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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Nearly one year after robotics startup Jibo was sold off for parts, the company's social robot of the same name is informing users that it will be shutting down. In a message accompanied by a dance, ...

Delayed robotic companion Jibo will miss yet another launch promise, with the release of the ambitious crowdfunded project now pushed back into 2017. The robot, first revealed in mid-2014, is intended ...