JIBO

ORAC · 2014-07-19 15:33:13

Crowd-funded home robot... 3N1Q8oFpX1Y Family Robot Jibo Skyrockets Past $600,000 Within 72 Hours on Indiegogo (http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/07/44568-family-robot-jibo-skyrockets-past-600000-within-72-hours-indiegogo/) Meet Jibo, the cute social robot that knows the family (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25881-meet-jibo-the-cute-social-robot-that-knows-the-family.html) Could Jibo Developer Cynthia Breazeal Be The Steve Wozniak Of Robots? (http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryancalo/2014/07/17/could-cynthia-breazeal-prove-the-steve-wozniak-of-robots/)

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19th July 2014 | 15:33

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ORAC

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JIBO

Crowd-funded home robot...

Family Robot Jibo Skyrockets Past $600,000 Within 72 Hours on Indiegogo

Meet Jibo, the cute social robot that knows the family

Could Jibo Developer Cynthia Breazeal Be The Steve Wozniak Of Robots?

19th July 2014 | 17:59

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Nice, but I will only buy one if it comes with the voice of HAL 9000.

19th July 2014 | 18:58

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If the one with the long black hair is Jibo I want one, and to hell with the 'family'..........

19th July 2014 | 19:06

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Hmmm....

Pass me the salt because I want to take a very large pinch.

I shall duly reserve my final judgement until real life examples are out there free of fluffy marketing.