This playful and charming robot inspired by Pixar's Luxo Jr. desk lamp was built by Apple robotics researchers.

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Last month it was revealed that an Apple research team had developed an expressive robot lamp seemingly inspired by Pixar’s Luxo Jr. mascot. Although highly-articulated, Apple’s robot wasn’t mobile, ...

Developed by Hengbot, Sparky isn’t just another quadruped robot, it’s a customizable, ultra-light companion built for entertainment and development. The company has confirmed that Sparky is ...

The post summarizes the research and includes an eye-catching video of a robot desk lamp in action. The prototype robot shows off a variety of behaviors. It knocks over some wooden blocks like a ...

Connie is the first hospitality robot of its kind to use IBM's powerful cognitive system, Watson, and it has some potentially powerful applications for assisting hotel front desk staff ...

Both robots are desk-style lamps set on top of an articulating arm. Complete specifications of the device have not been made public. However, from the footage, the versions appear to come with an ...