Jibo

Jibo Inc. was a US social robotics company founded in 2012 by MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal; the Jibo robot was a desktop companion featuring a three-axis expressive display, two cameras, microphone array, and touch sensors for face tracking, voice interaction, and emotional expression. It shipped in 2017 at $899 and the company wound down in late 2018; servers were shut down in March 2019 after the company raised approximately $73M.

Jibo is at the research stage: it exists, but DEPLOY has no verified real-world deployment on record. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.

Jibo's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Height: 28 cm; Weight: 2.7 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.

Jibo is made by Jibo, based in Boston, MA, USA, founded in 2012.

Jibo is at research stage and is not yet available for sale.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable companion_robot robots to Jibo include ElliQ, BUDDY, Enabot Ebo X, Loona Petbot.

Jibo and ElliQ (Intuition Robotics · 4 deployments) are both companion_robot robots on the DEPLOY registry. Jibo has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Jibo ranks in roughly the top 63% of companion_robot models tracked by the registry.

Jibo is at the research stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Research stage means active development without commercial deployments on file.

No verified deployments of Jibo are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.

Jibo has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Jibo, the first social robot for the home, burned through nearly $73 million in funding before shutting down. After a software update in early 2019, Jibo displayed a goodbye message telling users that most of its functionality would be lost once its servers were turned off. A cautionary tale of social robotics.