Jibo - Family Robot

07-20-2014, 11:56 AM

Anyone else see this? Creepy as hell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1Q8oFpX1Y

T.G · 07-20-2014, 12:22 PM

Meh. Doesn't even exist yet, that's a pie in the sky video. I'll wait to see what it can actually do when, and if, they build it.

CigarNut · 07-20-2014, 02:27 PM

Probably not very affordable for a long time

357 · 07-24-2014, 10:48 AM

I'd rather have real friends rather than robot minions.

07-24-2014, 07:17 PM

The first 100 are supposedly being released Feb 2016 according to the website. If you pre-order you can get it for as little as $500. Not for me but kind of cool if the company doesn't doesn't fail.

markem · 07-24-2014, 08:22 PM

I suspect that many will have buyers remorse. It seems to me that the device is unlikely to do anything beyond what the video shows. Most buyers, I think, will infer that if it can do A, then why not B. Not to say that it isn't cool, but it is cool in the same way that some new battery-powered Xmas toy is cool until two days later. IMO.

On a related note, my BIL was the lead programmer for this "amazing" product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LOamCjjxwo

T.G · 07-25-2014, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by 357

I'd rather have real friends rather than robot minions.

And I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

icehog3 · 07-25-2014, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by T.G

And I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

Thank you, Kent.

Shaneg · 07-25-2014, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by 357

I'd rather have real friends rather than robot minions.

Some of my friends are better than others.

Also, OP, this thing is creepy. And I didn't read nearly enough about shock and shatterproof to warrant the investment- my two year old is independent and fully capable of dropping anything all by herself. That plus stairs totals this thing.

357 · 07-25-2014, 08:45 AM

Not to deflate the buzz but did anyone notice it was plugged in? As in immobile, and completely lacking any appendages? So it can't move, can't move objects or interact other than making noise, and you have to unplug it and move it manually.

07-20-2014, 11:56 AM	#1
ChicagoWhiteSox Guest Posts: n/a	Jibo - Family Robot Anyone else see this? Creepy as hell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1Q8oFpX1Y

07-20-2014, 12:22 PM	#2
T.G Grrrrrr Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: The Other Adam Posts: 15,557 Trading: (37)	Re: Jibo - Family Robot Meh. Doesn't even exist yet, that's a pie in the sky video. I'll wait to see what it can actually do when, and if, they build it. Last edited by T.G; 07-20-2014 at 12:27 PM.

07-20-2014, 02:27 PM	#3
CigarNut Fck Cancer! Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Michael Location: Clermont, Florida Posts: 18,042 Trading: (111*)	Re: Jibo - Family Robot Probably not very affordable for a long time __________________ Need Beads? Need Five Finger Bags? 2 of 3 Requirements for use of the CA Rolodex: 100 posts/ 60 day membership/ participation in trade (trader rating). New members can be added at any time.

07-24-2014, 10:48 AM	#4
357 Will herf for food Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Home is where I park it Posts: 4,075 Trading: (9)	Re: Jibo - Family Robot I'd rather have real friends rather than robot minions. __________________ “Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar;” Mark Twain

07-24-2014, 07:17 PM	#5
jpb437 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Jibo - Family Robot The first 100 are supposedly being released Feb 2016 according to the website. If you pre-order you can get it for as little as $500. Not for me but kind of cool if the company doesn't doesn't fail.

07-24-2014, 08:22 PM	#6
markem Bunion Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mark Location: Second Star on the Right Posts: 22,622 Trading: (47)	Re: Jibo - Family Robot I suspect that many will have buyers remorse. It seems to me that the device is unlikely to do anything beyond what the video shows. Most buyers, I think, will infer that if it can do A, then why not B. Not to say that it isn't cool, but it is cool in the same way that some new battery-powered Xmas toy is cool until two days later. IMO. On a related note, my BIL was the lead programmer for this "amazing" product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LOamCjjxwo __________________ I refuse to belong to any organization that would have me as a member. ~ Groucho Marx

07-25-2014, 08:45 AM	#10
357 Will herf for food Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Home is where I park it Posts: 4,075 Trading: (9)	Re: Jibo - Family Robot Not to deflate the buzz but did anyone notice it was plugged in? As in immobile, and completely lacking any appendages? So it can't move, can't move objects or interact other than making noise, and you have to unplug it and move it manually. __________________ “Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar;” Mark Twain