26 degrees of freedom, ARCHAX moves like a mechanical extensio

Humanoid robots showed off rescue skills, dance moves and household tasks at Tokyo’s 2025 International Robot Exhibition, where developers from Japan and China highlighted rapid software gains and future uses in disaster zones and daily life. | Reuters