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Man, that Jibo toy makes me sad. I feel like Amazon realized that they didn't need the screen or the character movement to accomplish 95% of what consumers were

Man, that Jibo toy makes me sad. I feel like Amazon realized that they didn't need the screen or the character movement to accomplish 95% of what consumers were interested in: voice-controlled task automation. The Echo and similar devices make more sense, but I would have liked to see what Jibo could have become. In some alternate reality the world is full of expressive robots... and probably doors that sigh when you walk through them.

bserge 5y ago
It kinda lives on, Elliq is very similar, but aimed at old people. https://elliq.com/ https://elliq.com/ There's actually quite a few of these that I never knew about, aimed at old people. Not quite sure why. https://roboticsbiz.com/top-seven-companion-and-social-robots-for-elderly-people/ https://roboticsbiz.com/top-seven-companion-and-social-robot...
- k12sosse 5y ago
  That ElliQ banner video is something special. I love the reactions. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2679/2074/files/banner-video.mp4?2201078599517207280 https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2679/2074/files/banner-vid...
- ashleyn 5y ago
  > https://roboticsbiz.com/top-seven-companion-and-social-robots-for-elderly-people/ https://roboticsbiz.com/top-seven-companion-and-social-robot... In the context of the "loneliness epidemic" there's something very Black Mirror about this phenomenon.
davidkuhta 5y ago
Not by any means a Jibo replacement, but Peeqo may be of interest for some of the social aspects. https://peeqo.com https://peeqo.com
hbosch 5y ago
> I feel like Amazon realized that they didn't need the screen or the character movement to accomplish 95% of what consumers were interested in Or did they? https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/24/amazons-new-echo-show-10-follows-you-as-you-move/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/24/amazons-new-echo-show-10-f...
fossuser 5y ago
There was a great little video on twitter I can't find where someone took one of those little robots with big on screen eyes and had it reading output from gpt-3. It was cool since you could basically ask it anything - I'd buy one of those.

bserge 5y ago

It kinda lives on, Elliq is very similar, but aimed at old people. https://elliq.com/ https://elliq.com/ There's actually quite a few of these that I never knew about, aimed at old people. Not quite sure why. https://roboticsbiz.com/top-seven-companion-and-social-robots-for-elderly-people/ https://roboticsbiz.com/top-seven-companion-and-social-robot...

k12sosse 5y ago
That ElliQ banner video is something special. I love the reactions. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2679/2074/files/banner-video.mp4?2201078599517207280 https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2679/2074/files/banner-vid...
ashleyn 5y ago
> https://roboticsbiz.com/top-seven-companion-and-social-robots-for-elderly-people/ https://roboticsbiz.com/top-seven-companion-and-social-robot... In the context of the "loneliness epidemic" there's something very Black Mirror about this phenomenon.

davidkuhta 5y ago

Not by any means a Jibo replacement, but Peeqo may be of interest for some of the social aspects. https://peeqo.com https://peeqo.com

hbosch 5y ago

> I feel like Amazon realized that they didn't need the screen or the character movement to accomplish 95% of what consumers were interested in Or did they? https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/24/amazons-new-echo-show-10-follows-you-as-you-move/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/24/amazons-new-echo-show-10-f...

fossuser 5y ago

There was a great little video on twitter I can't find where someone took one of those little robots with big on screen eyes and had it reading output from gpt-3. It was cool since you could basically ask it anything - I'd buy one of those.