JIBO: The World's First Family Robot

Robots are designed to interact with objects, why not human beings? MIT professor Cynthia Breazeal wants to change this with Jibo, the world's first family robot, created by Monsoon.

With a 5.7-inch screen, and a 11.5-inch body, Jibo can interact and react with its human owners by talking, taking pictures, singing, and dancing. 

Jibo has touch sensors on its head, color stereoscopic cameras and a stereo microphone array (can hear the location of the sound source). Three actuators or motors gives it high-resolution velocity control and fluid mobility- it can rotate its head 360 degrees. Jibo has Wi-Fi connectivity and Bluetooth. Cynthia hopes Jibo will become a platform for future robotic developments. The project was funded at Indiegogo. Although still in prototype phase, you can pre-order for $499 - $899.

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JIBO: The World's First Family Robot

MonSoon is a company focused on the design, development, and marketing of mobile and web applications based in Oakland, CA.
Cynthia Lynn Breazeal is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she is the director of the Personal Robots Group (formerly the Robotic Life Group) at the MIT Media Laboratory.