I knew Jibo was onto something when I he managed to coax a laugh from my tech-skeptic partner in the other room. I'd been in the middle of setting up the companion robot's voice recognition system, ...

If you ask, Alexa can tell you a joke and Siri will recite a haiku. Jibo will do that, and more: the new home robot can sense when you're feeling down and try to make you smile. At 11 inches tall and ...

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 ...

Ignored in life, not celebrated in death. It's time to say goodbye to the robot everyone has already forgotten about. Videos of the news were posted to the Facebook Jibo owners group on March 1, and ...

Remember Jibo? The social robot promised to be your family's best houseguest ever al the way back in 2014, with its lifelike movements and witty quips. Delays followed, of course, but now the company ...

In a world run by Google and Alexa, it's hard to make it as a $900 robot assistant. Even if it can dance. Justin Jaffe is the Managing Editor for CNET Money. He has more than 20 years of experience ...

When it was first launched with an Indiegogo campaign in 2014, Jibo was touted as the “world’s first social robot” capable of holding a conversation and recognizing familiar faces. You can now have ...

Recently, RobotLab hosted its most thought-provoking panel yet, on The Future Of Work and Universal Basic Income. Democratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang presented his dystopian outlook on the ...

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 ...

Robots long ago took up residence in factories and warehouses, and now they’re moving into bars and coffee shops — and our homes. The newest of these household robots, like Jibo, Kuri and Cozmo, come ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The concept of the robotic assistant is almost as old as science fiction itself. And there's been no shortage of tech firms trying to make it a ...

It wasn’t so long ago that consumer robots were destined to be the next big thing. But that optimism hasn't translated into consumer sales. The result: Jibo was sold for parts. Don’t remember Jibo? It ...