Apple e Meta: como as duas big techs planejam entrar no mercado de androides
Enquanto a Meta a curto prazo pretende desenvolver uma plataforma de software para o robô, a Apple deve focar em construir hardware e software a partir de sua tecnologia
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Publicado em 17 de fevereiro de 2025 às 16h00.
A empresa de Mark Zuckerberg planeja usar os avanços que obteve em inteligência artificial, como no caso do modelo de código aberto Llama, e investir também para criar corpos para os robôs. A ideia será dividida no desenvolvimento de androide próprio e uma plataforma de software para essas máquinas. A aposta da Meta é criar máquinas voltadoas para trabalhos domésticos.
Como startups e big techs querem tornar androides no maior produto de todos os temposPara atingir o objetivo, a Meta já começou a discutir seus planos com empresas como Unitree Robotics e Figure AI, duas startups que já possuem modelos comercias sendo vendidos para quem quiser e puder pagar.
Somando a IA com os sensores e a capacidade computacional criados para as tecnologias de realidade virtual, a empresa acredita que tem as melhores ferramentas para robótica. A companhia deve começar a contratar engenheiros para o projeto em breve.
No caso da Apple, a empresa também já conta com iniciativas para entrar no mercado de robôs humanoides, mas deve seguir na estratégia de desenvolver desde o hardware até o software dos robôs, assim como faz em seus outros produtos. Com isso, a Apple pode competir com o robô Optimus da Tesla.
No curto prazo, a Apple quer lançar um dispositivo que funcionaria como um hub de smart home avançado.
Histórico de rivalidade
A Meta e a Apple têm um histórico de tensão, que teve início quando o CEO da Apple, Tim Cook, criticou o modelo de negócios de empresas como Facebook, que dependem da coleta massiva de dados para lucrar com publicidade. O CEO da Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, por sua vez, chamou os produtos da Apple de elitistas e inacessíveis.
Em 2021, no ponto mais alto da disputa das empresas, a Apple lançou uma atualização do iOS que impedia a coleta de dados de usuários por aplicativos sem a autorização deles.
Recentemente, Zuckerberg afirmou que a Apple “não inventa nada realmente grande há algum tempo”.
Na área de dispositivos de realidade aumentada e virtual, Zuckerberg experimentou o Apple Vision Pro e disse que o óculos Quest 3 produzido pela Meta é o produto superior. No novo segmento, a rivalidade das duas empresas só tende a crescer.
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1/8 TOPSHOT - Apple Park, Apple's circular HQ office building, is seen in an aerial view over Cupertino, California on May 16, 2024. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) (O complexo ocupa uma área de 175 acres e é conhecido como o "anel espacial" devido ao seu design circular futurista.)
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![Cupertino, California / USA - December 22, 2022: Aerial view of Apple corporate headquarters building in Silicon Valley.
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2/8 Cupertino, California / USA - December 22, 2022: Aerial view of Apple corporate headquarters building in Silicon Valley. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. (A construção do Apple Park custou aproximadamente US$ 5 bilhões.)
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![Attendees wait for the start of an Apple Inc. event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Apple will kick off a blitz of new products this week, ending a year of minor updates and setting the technology giant up for a potentially strong holiday quarter. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images]( "Attendees wait for the start of an Apple Inc. event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Apple will kick off a blitz of new products this week, ending a year of minor updates and setting the technology giant up for a potentially strong holiday quarter. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images")
3/8 Attendees wait for the start of an Apple Inc. event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Apple will kick off a blitz of new products this week, ending a year of minor updates and setting the technology giant up for a potentially strong holiday quarter. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (O Apple Park possui o Steve Jobs Theater, um auditório com capacidade para 1.000 pessoas, usado para lançamentos de produtos e eventos importantes da empresa.)
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4/8 (Mais de 9.000 árvores foram plantadas no Apple Park, incluindo pomares de frutas, destacando o compromisso da Apple com o meio ambiente e a sustentabilidade.)
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![Cupertino, California, USA - March 28, 2018: Exterior view of Apple Park Visitor Center in Silicon Valley, California. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company.]( "Cupertino, California, USA - March 28, 2018: Exterior view of Apple Park Visitor Center in Silicon Valley, California. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company.")
5/8 Cupertino, California, USA - March 28, 2018: Exterior view of Apple Park Visitor Center in Silicon Valley, California. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company. (O campus abriga cerca de 12.000 funcionários, todos em um único edifício principal com 260.000 metros quadrados.)
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![CUPERTINO, CA - MARCH 25: Attendees gather before an Apple product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on March 25, 2019 in Cupertino, California. Apple Inc. announced the launch of it's new video streaming service, and unveiled a premium subscription tier to its News app. (Photo by Michael Short/Getty Images)]( "CUPERTINO, CA - MARCH 25: Attendees gather before an Apple product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on March 25, 2019 in Cupertino, California. Apple Inc. announced the launch of it's new video streaming service, and unveiled a premium subscription tier to its News app. (Photo by Michael Short/Getty Images)")
6/8 CUPERTINO, CA - MARCH 25: Attendees gather before an Apple product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on March 25, 2019 in Cupertino, California. Apple Inc. announced the launch of it's new video streaming service, and unveiled a premium subscription tier to its News app. (Photo by Michael Short/Getty Images) (O campus utiliza 100% de energia renovável, com um dos maiores sistemas de painéis solares do mundo, gerando cerca de 17 megawatts de energia.)
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![Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., holds an Apple 15-inch MacBook Air laptop computer during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 5, 2023. Apple Inc. will charge $3,499 for its long-awaited mixed-reality headset, testing whether consumers are ready to spend big bucks on a technology that the company sees as the future of computing. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg via Getty Images]( "Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., holds an Apple 15-inch MacBook Air laptop computer during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 5, 2023. Apple Inc. will charge $3,499 for its long-awaited mixed-reality headset, testing whether consumers are ready to spend big bucks on a technology that the company sees as the future of computing. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg via Getty Images")
7/8 Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., holds an Apple 15-inch MacBook Air laptop computer during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 5, 2023. Apple Inc. will charge $3,499 for its long-awaited mixed-reality headset, testing whether consumers are ready to spend big bucks on a technology that the company sees as the future of computing. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg via Getty Images (O Apple Park possui um centro de visitantes com uma loja exclusiva, café e um deck de observação, atraindo milhares de visitantes todos os anos.)
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![Cupertino CA USA December 14, 2019: Apple headquarters offices building exterior and inner court with outdoor eating area, on a bright cold December day.]( "Cupertino CA USA December 14, 2019: Apple headquarters offices building exterior and inner court with outdoor eating area, on a bright cold December day.")
8/8 Cupertino CA USA December 14, 2019: Apple headquarters offices building exterior and inner court with outdoor eating area, on a bright cold December day. (A arquitetura do Apple Park inclui um sistema de ventilação natural que permite que o edifício funcione sem aquecimento ou ar-condicionado durante nove meses do ano.)
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