Apple Exploring 'Mobile Robot' That 'Follows Users Around Their Homes'

[LV426]

I've got one of those. It's called a cat.

 

[BB1970]

All I keep thinking about is this.

 

[Born Again]

guys laugh now but apple will create robots that help us around the household.

it's just a matter of a hundred years is my guess.

 

[JordanCautious]

Now this is actually pretty interesting. But since it’s Gurman, it’s not a reliable source 🤷‍♂️

 

[scrapesleon]

You thought Siri on the phone was bad wait till you try this

 

[jonnysods]

The robot is already in our pocket - not sure what this little thing would do?

 

[H.E. Pennypacker]

Ambitious mockup lol. It'll probably be more similar to a HomePod on wheels.

I actually used DALL-E to try to create a mockup and I think it'll be close to this. A bit similar to Amazon's Astro.

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This was done by chat GPT.

 

[macrumors3131]

Now don't laugh at this, ok. I want Apple to make a cleaning robot, like a Roomba mixed with thinking outside the box.

 

[Siliconguy]

So, in other words, they are developing a dog.

0r possibly a cat. It depends how much of the time it spends sleeping/recharging.
Does it deliver dead rodents to your bed?

 

[SoldOnApple]

Thanks for wasting another gigawatt of electricity and 10 liters of cooling water to show us what our brain was already trying not to imagine.

More like 0.01 to 0.29 kilowatt-hours (kWh), or about what it takes to run a fridge for 30 minutes https://mcengkuru.medium.com/the-hi...ts that creating a,on its size and efficiency.

 

[Naraxus]

What? you would not a real life Wall-E following you around?

While I'd love a Wall-E, if Apple ever gets around to making this in my lifetime I'll be an Apple customer for life

 

[okieoutwest]

No one here seems to have heard of Everyday Robots. The entire project team was laid off a year or two ago now but it did this and more.

 

[MNJohn]

Apple is exploring various "personal robotics" projects in an effort to create its "next big thing," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

Amazon's Astro robot​

One of these projects is described as a "mobile robot" that would "follow users around their homes," while another is said to be an "advanced table-top home device that uses robotics to move a display around":Apple is investigating the use of AI algorithms that would help robots "navigate cluttered spaces within people's homes," the report says. Apple has apparently wanted to create robots that can "handle chores, like cleaning dishes in a sink," but Gurman said this feat is unlikely this decade due to "extraordinarily difficult engineering challenges."

Apple's home robot could compete with the likes of Amazon's Astro, which serves as a mobile virtual assistant and provides home security monitoring.

As for the table-top device, Gurman said one idea was for its display to "mimic the head movements" of a person on a FaceTime video call. However, he said Apple has faced technical challenges related to "balancing the weight of a robotic motor on a small stand," and some Apple executives have apparently debated whether to develop such a device.

The robotics projects are said to be in the very early stages of research, and it is unclear if any of them will ever be released to the public. For now, these are just moonshot ideas, but they are fascinating ones to learn about.

Article Link: Apple Exploring 'Mobile Robot' That 'Follows Users Around Their Homes'

Should be named "Newton 2"

 

[August West]

 

[randomthoughts]

While I'd love a Wall-E, if Apple ever gets around to making this in my lifetime I'll be an Apple customer for life

If it means I have to be a fat person glued to a hover chair unaware of my surrounding and derping to a screen in front of me, count me out.

 

[UltimaKilo]

guys laugh now but apple will create robots that help us around the household.

it's just a matter of a hundred years is my guess.

We will likely see that within the next 25 years.

 

[CapitalIdea]

It is probably something like an iPad display on a HomePod swivel base, and the sweatboys turn that into “a robot that follow you around” for desperate clicks.

 

[wbeasley]

Lmao.

Us in 10 years.

Siri: Shut off the iRobot.

Siri: I do not understand. Please repeat.

I can’t wait for the Android iRobots vs Apple iRobots fights.

you wont have to wait... the fights will start in the comments section here first

 

[CrysisDeu]

Quick! Cancel it before it's too late!!

 

[HMI]

Ambitious mockup lol. It'll probably be more similar to a HomePod on wheels.

User: "Hey Siri, when is my next appointment?
Siri: "Who is speaking? You can change settings in the Home app."

 

[BornAgainMac]

I want Apple to build a A-800. A protector machine.

 

[VisceralRealist]

Oh geez, they're already planning the next CEO's "iPhone moment".

 

[FoxyKaye]

I want Apple to build a A-800. A protector machine.

You mean a T-800?

Amazon pitches its little robot as a security device, and I keep thinking that it would be defeated by several heavy blankets piled on top of it.

 

[NMBob]

Well maybe the cat will be able to go for a ride.

 

[dannyyankou]

User: "Hey Siri, when is my next appointment?
Siri: "Who is speaking? You can change settings in the Home app."

I've had this issue for the longest time. I think either Apple fixed it or I changed a setting because it hasn't happened in about a year, but that was the most annoying bug ever.