Jibo

Business model

Consumer social robot companion device with a rotating screen-face, sold direct to consumers.

In brief

One of the most hyped consumer robotics products of its era, designed by an MIT roboticist as a warm, expressive home companion. It shipped years late, and by the time it reached consumers, Amazon's Echo and Google Home had already defined (and commoditized) the home AI assistant…

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