Apple Teases A Robot Lamp

Apple's Expressive Robot Lamp Acts Like a Real-Life Pixar Mascot
Pixar has long charmed audiences with Luxo Jr., the charismatic desk lamp who hops onto the capital I in PIXAR as the animation studio's production logo unspools at the start of each of its films. Luxo Jr.
Apple's Pixar-like lamp-bot proves machines can be friendly
Luxo Jr. has been brightening up every Pixar film since 1995, when the anthropomorphic desk lamp first appeared on screen and stomped on the animation studio's logo in its opening credits. This character has now inspired researchers at Apple who have developed ways to make robots more expressive,
Apple is working on a 'lifelike' robot lamp, and it's just as cute as you'd expect
Apple Machine Learning Research has released a short video and a twelve-page accompanying paper showcasing the importance of human-like movement in its prototyped robot.
Apple experiments with lamp-like robot ELEGNT that uses ‘cute’ movements for better engagement
ELEGNT: Expressive and Functional Movement Design for Non-anthropomorphic Robot,’ is credited to Apple’s Yuhan Hu, Peide Huang, Mouli Sivapurapu, and Jian Zhang.
Like Luxo Jr.: Apple researchers develop lamp robot
Apple does not normally reveal what the company is working on. An AI research team has now shown a robot prototype – including a study and video.
This Pixar-style dancing lamp hints at Apple’s future home robot
We’ve got more evidence that Apple is developing a tabletop robot for the home, courtesy of a blog post published on Apple’s Machine Learning Research site. First spotted by MacRumors, the post summarizes a paper by an Apple research team that developed a robot with expressive movements to see how much more engaging it is than a standard robot.
Apple just built an adorable robot lamp, a sneak peek into robotics work
Apple has published a video of its robot lamp prototype, and explained its design philosophy for a different approach to robots.
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Apple prototypes tabletop robot: sits on your desk to help you out, with rumored launch in 2027
Apple robotics researchers show off a prototype tabletop tobot with lifelike movement, helps you out on your desk, with a rumored 2027 launch.
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