Apple will bet on “robots” for the smart home after the failure of the Apple Car

Canceling Apple Car would force Manzana Reformulate your strategy for developing future new products. This way you shift your attention to robotic devices for smart home. According to Mark Gurman, Cupertino already has at least two concepts in the early stages of experimentation and development.

Famous journalist Bloomberg indicates that Apple has created a desktop device specifically designed for video calling via FaceTime. The most innovative point of this gadget is its ability move your screen keep an eye on the person who is using it.

The second device designed for a smart home will be a robot that can follow users and move around the house independently. This Apple device was also planned to have video calling front and center. Although Cupertino residents would consider doing some household tasks such as washing dishes. However, the question of the feasibility of the latter will still be far from being resolved.

At first glance, Apple’s proposals for introducing robotics into a smart home may not seem too revolutionary. Amazon has been working on these types of concepts on existing devices such as Echo Show 10smart speaker with rotating screen and robot Amazon Astro. Although, of course, Tim Cook’s people could try to give Apple some flair.

Apple may adapt Apple Car technology for smart home

Gurman points out that the idea for an autonomous home robot was born out of Project Titan, the initiative responsible for the Apple Car, and even mentions that it was Doug Fielda former project manager currently working at Ford who promoted the opportunity in 2019.

Now that the Apple Car has been cancelled, some of the technology that was developed for it can be adapted for the smart home. It is mentioned that the car operating system, for example, could be implemented in home robots to improve their autonomous navigation. In addition, the report Bloomberg indicates that at least one former Apple Car engineer would have been transferred to the team in charge of these home prototypes.

In the case of the smart desktop screen, its development began to take shape several years ago. Apple’s intention is for the gadget’s panel to be able to track people’s movements during a video call, as well as imitate some of their gestures. For example, moving up and down when the user nodded his head during a conversation.

On the technical side, the most challenging thing about this product will be balancing the weight of the robotic display on a relatively small base. Although there will also be concerns within Apple that the device will be too expensive to interest potential buyers.

While the cancellation of the Apple Car would lead to greater attention on these smart home initiatives, Apple has not yet determined whether it plans to move these projects beyond the experimentation phase. According to Gurman, work on these robotic gadgets will be carried out within the hardware division of the artificial intelligence and machine learning group, which he heads. John Giannandrea.