Apple Explores Home Robotics as Potential ‘Next Big Thing’ After Car Fizzles
- The company has teams working on automated home devices
- The search is on for new growth sources after EV gets nixed
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Apple Inc. has teams investigating a push into personal robotics, a field with the potential to become one of the company’s ever-shifting “next big things,” according to people familiar with the situation.
Engineers at Apple have been exploring a mobile robot that can follow users around their homes, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the skunk-works project is private. The iPhone maker also has developed an advanced table-top home device that uses robotics to move a display around, they said.