WALLE - Robot with the heart of a Mac
www.tuaw.com/2008/06/27/wall-e-robot-with-the-heart-of-a-mac
From the page
Saved with the link. Notes from 2007 to 2016 are mostly the page's own words, so this is probably an excerpt.
The object of WALLE's desire, EVE, was actually designed with the assistance of Apple Senior VP of Industrial Design Jonathan Ive, who apparently spent a day with the Pixar team in 2005 consulting on the ultra-sleek floating robot.