The Household Robot has been fantasized about since the inception of Terminator. After ‘I, Robot’ I nearly sh*t myself imaging the what it would be like have my very own personal tin man buddy. A bad ass, bad guy ass kicking, life saving, math homework helping, sandwich making buddy. Well JIBO is nothing like that, other than maybe the math homework part.
Founder and CEO Cynthia Breazeal is a Pioneer of Social Robotics and MIT Professor, JIBO Inc. While this isn’t quite ‘I, Robot,’ the advancement in artificial intelligence on display here is remarkable. (and borderline creepy) Check out the intro video below.