Apple is exploring both humanoid and non-humanoid robots for its future smart home ecosystem, and these products are still in the early proof-of-concept (POC) stage internally. While the industry debates the merits of humanoid vs. non-humanoid designs, supply chain checks…

Now it appears that Apple isn't just conceptualizing such robots—it's building prototypes, too. Ming-Chi Kuo, a well-known supply chain analyst, shared on X Wednesday that Apple "is exploring both humanoid and non-humanoid robots for its future smart home ecosystem," and that these projects were in the early proof-of-concept stage.

Apple is exploring both humanoid and non-humanoid robotic form factors, according to a new scoop from longtime Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The intel comes

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