Jibo the Social Robot

Jibo The Social Robot

Daniel Mauricio

Jibo's impact in the World

• Jibo has been used in a study to coach older and younger adults through positive psychology.
• If Jibo recognized the participants' disclosure of deep emotions, it responded with empathy.
• If the participants did not disclose, then Jibo would follow up with gentle follow-up questions.
• Jibo can be used for emotional well-being by building relationships and socializing with the owner.

• For example, Jibo can be a preventative medium for depression and even suicide.
• Since Jibo has the potential to detect and intervene in mental health issues.

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Cynthia Breazea (Jibo's creator)

• Cynthia Breazeal is a professor at MIT and is the creator of Jibo.
• She was also one of the pioneers in the field of social robotics.
• She founded and currently directs the personal robots group at MIT Media Lab.
• She is also the director of the MIT-wide Initiative on Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education.
• Finally, her current works involve the theme of "living with AI" and the companionship and socialization that social robots can provide for relationship building.

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Jibo's Artificial Intelligence

• The social robot Jibo is a form of Artificial Intelligence that aims to build relationship with its owner.
• The intelligence behind Jibo is in the form of both facial and voice recognition.
• Specifically, Jibo uses voice recognition to understand the spoken commands by the owner as well as interpret diction.
• Specifically, for facial recognition, Jibo maps the physical features to remember the people it talks to.

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Jibo's Components explained

• How does Jibo Recognize voice?
• There are six microphones that are used to identify and differentiate voices.
• 360-degree sound location.

• How does Jibo move?
• Three full-revolution axes tilted at different angles.
• High-resolution encoder.
• Feedback control.
• How does Jibo recognize people?
• Two stereo cameras for visual perception.
• Full-body touch sensors.

Watch the short video above to see what Jibo (a social robot) can do.

• In order to call the robot's attention, one must say, "Hey, Jibo."
• Then, a blue ring will shine when Jibo hears, "Hey Jibo," and he will now look at the person who said it.

• Jibo can do many other socializing tasks as well. These include:
• Showing a magic trick on the screen.
• Answering questions.
• And Jibo can tell people more about itself.