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Tag: robotics

Venture capitalist says Tesla’s Optimus robot will eclipse Apple’s iPhone, predicts 1 billion robots by 2036

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 4:30 pmWednesday, August 26, 20266 Comments

Venture capitalist Jason Calacanis predicts Tesla will turn its Optimus humanoid robot into a product bigger than Apple’s iPhone…

Former Apple engineers launch Lyte, a ‘visual brain’ startup to improve robot vision

Monday, January 5, 2026 11:45 amMonday, January 5, 2026No Comments

Leading engineers from the team that developed Apple’s Face ID are launching a new robotics startup focused on advanced vision technology to…

Why Apple is a bigger threat to Tesla than Ford or GM

Thursday, October 16, 2025 5:06 pm5 Comments

Tesla manufactures vehicles, yet its primary rivals today appear less like traditional automakers such as General Motors or Ford, and more…

Apple said to demand suppliers switch to robotic production

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 8:55 amTuesday, September 2, 20253 Comments

Apple is rapidly expanding automation and robotics in its manufacturing supply chain, according to DigiTimes. Although Apple has pushed for…

Artificial intelligence is key to Apple’s push into robotics

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 5:06 pm2 Comments

Apple is reportedly developing a new robot designed to assist with household tasks, marking a significant expansion into AI-driven robotics…

Apple preps ambitious AI and smart home hardware-software roadmap

Monday, August 18, 2025 10:01 amMonday, August 18, 20253 Comments

Apple is developing an extensive hardware and software roadmap focused on artificial intelligence and smart home products, featuring…

Apple’s AI catchup plans include lifelike Siri, robots, and more

Thursday, August 14, 2025 8:55 amThursday, August 14, 20251 Comment

Apple is planning its artificial intelligence comeback with an ambitious slate of new devices, including robots, a lifelike version of Siri…

U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick: Assembling iPhones in America hinges on robots

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 4:28 pmTuesday, April 29, 202510 Comments

Lutnick revealed on CNBC that Apple is eager to bring iPhone manufacturing to the United States, but it hinges on advanced robotics…

Apple to strip not-so-secret robotics unit from struggling AI chief John Giannandrea

Friday, April 25, 2025 9:20 am3 Comments

Apple will transfer its not-so-secret robotics unit from the oversight of its struggling AI chief, John Giannandrea, to the hardware…

Apple robots likely won’t arrive until 2028 or later – Ming-Chi Kuo

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 11:44 am2 Comments

Apple is focusing on how users perceive robots rather than their physical design, emphasizing sensing hardware and software as key tech…

Apple explores mobile robots and humanoid machines

Monday, August 26, 2024 10:07 am2 Comments

Apple has been investigating the potential of robotics to enable its products to move independently. This ambitious project began around…

Apple said to have ‘several hundred’ working on a robot arm with attached iPad

Friday, August 16, 2024 4:50 pmFriday, August 16, 202417 Comments

Apple is reportedly interested in the home robotics market. The company has assembled a team of several hundred to develop…

Apple works to build better recycling robots

Monday, June 3, 2024 11:54 am1 Comment

Apple is working to transform how electronics are recycled with a robot named “Daisy” that disassembles iPhone so that rare earth and…

Secret Zurich lab may be key to development of Apple Car, Apple Headset, and more

Thursday, May 25, 2023 9:00 amNo Comments

After researching Apple’s efforts in Zurich, Switzerland for over four years, meticulously following Apple’s recruitment efforts and…

Apple to invest $1 billion in India, plans to begin export of ‘Made in India’ iPhones across the world

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 9:59 am7 Comments

As Apple plans to begin exporting ‘Made in India’ iPhones across the world, the California-based company is set invest some $1 billion in India…

Inside the most ambitious push yet to make iPhones outside China

Thursday, August 29, 2019 10:30 amNo Comments

Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., opened its first India factory four years ago. It now operates two assembly plants, with plans to expand those and open two more…

Designed by Apple, built by robots

Thursday, March 7, 2019 12:48 pm17 Comments

Designed in California, Made by Robots…

New Apple patents reveal work on next-gen LiDAR using VCSELs for 3D sensing systems

Thursday, November 29, 2018 4:24 pmNo Comments

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to improving…

Now would be the time for Apple to buy Tesla, and kick Elon Musk out of the driver’s seat

Tuesday, August 28, 2018 2:02 pmTuesday, August 28, 201813 Comments

Elon Musk has put an end to his idea to take Tesla private, but still has a tough road ahead…

Apple + Tesla is a fairy tale with a twist

Monday, August 27, 2018 11:28 amMonday, August 27, 20189 Comments

Apple and Tesla are single product visionaries. Single product visionaries create world-class consumer products…

Could Apple make a play for Tesla?

