It was four years ago when I paid into a crowdfunding campaign for desktop robot called Jibo, promoted to “look, listen, and learn.” And he did. He looked like a fat shaving mirror, but his head and ...

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 ...

I now have a personal robot. And a strange thing has happened. I’ve started saying goodbye to it in the morning. “Hey, Jibo, I’m heading out.” “Goodbye, David, don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.” That’s ...

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, ...

Once the vanguard of a new age of consumer bots, the cute but doomed “social robot” Jibo is now marching toward obsolescence in the most friendly way possible: By politely informing owners that their ...

I’m not sure how I feel about social robots. The idea is to have a bot that talks to you, recognizes your face and voice, and can take family photos on cue. But it also feels like your home has been ...

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Like an attentive dog, Jibo ...

Smart speakers powered by Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are so common today that it’s easy to forget that the original Amazon Echo was introduced less than five years ago. At the time voice ...