Apple According to reports, humanoids and non-humanoid robots for smart home applications are reported.
Researching the company takes into account a number of possible robot systems, from simple to complex humanoids, techcrunch reported Wednesday (February 12), citing A post On X from Apple Analyst Ming chi kuo.
Apple did not immediately answer the request from Pymnts by comment.
In his post, Kuo said that the products are in the POC phase of the Proof-of-Concept (POC) at Apple and that the mass production of potential Apple robots would probably not begin at any time before 2028.
Kuo added that POC “Apple's tests Ground” is and that many projects – like the Apple Car – do not go beyond this phase.
Speaking of robots, Kuo said in the post: “While the industries discuss the merits of Humanoid compared to non-humanoid design, the reviews of the supply chain indicate that Apple is more about how users build up perception with robots than with theirs Physical appearance (Apple uses anthropomorphic instead of humanoid) serves the implied detection of hardware and software as nuclear technologies. “
It was reported in April that Apple was considering entering the personal robotics Market when it was looking for new growth opportunities after the end of the electric vehicle project.
A project that the company explored was a mobile robot for use in houses, while another was a tabletop device with a display that can be moved with robotics.
It was reported February 3 that Openai mentioned robot In a brand application – together with several other product lines that would be new for the company for artificial intelligence, the company began setting a new robotics team.
Cuff said in January that it works Avride bring to robot Delivery to the American college campus. The program, already available at Ohio State, let the students of the Grubhub partner universities order meals, snacks And Comfort article on delivery via robot.
German technology company Sereal said in January that it collected 26 million US dollars for his efforts to create AI solutions for additional robot Platforms, including humanoids and mobile robots, who perform more complicated tasks beyond logistics and production. The company already produces Vision Language Action Models with which robots can understand their environments in real time and adapt to their environments.