The answer to this conundrum might be found in a 1986 Pixar short film called "Luxo Jr." For those unfamiliar with the ...

Human-like robots don't need humanoid bodies. They just need to be expressive. (Well, they don't need to be, but they will be ...

A team of engineers at Apple has developed an expressive table lamp that interacts with a user rather than simply carrying ...

Apple robotics researchers built a playful and charming robot inspired by Pixar's Luxo Jr. desk lamp, and it's hard not to fall in love.

Apple robotics researchers built a playful and charming robot inspired by Pixar's Luxo Jr. desk lamp, and it's hard not to fall in love. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...

"In this paper, we present the design and prototype of a lamp-like robot that explores the interplay between functional and expressive goals in motion design," the paper states. It even describes ...

MacRumors spotted the article and uploaded a YouTube video of the expressive lamp in action. It’s a device that’s immediately reminiscent of Pixar’s mascot Luxo Jr., and it’s somehow just ...

Pixar’s Luxo Jr. has been a staple of the studio’s opening credits for decades. He appears in front of the PIXAR logo and hops up onto the capital “I,” jumping on it until he squashes it ...

Luxo Jr. has been brightening up every Pixar film since 1995, when the anthropomorphic desk lamp first appeared on screen and stomped on the animation studio's logo in its opening credits.

In what can only be an homage to Apple’s legendary co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, the lamp bears a striking resemblance to Luxo Jr., the mascot of Pixar Animation Studios and one of the first ...