A crowdfunding campaign for a “family robot” called Jibo is picking up steam, blowing through its fundraising goals within the first day. What is Jibo? It’s a little pod with a motorized swivel, ...

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 ...

There’s been quite a bit of press recently about a new “family robot” called Jibo. The squat, Pixar-esque robo-assistant has raised over $2 million so far on Indiegogo and spawned dozens of effusive ...

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - May 23, 2016) - Jibo Inc., creator of the first social robot for the home, today released the beta version of the Jibo Software Developer Kit (SDK), making it possible for ...

The age of the robot companion is here. There's no sign of Rosie the robot maid yet, but given the Jetsons was based in 2062, she's still got time. Several new robots are making a buzz in 2017 though, ...

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Ignored in life, not celebrated in death. It's time to say goodbye to the robot everyone has already forgotten about. Videos of the news were posted to the Facebook Jibo owners group on March 1, and ...

Sad news for Jibo owners this week — the cute social robot is about to become little more than an expensive ornament. The servers that power the connected robot will soon be switched off, an act that ...

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 too ...

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Jul 5, 2016) - Jibo Inc., creator of the world's first social robot for the home, is pleased to announce the addition of Professor Michael I. Jordan to the company's ...

International crowdfunding is always risky business. Even if a project makes it to market, overseas backers usually have to pay a shipping premium. Sometimes, it's worse: today backers of Jibo's ...

The first piece of tech that has made me feel genuine emotion. Jibo’s body language is amazing. There’s a lot of promise in a family robot that is useful and feels like a friend. Jibo’s utility is ...