“It’s got a cute design and more natural motion; the ‘robotness’ of the previous model is gone,” said Kansuke Nishida, a writer for Robotstart.info and head of IT design and consulting firm Tonosama Labo. “When Aibo came to our home for the first time, my daughter took out...
Perhaps the new Aibo will serve more as a guard dog, informing its owner about the presence of an intruder. The potential for Sony’s idea is great as the robot dog will be open source, allowing software developers to improve Aibo’s skills. Sony will reportedly release a number of other...
A new update to version 2.5 of the software powering Sony’sadorable Aibo robot dogenables programmable tasks, as well as the ability to feed it with virtual food. A previous update for Aibo from earlier this year introduced version 2.0 and theAibo Patrol feature, which Sony described as...
So, how exactly does Aibo work its robot magic, what's it like to live with one -- or 28 -- of these robot dogs and should we be concerned that an AI inside a cute dog-bot has such a strong effect on people? Chris Werfel's Aibo collection has grown quickly. ...
AIBO dogs are very popular now, but they are not cheap. (1) Which country made the first AIBOs? ___ A. Japan. B. China. C. America. (2) AIBO is the name of ___ in this passage. A. a real dog B. a robot dog C. a famous engineer (3) A baby AIBO can not ___ ...
The latest Sony robot dog "Aibo," seen in Tokyo in January, is coming to the United States later this year with artificial intelligence and internet connectivity, at a price of $2,899 Sony on Thursday announced that its Aibo robotic dogs infused with artificial intelligence will be unleashed ...
Earlier this year, news outlets in Japan published reports of anexperiment Sony conducted with 13 dogsthat lived with Aibo. The dogs spent a few weeks living with the robot, and some were said to be more playful with Aibo as time went by -- even acting like Aibo was a friend. ...
CES 2018 has been kind of a disaster. But for me, at least, one little gadget saved the whole thing by reminding me why the show exists in the first place. Sony is rolling back the years with Aibo, the resurrection of the robot dog line that was one of its most iconic brands during...
A group of Sony's discontinued, old generation Aibo robot dogs were honoured with a traditional Buddhist funeral service in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
After first being introduced last century, and being reintroduced in Japan earlier this year, Sony is bringing its popular aibo robot dog to the U.S., but there's a catch – this lovable, autonomous pet will set consumers back, $2,900.