San Francisco, August 26: US tech giant Apple has started exploring robotics beyond its traditional smartphones, laptops, smartwatches and other tech gadgets. At its experimental stage, Apple would unveil its new robot soon globally but it would take time for development. Robotics holds a future of opportunities for the company to explore technologies beyond the iPhones, Vision Pro and other projects.

After the cancellation of its self-driving car project, Apple's new venture of humanoid robots could help it gain its foothold in the tech market. The US-based company is also planning to introduce its new iPhone 16 lineup powered by the new powerful processor and Apple Intelligence reportedly on September 10, 2024. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple products, including iPhones, Apple TVs, iPads, Macs and others are woven into the lives of the customers. Apple September 10 Launch Event: Tech Giant To Introduce iPhone 16 Lineup, Apple Watch Series 10 and AirPods Next Month, Say Report.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman on Apple Exploring Robotics

From watching TV shows and movies to enjoying music and getting health-related updates, Apple products have made a remarkable mark on its customers. The report mentioned despite Apple's autonomous car project got cancelled, the company would likely thrive on a giant rolling robot. The tech company started exploring the idea of robotics around 2020. Recently, there were reports about Apple experimenting on a tabletop robot with having iPad-like display and a robotic arm, codenamed "J595". Meta Scraps Its Plans To Launch Premium VR Headset by 2027 To Compete Against Apple Vision Pro: Reports.

According to Bloomberg, with robotics, Apple aims to solve first-world problems. Due to advancements in artificial intelligence and technology, robots may allow people to do more than just basic tasks but also help in video-conferencing, browsing recipes and more. The report added that the company was also working on another humanlike interface beyond the Siri assistant used by the Apple devices. It would be based on generative AI and run on the tabletop product and other future products that the company brings. Despite all these, the robot market, as per the report, is not promising today and is also expensive. However, that could change in the future.

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