Community Endeavor

Bringing Jibo back with firmware research, shared tools, and an active community.

This project is focused on restoring and extending the world’s first living room social robot. Developers, enthusiasts, and former owners are working together to document the platform, improve the system, and push the robot toward a usable future again.

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Overall Completion

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Current project status, presented in a cleaner format for visitors and contributors.

Latest Work

What the project is working on right now

Focus Area(s)

Full server restoration & Easier modding flow.

Currently working on getting OpenJibo to FULLY restore the original server functionality. We also want to make the modding process much easier. Our end goal is to make the average user (who thinks windows is good for developing stuff even though they are wrong) be able to mod their Jibo and get full functionality back.

Project Hub

The main places to follow, read, and participate

Documentation

Research docs and technical guides

Mainly research docs, technical guides, API references, and setup instructions as the project grows.

Discord Server

Developer and community chat

Chat directly with developers and community members working on the revival effort.

Reddit Community

Broader public discussion

Discuss Jibo with the wider subreddit community.

Direct Contact

Email the project lead

Discord is preferred, but direct email is available when needed.

Tools

Tools that help Jibo function like he originally did

Open WiFi QR Generator

Connect Jibo to WiFi

Jibo needs a QR code to connect to WiFi. This tool generates the WiFi QR code required.

MIT Jibo WiFi Setup App

MIT Living Lab Jibo WiFi App

First, Jibo had a mobile app. Then the only way to connect to WiFi was through MIT's Jibo WiFi app.

Community Helpers

The people supporting the revival effort