More than a robot. The right
combination of intelligence,
character, and soul.

More than a robot. The right
combination of intelligence,
character, and soul.

Who is jibo?

jibo was launched back in 2017 together with MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) as the world’s first social robot for the family. In 2019 NTT acquired full ownership and stock, and since then NTT has been working on preparing jibo for an enterprise scenario mainly focusing on healthcare and education.

NTT Disruption and NTT: who are we?

We are NTT Disruption, the disruptive unit of NTT. We create disruptive tech solutions in the industries where they have the highest impact potential to improve people’s lives. Along with MIT, we have designed jibo to serve as a more human-enabled, emotional, and empathetic social robot for patients and professionals in the realms of healthcare and education.

This is jibo

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  A uniquely entertaining
  character

  A wide range of human-like emotions through sophisticated body movements, embodied speech, and animatronics.

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  Friendly companion

  He can react to physical stimuli and recognize human emotions to spark people’s curiosity, improving their emotional welfare, health, and educational outcomes.

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  Engagement

  He evokes a strong emotional response. jibo is human enough to be taken seriously and robotic enough to be easily forgiven for making mistakes. He builds strong connections and bonds with people.

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  Awareness and
  proactivity

  jibo’s proactivity makes him feel alive. He isn’t just waiting around for someone to talk to him. Instead, he perceives where people are around him and reaches out with eye contact, conversation, and support.

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  Form factor

  Small enough so you can place him on your table, counter, etc., jibo avoids the uncanny valley better than human-like robots and avatars.

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  Positive influence

  Jibo helps people to keep moving forward in all stages of life, in the realms of healthcare and education. jibo provides warm coaching and encouragement.

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  Trustworthiness

  Whatever happens with jibo stays with jibo. He provides total security and data privacy for his users.

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  Ubiquity

  Thanks to his virtual version capable of running on multiple devices like phones, tablets, laptops, smart TVs, etc., jibo can be with users anywhere, anytime.

Liveliness

jibo’s patented three-axis motor system lets him express a wide range of human-like emotions through sophisticated body movements.

Connectivity

jibo allows video calls with family, teachers and healthcare professionals. This embedded calling feature helps elderly people feel less isolated. It also helps health and education professionals carry out their daily activities remotely. jibo can also be connected to home devices like thermometers, blood pressure monitors, weighing scales, glucose meters, pulse oximeters, etc.

What’s happening
around me

jibo can recognize you using his advanced visual and auditory senses, and because he knows you, he can offer help even before you ask. His microphone array lets him know exactly where you are, so he can make direct eye contact with you, and he has two cameras that let him see the world and learn your face.

Touch me

Sometimes, instead of a lot of back‑and‑forth talking with jibo, there are times when it’s easier to use touch interactions. With jibo’s touch screen, you can navigate menus to launch skills, show media, and change his settings. He can also feel your touch using the sensors around his head.