Its a machine thats immediately reminiscent of Pixars mascotLuxo Jr.,and its somehow just as cute.
Engineers gestured to get the lamp to move forward or look in a particular direction.
Apple calls this framework ELEGNT, a clumsy acronym for expressive and functional movement design for non-anthropomorphic robot.
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You know what, Apple may be on the money here.
The expressive robot is far more entertaining than one that merely does what you tell it to.
In another part of the video, a user asked the lamp for the weather.
The tricky thing is to make it functional while still having the so-called attitude.
No matter what, the bot is still just playing pretend.
The arm is supposed to follow you and respond to you, hands free with the help of AI.
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