Apple’s Expressive Robot Lamp Acts Like a Real-Life Pixar Mascot
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People have long been fascinating audiences with Luxo Jr. (The Luxo Jr.) are charming table lamps, who are on Pixar’s Capital I Jump into the production logo of Animation Studio and get disappointed at the beginning of each of its films. Luxo Jr. is a digital character, but
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A real-world robot has been created that looks like a Pixar Mascot coming to (artificial) life.Robot scientists and engineers detail the project in a shared paper Apple’s Machine Learning Research The location in January is the theme of human computer interaction. The post summarizes the study and includes a compelling video of a robot desk lamp.The prototype robot demonstrates various behaviors. It knocks on some wooden blocks like a naughty cat. It follows a book and as it moves, it always glows on the page. It reacts to a person waving it to show its turn. It behaves more like a cute and useful pet than a cold and computational robot.Read more: CES has a lot of robots: That’s why we don’t choose the people we likeDevelop expressive robotsThe paper is called Elegnt: Expression and functional motion design of non-artifact robots, Available on Arxiv. The open access research archive archive is studied prior to peer review and publication of the journal. This article details the framework that makes non-human robots fascinating and utilitarian.The researchers designed six different task schemes to see how users react to robots in purely functional ways, rather than robots expressed in expressions, as Luxo Jr. encountered on screen The same way. The comparison is worth noting. In tasks that require the robot to take a photo of the object, the feature machine mainly remains stationary and only responds directly to user input. The expressive robot sways its lampshade and “looks” the user as the user responds.In another task, the robot asked a question: “How is the weather today?” The expressive robot looked out the window, as if checking the conditions before answering. Despite the lack of human or animated faces, its movements and reactions elicit an emotional feeling. It’s cute, while the functional robot falls off as a stoic tool.Read more: We interviewed Aria, which is the $175,000 nearly human robot for CES 2025Nearly twenty participants watched videos of the robot completing the task and evaluated their views on the robot and their interactions with the people in the video. The paper found that “expression-driven movement significantly improves user engagement and perceived robot quality.” The positive perceptions are particularly strong in society-oriented tasks related to entertainment and dialogue.Pixar luxury niche.
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Outside Pixar’s headquarters is the company’s iconic logo giant Luxo lights. Daniel Terdiman/CNETThe prototype desk lamp was a deliberate choice. Researchers on Pixar Luxo Jr. in 1986. “Although mostly like a device, it combines subtle anthropomorphic elements such as the lamp head and the arms that connect the head to the stands – evoking the appearance of the head and neck,” the team wrote.According to Bloomberg Report last year. This could be a natural move for the tech giant, which has invested heavily in AI and introduced Apple Smart Enter iOS. Home robots can open up new avenues for hardware sales while leveraging companies’ work in AI and machine learning.Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Light Robot.The paper is a peek behind the curtains that Apple can drive in with the home robot. This robotic light is not only a piece of metal and plastic. It’s more like a companion than a machine. Watch the following: Apple’s Pixar Inspim Lamp Robot debuts
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