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Food delivery robot

A self-driving food delivery robot operated by Rakuten Group Inc. carrying food products runs on a public road in Tokyo during a media demonstration on Nov. 6, 2024.

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CHINA-INTELLIGENT CONNECTED VEHICLE TESTERS (CN)

(240713) -- TIANJIN, July 13, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Intelligent connected vehicle tester Zhang Cheng installs a braking robot in an intelligent connected vehicle before a test at an automobile inspection center in Tianjin, north China, June 19, 2024. Thanks to advances in electrification, networking, and intelligent transformation, along with progress in autonomous driving technologies, self-driving vehicles are gradually becoming a reality. As the industry develops, more professionals are becoming testers of self-driving vehicles. The profession "intelligent connected vehicle tester" was listed as one of 19 new professions by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security earlier this year. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-INTELLIGENT CONNECTED VEHICLE TESTERS (CN)

(240713) -- TIANJIN, July 13, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Intelligent connected vehicle tester Zhang Cheng installs a steering robot in an intelligent connected vehicle before a test at an automobile inspection center in Tianjin, north China, June 19, 2024. Thanks to advances in electrification, networking, and intelligent transformation, along with progress in autonomous driving technologies, self-driving vehicles are gradually becoming a reality. As the industry develops, more professionals are becoming testers of self-driving vehicles. The profession "intelligent connected vehicle tester" was listed as one of 19 new professions by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security earlier this year. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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Delivery robot in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, March 5 Kyodo -A self-driving robot delivers a food order in Tokyo on March 5, 2024. The operator of Uber Eats food delivery service in Japan and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. demonstrated the robot to the press a day before the launch of a delivery service using the robot available only in a limited area of central Tokyo.(Kyodo)

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Delivery robot in Tokyo

A self-driving robot waits at a traffic light on its way to deliver a food order in Tokyo on March 5, 2024. The operator of Uber Eats food delivery service in Japan and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. demonstrated the robot to the press a day before the launch of a delivery service using the robot available only in a limited area of central Tokyo.

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Delivery robot in Tokyo

A self-driving robot picks up a food order at a restaurant to deliver it in Tokyo on March 5, 2024. The operator of Uber Eats food delivery service in Japan and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. demonstrated the robot to the press a day before the launch of a delivery service using the robot available only in a limited area of central Tokyo.

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Delivery robot in Tokyo

A self-driving robot delivers a food order in Tokyo on March 5, 2024. The operator of Uber Eats food delivery service in Japan and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. demonstrated the robot to the press a day before the launch of a delivery service using the robot available only in a limited area of central Tokyo.

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CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH-BULLET TRAINS (CN)

(240126) -- BEIJING, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A robot checks a bullet train at a maintenance base in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 25, 2024. China officially ushered in its largest annual population migration on Friday, 15 days ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year, with record-breaking journey numbers expected. An estimated 9 billion passenger trips are likely to be made during the 2024 travel rush period, according to the country's transport ministry. Of the total, 7.2 billion trips or about 80 percent will be made by self-driving, while 1.8 billion trips will be made via railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation, the ministry said. China's railway operator on Friday said the country's railways are expected to handle 480 million passengers during this travel season, with an average of 12 million trips daily, an increase of 37.9 percent compared with the previous year. About 10.6 million train trips are expected to be made on Friday, the first day of the trave

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Guide robot at railroad station in southwestern Japan

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2023, shows a self-driving guide robot that Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co. introduced at Nishitetsu Fukuoka Tenjin Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on a trial basis.

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Guide robot at railroad station in southwestern Japan

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2023, shows a self-driving guide robot that Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co. introduced at Nishitetsu Fukuoka Tenjin Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on a trial basis.

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Delivery robot demonstration in Tokyo

Panasonic Holdings Corp.'s self-driving delivery robot demonstrates its abilities in Tokyo on March 27, 2023, ahead of a legal revision starting April that will allow autonomous robots access to public roads across Japan.

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New Year's greeting cards

Postal workers in a uniform worn by Meiji-era mailmen walk with a self-driving delivery robot in Tokyo to deliver New Year's greeting cards on Jan. 1, 2023.

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New Year's greeting cards

A self-driving delivery robot departs Tokyo's Nihombashi post office on Jan. 1, 2023, to deliver New Year's greeting cards following a ceremony attended by communications minister Takeaki Matsumoto.

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New Year's greeting cards

A postal worker in a uniform worn by Meiji-era mailmen delivers New Year's greeting cards together with a self-driving delivery robot in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2023.

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New Year's greeting cards

A postal worker (L) in a uniform worn by Meiji-era mailmen delivers New Year's greeting cards together with a self-driving delivery robot in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2023.

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Automated delivery robot

Japan Post Co.'s self-driving goods delivery robot RICE makes a test run in an office building in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 18, 2022.

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Self-driving robot in Tokyo

Photo taken April 22, 2022, shows a self-driving robot (front) that can move around in a crowd without bumping into people at the Haneda Innovation City facility in Tokyo.

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PM Kishida visits Fukushima city working on smart city scheme

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) observes delivery service using a self-driving robot during a visit to the Fukushima Prefecture city of Aizuwakamatsu, northeastern Japan, known for working on a smart city scheme, on Dec. 4, 2021. The central government has promoted a national digitalization project as part of its efforts to revitalize regional economies. (Pool photo)

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DeNA begins transportation service using self-driving bus

Japanese mobile internet company DeNA Co. shows its electric driverless bus produced by EasyMile, a French driverless technology startup, in Tokyo on July 7, 2016. The company said the same day it will begin a transportation service "Robot Shuttle" using the self-driving buses in a park next to a shopping mall in Chiba, east of Tokyo, next month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo venture to start testing delivery service robot

Photo taken July 13, 2017, shows a self-driving delivery robot developed by Tokyo-based venture ZMP Inc. The company will begin its field testing with an aim to provide an alternative to aerial drones in the door-to-door courier business as Japan faces a growing labor shortage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Self-driving delivery robot

Online retailing company Rakuten Inc. unveils a self-driving merchandize delivery robot in Yokosuka near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2020. Rakuten aims to commercialize the robot, capable of carrying food and other merchandize weighing up to 30 kilograms, in the first half of 2021 for delivery from supermarkets to individual homes.

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Self-driving delivery robot

Online retailing company Rakuten Inc. operates a self-driving merchandize delivery robot on a test basis on a public road in Yokosuka near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2020. Rakuten aims to commercialize the robot, capable of carrying food and other merchandize weighing up to 30 kilograms, in the first half of 2021 for delivery from supermarkets to individual homes.

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Self-driving mail delivery robot

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato (L) looks at Japan Post Co.'s self-driving mail delivery robot during a test run in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2020.

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Self-driving mail delivery robot

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato (L) looks at Japan Post Co.'s self-driving mail delivery robot during a test run in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2020.

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