Startup Developing ‘World’s First Family Robot’
From: 90.9wbur - 07/17/2014
By: Curt Nickisch

Robotics startup Jibo is developing a $499 robot to be a personal assistant
and trusted companion.

A promotional video shows the nearly foot-tall, aluminum prototype whose
design is reminiscent of a swivel lamp. The stationary but portable bot is
outfitted with microphones, cameras, and a circular touch screen.

Linked to a smartphone app through WiFi, it will be able to identify and
track different family members and deliver individual messages and reminders.
Eventually it could interact with other devices in the home.

Read the entire article and view a video (3:12) at:
http://www.wbur.org/2014/07/17/jibo-personal-robot

Links:
Jibo
http://www.myjibo.com/

JIBO, The World's First Family Robot
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jibo-the-world-s-first-family-robot

Three Questions for Robotics Inventor Cynthia Breazeal about Social Robots
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/529141/three-questions-for-robotics-inventor-cynthia-breazeal-about-social-robots/

Family Robot Might Be Oddly Charming, or Just Plain Odd
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/529076/jibo-the-family-robot-might-be-oddly-charming-or-just-plain-odd/

Cynthia Breazeal Unveils Jibo, a Social Robot for the Home
  (with videos 3:14 & 2:59)
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/cynthia-breazeal-unveils-jibo-a-social-robot-for-the-home

A Social Robot Designed to be Part of Your Family
http://www.roboticstrends.com/design_development/article/meet_jibo_a_social_robot_designed_to_be_part_of_your_family

Jibo to Reveal Secrets of Commercializing Social Robots
http://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/article/jibo_to_reveal_secrets_of_commercializing_social_robots

Related:
MIT Media Lab - Personal Robots Group
http://robotic.media.mit.edu/