Cynthia Breazeal, an MIT professor and one of the pioneers of social robotics, has unveiled "the world's first family robot." Called Jibo, the all-white desktop-sitting robot has more than a passing ...

Sometimes in the Internet of Things, the death of a product can be long-lived. For example, when Microsoft discontinued its fitness tracker the Microsoft Band a couple of years ago, the thing would ...

In an era when mental health challenges are on the rise, especially among university students, researchers are exploring innovative ways to provide support. Enter Jibo—a small, friendly, robotic ...

I did a crazy thing last week. I saw a story about a new robot on one of those crowdfunding sites and bought one for $499. The new device is called JIBO and it doesn’t look much like a robot. It ...

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world.

Jibo was so promising. Named one of the top 25 inventions of 2017, the social little bot was sort of like a friendlier Alexa. It could even scan your surroundings for “monsters.” However, Jibo ...