Apple engineers have been looking into a robot that can follow users around their homes, as well as a tabletop device that uses robotics to adjust a display screen, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the skunkworks team.Engineers at Apple have been looking into a robot that can follow users around their homes and a tabletop device that uses robotics to adjust a display screen, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the research team.
The company's hardware engineering division and its AI and machine learning group are overseeing the work on personal robotics, Bloomberg reported. The work on personal home robots is still in the early research and development phase, according to the report.Amazon introduced its $1,600 Astro home robot in 2021, which is essentially a smart display on wheels that can answer Alexa commands.