A new gadget called Fribo was introduced at the ACM International Conference on Human Robot Interaction in Chicago last month. The robot which goes by the name'Fribo' listens to your every move, automatically letting your friends know what you've been up to with the motive being to get them in touch. Fribo encourages its owner to text and call their friends to help them socialise but it was shown to have the opposite effect in trials. Rather than improve the users social life, many expressed more concerns than ever over their own privacy and even safety. The creepy looking robot supposedly was made to help young lonely people who are living alone, but could potentially have the opposite effect on its users. Scientists claimed it encouraged social interaction with friends and while it had some success it could have been for all the wrong reasons with their being big concerns over privacy as its exposing your every move to your friends.

A creepy robot that listens to you at home and shares your every move with your friends has been developed to help young people tackle loneliness. Scientists behind the robot, named Fribo, claim it encourages its owner to text and call their friends to help them socialise. To do this, the robot senses when you open a door or turn on a light and then messages your group to let them know what you're up to. In early trials, users said Fribo did help them to contact friends more but many expressed privacy concerns. A creepy robot that listens to you at home and shares your every move with your friends has been developed by scientists to stop young people feeling lonely.

In the United States, there are over 5 million young adults between the ages of 18-35 living alone, and that number is growing. While many of them may be living alone by choice, it can also be socially isolating, if you're into that whole being social thing. The situation is similar in many other countries, especially in Asia. There are plenty of robots under development (and even available) for elderly people with social isolation issues, but younger people are expected to, uh, just go outside or something. At the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction last month, roboticists from Korea introduced a robot called Fribo, which is designed to provide a way for young adults who live alone to maintain daily connections with one another.