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 is reportedly developing a tabletop robot with lifelike, anime-style movements, signaling a potential AI-powered home ...

Apple robotics researchers built a playful and charming robot inspired by Pixar's Luxo Jr. desk lamp, and it's hard not to fall in love. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...

Summary: Apple has been making strides in innovation and product updates, with a Pixar-style robot prototype and a new iPhone ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The rumors that Apple is developing a home robot don’t seem so unfounded, given the new development of its research division. The device, which somewhat resembles the lamp from the Pixar screensaver, ...