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It was four years ago when I paid into a crowdfunding campaign for desktop robot called Jibo, promoted to “look, listen, and learn.” And he did. He looked like a fat shaving mirror, but his head and ...

I’m not sure how I feel about social robots. The idea is to have a bot that talks to you, recognizes your face and voice, and can take family photos on cue. But it also feels like your home has been ...

Once the vanguard of a new age of consumer bots, the cute but doomed “social robot” Jibo is now marching toward obsolescence in the most friendly way possible: By politely informing owners that their ...

A talking robot and virtual reality headsets are being tested with the elderly, as a partnership between the UW-Milwaukee and a Milwaukee-area senior home moves ahead. It's an attempt to see if more ...

Jibo got his start three years ago as an Indiegogo project. The social bot is now available for purchase, but he's more beauty than brains. Officially a "he," Jibo got his start three years ago as an ...

The social robots are coming. And there just may be a new ad model that comes along with them. Plenty of features of the coming social robots were detailed at the Rework Connected Home Summit in ...

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