Apple has released a research paper and video detailing a smart robot lamp. With a Pixar-style design, Apple has developed two robot models to complete everyday tasks, including play music ...

Thirty nine years ago, the CG wizards at Pixar made us all believe a faceless desk lamp could be enormously expressive and incredibly cute. Apple, with its mind set on home robotics, shows us how ...

Apple robotics researchers built a playful and charming robot inspired by Pixar's Luxo Jr. desk lamp, and it's hard not ... it always shines light on the pages. It reacts to a person who's waving ...

Apple engineers are developing an AI-powered lamp with a Pixar-inspired design. This innovative device explores the future of human-computer interaction, offering expressive movements and personalized ...

has been brightening up every Pixar film since ... find the video on this page over on Apple's site, as well as in the X post embedded below. As you'll see, the robot lamp is equipped with a ...

Pixar’s Luxo Jr. has been a staple of the studio ... For example, a person who wants the lamp to illuminate something has to wave at it to get its attention, and then it swivels its “head ...

Since Pixar first debuted in an eponymous 1985 short film, the Luxo Jr. lamp has served as the animation studio’s long-time mascot. For its research, Apple, too, chose a lamp for its own “non ...

Not that Apple is explicitly developing this particular Pixar-style lamp for our homes. It’s hard to see how a lamp robot without a screen would be able to serve all of those purposes ...

Kevin Lynch, Apple’s vice president of technology, is reportedly handling the home robotics project. With the “expressive” tabletop robot, Apple pays homage to the Luxo Jr. lamp, which has served as ...