According to IT insider Mark Gurman, Apple Inc. is creating an AI-powered home robot to help consumers with household duties.
Gurman claimed that the IT giant is testing personal robots for home usage and has specific teams working on these robotic companions.
While Apple has not publicly mentioned such a device, it is possible that it is in early phases of development.
Apple may potentially opt to drop the project entirely, as it has done with several other brilliant concepts in the past.
According to Tech Radar, Apple recently shelved ambitions to construct an autonomous automobile.
Apple is hardly the only tech juggernaut experimenting with household robots.
Amazon will debut Astro, a $1,600 household robot, in 2021. Astro is capable of moving around the house, conversing, and even bringing refreshments.
Similarly, Elon Musk’s Tesla has created Optimus, a humanoid robot meant to handle general-purpose duties like grocery shopping at supermarkets.
These discoveries point to a rising trend of technology corporations investing in robotic solutions for everyday living.