It plays music. It turns on the lights. It reads books to your children. It plays emails and voice messages. It takes family photos. It guards your house. It's a rotund little robot named Jibo, and by next December, it could be in your home if its successful crowdfunding appeal succeeds in getting it to market. Jibo is the brainchild of Cynthia Breazeal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and pioneer in the world of social robotics. The team behind the new company she formed includes technologists from iRobot, Apple, IBM, Symantec, Zynga and more.
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