Jibo Community Social Robot Research Platform @Scale

  • July 22, 2026

Schedule

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Opening: Welcome and share tutorial program.
  • 10:15 - 10:30 Introduction: Intro to the vision of the Jibo research community platform & design/technical overview.
  • 10:30 - 11:30 Prototyping: Let’s get our hands dirty with the Jibo Research Platform. We will provide an intro of Jibo-ROS framework. Participants will break out into small groups and identify a theme (e.g., interaction design, design research tool, skill development, etc.) and develop an LLM supported interaction.
  • 11:30 - 1:00 Envisioning Session 1: Generate Feature List Let’s discuss what we, as a community, should shoot for in a shared research platform; from social intelligence to logistical support!
  • 1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
  • 2:00 - 2:30 Jibo Hosting Experience Share outs: Let’s hear from Jibo hosting participants their reflections from the past few weeks of developing and living with Jibo.
  • 2:30 - 3:30 Envisioning Session 2: Scenario Feature List Let’s regroup based on our application domains and re-iterate the feature list from Envisioning Session 1.
  • 3:30 - 4:00 Coffee Break
  • 4:00 - 5:00 Q&A and Next Steps: It takes a village to establish a sustainable community shared platform infrastructure. Let’s discuss next steps on how we can work together.

Organizers

  • Jon Ferguson
  • Sharifa Alghowinem

Workshop Materials and Resources

Workshop Materials and Resources