Apple unveils ELEGNT – a research robot designed as an interactive lamp that successfully combines advanced technology with emotional expression.

Both robots are desk-style lamps on an articulating arm, with what appears to be an LED light, camera, speaker, and projector built in. They respond to gestures and voice commands and have a voice ...

Apple robotics researchers built a playful and charming robot inspired by Pixar's Luxo Jr. desk lamp, and it's hard not to ...

Apple offered up more insight into its consumer robotics work via a research paper that argues that traits like expressive ...

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 ...

Pixar has long charmed audiences with Luxo Jr., the charismatic desk lamp who hops onto the capital ... for hardware sales while leveraging the company's work in AI and machine learning.

has been brightening up every Pixar film since 1995, when the anthropomorphic desk lamp first appeared on screen ... We'll have to wait and see if the company really puts these technologies ...

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 ...

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 ...