Chatting robot highlights gadgets at Spain tech fair

While smartphones get top billing at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, it’s the quirky, under-the-radar products that are getting a lot of the visitors’ attention.

Here’s a glimpse of some of the gadgets and apps displayed by start-up companies this week at the fair, the world’s largest for wireless technology.

Cute robot

Living in Seoul, Jong-Gun Park looked around one day and decided his fellow South Koreans needed some help expressing their emotions.

“We are so busy these days, always running to and from work, taking our kids to school, study-

EMILIO MORENATTI / ASSOCIATED PRESS Pibo, a robot whose main purpose is getting you and your loved ones talking to each other, receives instructions Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.