Apple Eyes a Robot For Your Home

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Fresh off dumping its electric vehicles project, Apple appears to be pivoting to something fairly different: household robots. Engineers at the iPhone company have been working on some sort of “personal robotics” device that can cohabitate with you and follow you around, Bloomberg reported Thursday. So, basically a robo-roommate.

This product is reportedly still very much in the research and development phase and it is unclear whether it will ultimately be released. The report states that the company has also developed an “advanced table-top home device that uses robotics to move a display around” — which basically sounds like some sort of “responsive” TV screen.

These developments are occurring within Apple’s hardware engineering division, with collaboration from its machine-learning group, according to the report….Story continues…

By: Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo

Source: Apple eyes a robot for your home

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