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

This prototype robot developed by Apple engineers and scientists was inspired by Pixar's mascot.

Apple researchers have unveiled an anthropomorphic lamp — think how Pixar's logo lamp is so human — and while it's a demonstration of general research, it does also suggest a new direction for ...

The paper, titled “ELEGNT: Expressive and Functional Movement Design for Non-Anthropomorphic ... a user asked the lamp for the weather.” There is even a clip of the expressive robot dancing along to ...

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 ...

They have also posted several videos showing the robot lamp in action. Many people have seen the movie called Luxo Jr., a short, animated film made by Pixar back in 1986. Luxo Jr. made an ...

Apple is widely believed to be working on two different robotics projects, both related to the Apple Home of the future. Here ...

There was once a time when Pixar was a near-perfect movie studio. Every film seemed to be both a critical darling and a box office smash. But few studios suffered at the hands of the global ...