Cult of Mac

Apple’s amazing desktop robot looks straight out of Pixar

Control the lamp naturally, using gestures in the air. Everybody loves Pixar’s beloved toy-lamp mascot, Luxo Jr., right? Apple just made a new lamp-like robot prototype that looks super similar. The ...
CNET on MSN

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 ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Meet ELEGNT: Apple’s new robot lamp that can dance and play with you

Apple has released a research paper and a video of what appears to be a new smart lamp that can dance and play with its human ...
AppleInsider

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. This isn't the first time ...
MacTech

Apple has prototyped a lamp-like robot with lifelike movements

As noted by MacRumors, Apple has prototyped a lamp-like robot with lifelike movements as shown in a post and video on the Apple Machine Learning Research website. The video shows the ...
Engadget

This six-legged lamp might help your kid with their homework

Unlike some of the robots we’ve seen at CES 2025, Mi-Mo doesn’t have a face, but it still looks a little familiar thanks to its resemblance to the iconic Pixar lamp. Mi-Mo is still just a prototype, ...
BGR

Apple Leaks Prototype Of Rumored Tabletop Robot With Lifelike Movement

Over the past year, we have heard several rumors about Apple's upcoming tabletop robot. While 2025 seems to be the year the company will finally bet on smart home devices, a team of robotics ...
Cult of Mac

Apple’s ‘Pixar Lamp’ robot could feature a human-like Siri

Control the lamp naturally, using gestures in the air. Apple plans an ambitious return to artificial intelligence hardware with a slate of new devices, headlined by a tabletop robot designed to serve ...
AppleInsider

Apple's robot Pixar lamp, iPhone SE 4, and Apple TV+ on Android, on the AppleInsider Podcast

Apple has shown us a peek into the long term future with its Pixar-like robot, a peek into the very near future with the iPhone SE 4, and just maybe an alternative future where it makes all its apps ...
9to5Mac

Apple’s planned robot products won’t launch before 2028, per Kuo

Last week, an Apple-made robot lamp video circulated, giving us a sneak peek into how fascinating a future robot product could be. Today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has chimed in with the latest status of ...
The Verge

What if Apple’s expressive Pixar-style lamp could follow you around?

Last month it was revealed that an Apple research team had developed an expressive robot lamp seemingly inspired by Pixar’s Luxo Jr. mascot. Although highly-articulated, Apple’s robot wasn’t mobile, ...