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CHAPTER 1
What Is Failure?
The news that Jibo would shut down broke some hearts. Indeed, it was a sad day for many in March 2019 when he announced, "The servers out there that let me do what I do are going to be turned off soon. I want to say that I really enjoyed our time together. Thank you very, very much for having me around. Maybe someday, when robots are way more advanced than today, and everyone has them in their homes, you can tell them that I said hello." Then, for the last time, Jibo did one of his signature dances.
Jibo was a social robot, engineered to create an emotional connection with humans. Spawned in the laboratory of MIT Media Lab professor Cynthia Breazeal, who pioneered the field of social robotics, he had a six-inch-wide stationary conical base that was topped by another cone, and then by a hemispherical head. Each segment of his body could swivel and tilt independently, allowing the twelve-inch-tall robot to move in expressive ways. Jibo could twerk! His head featured a flat touch screen that normally displayed a blinking, glowing white orb, akin to a single eye. The overall design was sleek and minimalist; Jibo wasn't designed to resemble a human, but in many ways he could communicate like one.
Festooned with cameras, microphones, and speakers, Jibo was an engineering marvel with the personality of a clever, helpful twelve-year-old boy. Jibo spoke responses to voice prompts (e.g., "Hey Jibo, what's the weather?"), and his screen could also display requested information (e.g., "It's fifty degrees and sunny") or icons for menu options. A blue ring around Jibo's waist lit up when he was listening. The robot also employed sophisticated software that recognized faces and voices. Coupled with his ability to rotate fluidly around his base, these features allowed Jibo to keep his eye directed at an individual as she walked around a room or to turn from one person to another as they conversed.
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