The Ultimate Household Experience: Twitterati reacts to Apple's plans of home robotics

The robotics work is happening within Apple’s hardware engineering division and its AI and machine-learning group, which is run by John Giannandrea.

Apple Inc is exploring plans to tap into personal robotics, a field with the potential to become one of the company’s ever-shifting 'next big things,' as per a Bloomberg report.

Some users on social media platform X have called this the ultimate household experience, while some are of the opinion that Tim Cook isn't an innovator and should hand over the reins.

Here's how X users reacted:

Definitely the future. The ultimate household appliance. pic.twitter.com/p3hDOtfn5i

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Apple is now rumored to work on home robotics.

This makes lots of sense in many ways, let’s just hope the project will not end up like the Titan one.

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So many companies are now working on humanoid robot technologies.

Next big thing for sure… https://t.co/XhTYrJ5SgM

— Michel de Guilhermier (@mitchdeg) April 4, 2024

6 years from now...

BREAKING: Apple cancels 5 billion dollar robotics program becasue it realized no one wanted to spend $5000 on a robot to follow them around all day.

— Mr. Macintosh (@ClassicII_MrMac) April 3, 2024

Investor and podcaster Alex MacGregor says Tim Cook isn't an innovator and it might be time for him to handover the reins. He said, "Tim is a good man but he’s not an innovator. Perhaps time to hand over the reins?"

Another X user was concerned whether the home robot would help in household chores like dusting, making bed, etc. The user tweeted: 

Let me know if it will dust, make the beds and wash the windows. We can talk then. I already have a robot vacuum.

— Don Pace (@confusedrv) April 3, 2024

A Tech enthusiast compared it with previous Apple products:

AirPower: Failure
Car: Failure
VisionPro: underwhelming

What happened to Apple being bold and risky? Cruise control now, but they’re falling behind.

— Josh (@jbertarian) April 3, 2024

The robotics work is happening within Apple’s hardware engineering division and its AI and machine-learning group, which is run by John Giannandrea.

Apple investors reacted coolly to the news, with the stock paring earlier gains after Bloomberg reported on the robotics work.