INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceMedia captionThe prototype Jibo robot lacked many of the abilities promised for the final model
(video from 2016)Owners of the "social robot" Jibo say the device has been telling them its servers are soon to be switched off.Jibo had
ambitions to be "the world's first family robot", and boasted advanced facial and voice recognition technology.It had raised nearly $3.7m
to an investment firm.Journalist Dylan Martin shared a video of the robot on Twitter, saying its goodbyes and ending with a dance."Maybe
someday when robots are way more advanced than today, and everyone has them in their homes, you can tell yours that I said hello," the robot
says.Jibo has not updated its Twitter account since July 2018 and it last posted on its Facebook page, where it has 98,000 followers, in May
There is no statement on its website but the support section currently does not load.Jibo was designed to assist families - its launch video
showed it taking photos, reading stories, providing video chat, ordering takeaways and reminding family members of appointments and tasks.It
