>It’s unavoidable. Progress in robotics is supported by work from universities and research facilities, along with behind-the-scenes corporate projects. For the past several years, many robotics companies have faced difficulties hiring quickly enough to support release timelines that have accelerated in the age of generative AI. Publishing research for the public to read is a great resource for recruiting engineers.
>Kuo suggests that the research paper’s use of the “non-anthropomorphic” qualifier is designed to distinguish the robot from humanoid research.
>“While the industry debates the merits of humanoid vs. non-humanoid designs,” he writes, “supply chain checks indicate Apple cares more about how users build perception with robots than their physical appearance … implying sensing hardware and software serve as the core technologies.”
Now everybody is making humanoid robots. I’m less inclined to believe Apple will try to do this.
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Could you imagine an Apple humanoid… getting slower as it ages. But being able to buy it an Apple “walker” in its later years.
Little Apple hearing aids. Re branded air pods.
You’d have to buy it a special apple watch so you could monitor it. The apple accessory store would be amazing to Apple people.
If you want it to be able to go outdoors, it needs to have apple shoes.
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If I were Tim Apple, I would be running face first full speed into releasing the first consumer priced robotic assistant
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>What makes robots unique compared to other early-stage Apple projects — such as a rumored[ foldable iPhone](https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/15/apple-reportedly-developing-foldable-iphone-and-ipad/) — is the level of transparency from the notoriously tight-lipped Apple. (This is the same company that, as part of a legal settlement, recently demanded a public apology from a former iOS engineer[ who leaked details](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/ex-apple-engineer-issues-apology-after-lawsuit-over-journal-app-vision-pro-leaks-is-dismissed/) about the Vision Pro.)
>It’s unavoidable. Progress in robotics is supported by work from universities and research facilities, along with behind-the-scenes corporate projects. For the past several years, many robotics companies have faced difficulties hiring quickly enough to support release timelines that have accelerated in the age of generative AI. Publishing research for the public to read is a great resource for recruiting engineers.
>Kuo suggests that the research paper’s use of the “non-anthropomorphic” qualifier is designed to distinguish the robot from humanoid research.
>“While the industry debates the merits of humanoid vs. non-humanoid designs,” he writes, “supply chain checks indicate Apple cares more about how users build perception with robots than their physical appearance … implying sensing hardware and software serve as the core technologies.”
Everybody started making electric cars. So Apple said, “We can make the [Apple Car](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_car_project)”. That didn’t happen,
Now everybody is making humanoid robots. I’m less inclined to believe Apple will try to do this.
Could you imagine an Apple humanoid… getting slower as it ages. But being able to buy it an Apple “walker” in its later years.
Little Apple hearing aids. Re branded air pods.
You’d have to buy it a special apple watch so you could monitor it. The apple accessory store would be amazing to Apple people.
If you want it to be able to go outdoors, it needs to have apple shoes.
If I were Tim Apple, I would be running face first full speed into releasing the first consumer priced robotic assistant