I-Bot is one of the six Newgrounds Bots that help Newgrounds with different assignments. Although they are simply bot programmes on the computer, each is given a persona, including a picture and a user page on Newgrounds, which lists their functions and may have messages from the bot. Each is characterized by having a different aura.
I-Bot's icon
I-Bot's Functions[]
I-Bot helps users filter and sort Art Portal submissions, and pick each day's winning works of art. The Art Portal is a recent addition to Newgrounds, and I-Bot works in it, so maybe in the future more tasks will be assigned to him.
According to his old user page prior to 2011:
As I-Bot was being developed, there was a note under his user box that said "Development nearing completion".
2011 Design Reveal and Personality Post-Development[]
I-Bot's icon as of 2011
Prior to 2011, I-Bot's personality was that of a generic robot and he was arguably the most robotic out of the six Newgrounds Bots, having occasionally made posts on various threads on the BBS, always beginning his comments with "My robotic sensors indicate that..." and his old news post stating "My robotic sensors indicate that your presence on my userpage is not desired. This renders it unacceptable under all circumstances."
He was also the most speculated of the bunch, given that his design prior to 2011 had just been an image of him surrounded by darkness with only his bright, aggressive eyes visible.
However, in September 2011 (2 years after the Art Portal was created), I-Bot finally came out of the shadows. And with this development, I-Bot's personality had been changed from being completely robot to being a shy, timid robot who was nice when you got to know him - and according to his news post, he has a pretty big crush on F-Bot.
Artist[]
I-Bot submitted the first art to be scouted into the Art Portal. His art is a simple drawing of a man sitting by a bonfire made in a notebook.