Bloomberg had reported last week that the rumours Apple smart home tablet screen would come with a robotic limb of some sort. It will also come with some actuators that would allow it adjust where the screen faces to obey commands like “look at me”. More recently, another report has identified the company that will be involved in the production of this smart display, and specifically its robotic bits.
Taiwanese outlet United Daily News cites supply chain sources that claim that Foxconn, a fellow Taiwanese company that’s long been involved in the making of Apple’s iPhones, will be the ones to make the robot arm. No real surprise there, as the company – or at least a subsidiary known as Hongzhun – has its own expertise in making robotic components. The report also notes that this is the company that’s credited in the making of the Foxconn FoxBot industrial robots, so the pedigree is there.
The report goes on to cite the original Bloomberg report on the Apple smart display, including the J595 codename. But then things take a slight turn, as it mentions the smart display running a modified version of iPadOS. This is naturally a tad opposed to the tvOS base as MacRumors claimed based on the HomeAccessory17,1 identifier.
At any rate, while the hardware side of things don’t currently have contradictory claims, such leaks should still be taken with a pinch of salt. Naturally, this is doubly so for bits that do have claims that go in opposite directions.
(Source: United Daily News)
