This company raised 400% over their initial ask of $100,000…in one day.
I think they might be applying the house selling strategy of under valuing to get a big response.
None the less the technology is very interesting and the pitch video definitely works.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jibo-the-world-s-first-family-robot
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1Q8oFpX1Y[/youtube]
Very interesting concept. It looks a lot like the flying EVE character from Wall-e, and its playful appearance might stave off the big-brother-like qualities often attributed to household/personal intelligent devices. Great video! I found some opinions of the pitch on Time.com http://time.com/2994153/jibo-robot/
It is still a bit creepy when the robot is saying good night to the girl. Both my son and I thought something was going to grab her! Too many scary movies I guess.