I really love the interface work happening in the social robots space, such as the physical animations, graphical animations and general tone of communication.
I pulled out my credit card to pre-order one, but Fall 2015 is an awful long time away. That said I'm bullish on this project and look forward to watching them get to market.
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@ccarella Agreed on having to wait so long. Guess that is why they have the $99 now, $400 later.
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So I spoke to Cynthia and some of her team prior to launch about Jibo and marketing a crowdfunding campaign (full disclosure: I am not paid nor working for Jibo). She was absolutely awesome to talk to and I thought this project was awesome, albeit not fully understanding it at the time. For those of you that don't know Cynthia, she did an awesome TED Talk about personal robots: http://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia...
Backed Jibo via Indiegogo and received an beta unit that won't charge. Got a replacement. The hardware looks and feels cheap. Robot is loud and does not have much AI compared to Alexa or Google assistant. Limited functionalities and apps.
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Backed Jibo via Indiegogo and received an beta unit that won't charge. Got a replacement. The hardware looks and feels cheap. Robot is loud and does not have much AI compared to Alexa or Google assistant. Limited functionalities and apps.
Pros:Cool idea, nice dance moves
Cons:AI really sucks, creepy behavior of tracking you.
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