Smile coach Keiko Kawano teaches a man at a smile training course in Tokyo, June 22, 2023. Keiko Kawano's company Egaoiku, or 'Smiling Education', has seen an increase in demand as many people ...

In a groundbreaking procedure, a team from the University of Tokyo were able to make a robot smile by binding engineered skin tissue to the complex form of its head.

In Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, about 40 seniors attended a 90-minute session with Ms. Kawano in October, and many found that it improved their smiles, said Katsuyo Iwahashi, a town ...

Lifelike robots could be a step closer to reality with a new development from the University of Tokyo, where scientists have made a prototype with living skin capable of a "natural smile".

The soft, pink blob stares at the camera with glassy eyes — before pulling its face into a dimpled smile. While it might look like the stuff of nightmares, this tiny robot covered in living skin ...