In a wave of new products and software characterized as an “artificial intelligence comeback,” Apple appears to be jumping into about a half-dozen new industries at once. There’s a “tabletop robot that serves as a virtual companion” and looks like “an iPad mounted on a movable limb that can swivel and reposition itself to follow users in a room,

Apple is reportedly working on a new tabletop robot with an arm that will understand commands in natural language and come with the much anticipated AI powered version of Siri.

Apple Inc. is plotting its artificial intelligence comeback with an ambitious slate of new devices, including robots, a lifelike version of Siri, a smart speaker with a display and home-security cameras.