Designing a Personal Robot
From: Product Design & Development - 01/27/2015

Jibo, "The World's First Family Robot," raised more than $2 million on the
crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, making it one of the most funded projects in
the site's history.

Jibo was designed to be an assistant, messenger, photographer, avatar,
storyteller, and companion.

"As the world's first open social robotics platform, Jibo is uniquely
positioned to be that humanized experience with technology in the home that
is helpful, highly engaging, and extensible by third party developers," said
Jibo founder and CEO, Dr. Cynthia Breazeal.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.pddnet.com/articles/2015/01/designing-personal-robot
http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2015/01/photos-day-worlds-first-family-robot-raises-2m

Photos:
http://www.pddnet.com/news/2015/01/photos-day-worlds-first-family-robot-raises-2m-indiegogo

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

Friendly, helpful and intelligent. From social robotics pioneer Dr. Cynthia Breazeal
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jibo-the-world-s-first-family-robot--3