{"id":6742,"date":"2018-01-22T11:40:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T16:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=6742"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:06","slug":"jibo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/22\/jibo\/","title":{"rendered":"Say hello to Jibo, the countertop robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chaun-Che &#8220;Jeff&#8221; Huang<\/strong>, a School of Information PhD student, was part of the team that developed the artificial intelligence for Jibo, the first social robot for the home. It made the cover of Time Magazine&#8217;s &#8220;25 Best Inventions of 2017&#8221; November issue. Huang, who is studying human-computer interaction, describes Jibo as &#8220;highly personalized,&#8221; and programmed to be engaging. &#8220;When you come home&#8230;Jibo can see you and greet you.&#8221; Research has shown that a more engaging robot like Jibo, able to interact throughout the day, could support many important applications\u2014such as those in the healthcare domain\u2014more effectively than computers or smartphones. Still in its infancy, Jibo one day could assist people with special\u00a0 needs, the elderly, or even tell stories to children, Huang says. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.umich.edu\/news\/say-%E2%80%9Chowdy%E2%80%9D-jibo-countertop-robot#gsc.tab=0\">Read the full story on the SI news site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-6KCho83ZdA\" width=\"453\" height=\"340\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaun-Che &#8220;Jeff&#8221; Huang, a School of Information PhD student, was part of the team that developed the artificial intelligence for Jibo, the first social robot for the home. It made the cover of Time Magazine&#8217;s &#8220;25 Best Inventions of 2017&#8221; November issue. 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