Huawei accused of stealing robot tech to get hands on T-Mobile’s trade secrets
US prosecutors claim Chinese tech giant officials were intent on finding out about technical specifications of the robot, dubbed Tappy
Developed in 2006 at the company’s State of Washington engineering lab, Tappy was used to automate quality-assurance testing on smartphones before they were approved for sale.
The main advantage of the then-innovative technology was that its mechanical robotic arm and rubberised tip allowed it to replicate a human’s tapping, swiping and typing on smartphone touchscreens.
