Meet Jibo: The "world's first family robot." The 28-centimetre, 3-kilogram "sociable robot" snaps family photos, handles video calling and acts as a digital concierge.

When Jibo launched its quirky family robot in a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo last summer, the startup raised a tidy sum of $2.3 million and pre-sold 4,800 robots. Now, investors want a piece ...

The robot showed up at Kenneth Williams’ doorstep when he needed it most. Williams had just been laid off from his job when he plugged in Jibo, a social home robot, on November 1st, 2017. “For ...

Launched on Wednesday, the crowdfunding campaign for Jibo -- which creators are calling the "world's first family robot" -- has blown through its $100,000 funding goal on Indiegogo.

Specifically, Jibo is a social robot. You talk to it, ask it questions, make requests. It talks back, provides answers, and takes care of grunt work like setting reminders or scouring the web.

Jibo is an interactive buddy that is touted as the "world’s first family robot." Designed to engage with people in a human-like way, Jibo takes on various roles around the house including mail ...

While its hardware is pretty impressive for $500, a companion robot is nothing without some really, really good software -- and fortunately, it sounds like Jibo will deliver on that front as well.

Jibo, a new robot from MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal, might be the gadget that finally changes that. ... Hands On With Jibo, The Family Robot. Kyle Russell. 9:47 AM PDT · July 17, 2014.

Jibo the family pet robot is cuter than Alexa but less useful It's a $900 smart assistant robot that doesn't play music. (Yet.) Bridget Carey Editor at Large.

Poised to invade your home and creep out help out your family, Jibo is a mechanical assistant that was originally marketed as “the world’s first family robot.”That was back in 2014, and ...

The Jibo Family. Jibo is a social robot that wants to get to know you, but that means you must help it. Jibo encouraged me to register my face and voice with the robot.

Have you ever dreamed of a robot that would fetch you snacks from the kitchen or walk the dog when it’s raining? Well, dream no more! Sort of. JIBO, a new creation from Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, a ...