This playful and charming robot inspired by Pixar's Luxo Jr. desk lamp was built by Apple robotics researchers.

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.

The basic logo is the word “Pixar.” But sometimes, an animated lamp named Luxo Jr. hops into the frame and jumps on the letter “i.” The lap exudes personality and represents Pixar’s ...

It’s hard to ignore the resemblance between ELEGNT and Pixar’s iconic desk lamp Luxo Jr., one of the most recognizable symbols of the animation studio. And indeed, the connection to Pixar is ...

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 ...

Both have the same design which looks pretty similar to the Pixar lamp a.k.a Luxo Jr. As a table top lamp, the Apple smart robot lamp is compact but its ‘arm’ means it can stretch far and move ...