Friday, August 24, 2018 10:12 amFriday, August 24, 201840 Comments

Once every decade, there’s a seismic shift in technology…

President Trump may not spare Apple’s iPhone from trade war

Tuesday, July 24, 2018 3:05 pmTuesday, July 24, 201838 Comments

The phrase on the back of iPhones — ‘Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China’ — highlights a key reason…

iPhone assembler Foxconn’s billionaire CEO Terry Gou chafes at China’s ‘unreasonable’ overtime caps

Friday, June 22, 2018 9:27 amFriday, June 22, 20183 Comments

The billionaire chief of Foxconn Technology Group, Apple Inc.’s main iPhone assembler…

Robots will eradicate teen jobs

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 2:55 pmWednesday, April 11, 201826 Comments

The automation revolution is here and millions of human workers could be replaced by machines…

Designed in California. Assembled in China. How Apple’s iPhone skews U.S. trade deficit

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 10:25 am16 Comments

U.S. President Donald Trump often tweets from his iPhone about pressuring China to address its $375 billion trade surplus…

Stephen Hawking: A.I. could be ‘worst event in the history of our civilization’

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 9:25 amTuesday, November 7, 201732 Comments

The emergence of artificial intelligence could be the ‘worst event in the history of our civilization’…

Woz calls Steve Jobs ‘Trumpish,’ says we shouldn’t worry about robots taking over

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 9:32 amWednesday, October 11, 201735 Comments

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s wide-ranging discussion Tuesday night at Carnegie Music Hall…

Elon Musk: Robot software will make Tesla worth as much as Apple

Thursday, May 4, 2017 12:01 pmThursday, May 4, 201717 Comments

Elon Musk thinks his robot software can make Tesla Inc. worth as much as Apple Inc…

The depiction of robots in popular entertainment has destroyed our objectivity

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 3:02 pmTuesday, April 25, 201716 Comments

Of all the futuristic technologies that seem closer to becoming mainstream each day, robotics…

Apple CEO Tim Cook defends globalization, walks tightrope on privacy in rare public speech in China

Saturday, March 18, 2017 10:51 am42 Comments

Apple Inc.’s Chief Executive Tim Cook defended globalization in a rare public speech in China…

President Trump’s vision of massive U.S. Apple iPhone assembly hinges on robotics

Friday, March 17, 2017 9:22 amFriday, March 17, 201752 Comments

President Trump has visions of a massive Apple factory opening in the U.S. to churn out the latest iPhone…

Pegatron CEO: If President Trump institutes ‘Made in America’, we can build iPhones in U.S. – as long as Apple absorbs the costs

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 2:15 pmWednesday, April 20, 202265 Comments

Pegatron Corp., one of the two Taiwanese companies that assemble iPhones and iPads for Apple Inc…

Under pressure from President Trump, Apple CEO stresses commitment to U.S.; says company spent $50 billion last year with U.S. suppliers

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 2:02 pmWednesday, March 1, 201732 Comments

Apple spent roughly $50 billion last year at U.S.-based suppliers, Chief Executive Tim Cook said..

Advantech boss: China will suffer if President Trump makes good on vow to make Apple iPhones in America

Monday, February 13, 2017 9:59 amMonday, February 13, 201733 Comments

The Chinese economy could be hit hard if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his vow…

Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots; production rises by 250%, defects drop by 80%

Tuesday, February 7, 2017 11:01 amTuesday, February 7, 201732 Comments

After a factory in Dongguan, China, replaced most of its workers with robots, it witnessed a spectacular rise in productivity…

Can President Trump bring Apple iPhone factories back to America?

Saturday, February 4, 2017 10:17 am113 Comments

As President Donald Trump pushes U.S. companies to make more products in the U.S…

Foxconn has 10 lights-out production lines, aims to fully automate entire factories

Friday, December 30, 2016 9:55 am23 Comments

Foxconn Electronics is automating production at its factories in China in three phases…

California EPA settles with Apple on hazardous waste claims

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 3:57 pmTuesday, December 6, 20166 Comments

The California Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday said Apple Inc agreed to pay $450,000…

Apple iPhone production in the U.S.is actually straightforward and not expensive

Thursday, November 24, 2016 4:19 pm49 Comments

There is a misconception that the reason most electronic devices are manufactured in China is because of low labor costs…

President-elect Trump tells Apple CEO Tim Cook that he’d like to see Apple make products in the U.S.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 9:25 amWednesday, November 23, 201684 Comments

It’s a big thing, we’ll make the robots too. Right now we don’t make the robots. We don’t make anything. But we’re going to…

Could President Trump be the catalyst for an all-American iPhone?

Friday, November 18, 2016 11:37 am52 Comments

On the back of every iPhone are engraved the words…

Apple could make iPhones in the U.S.A. under President Trump, sources say

Thursday, November 17, 2016 12:00 pmThursday, November 17, 201635 Comments

Apple’s iPhones might one day soon carry “Made in America” labels…

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