Luxo Jr. is a digital character, but a team of researchers at Apple has created a real-world robot that looks like the Pixar mascot come to (artificial) life.

A robot named ‘Emo’ can out-smile you by 840 milliseconds The bot's head and face are designed to simulate facial interactions in conversation with humans. Andrew Paul Mar 29, 2024 10:00 AM EDT ...

“When a robot makes co-expressions with people in real-time, it not only improves the interaction quality but also helps in building trust between humans and robots," he continued.