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AIBO (stylized as aibo, abbreviated as Artificial Intelligence RoBOt, homonymous with aibÅ , "pal" or "partner" in Japanese) is a series of robotic dogs designed and manufactured by Sony. Sony announced a prototype Aibo in mid-1998, [ 1 ] and the first consumer model was introduced on 11 May 1999. [ 2 ]
Sony's original Aibo robotic dog blew the public's collective mind when it debuted in 1999, instantly becoming a cultural touchstone and commanding a rabidly loyal fan base. People still hold ...
The first and only 3rd generation AIBO, the ERS-7 was intended to be the culmination of the product's development to that point. The robot was designed to evoke the theme of 'clean and clear' and implemented an array of LEDs called 'Illume-face', as well as capacitive touch sensors, for the expression of emotion and numeric information.
Sony revived its robodog series late last year, offering a limited first run of next-generation Aibos for keen Japanese fans. Despite a killer $1,800 price-tag, the company apparently sold plenty ...
The AIBO ESR-7 digital doggy is getting a major software update. In a new version of the AIBO Mind software, improvements to response time, speech recognition, and vision have all been completed.
The robotic toy was offered in two colors; metallic blue and metallic gold. In 2002 new shell options were offered including black, white, and transparent. The price point for i-Cybie was set at US$200, significantly less than the price for its chief robotic competitor at the time, the Sony AIBO ERS 111, then priced at more than US$1500. [13]
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An AIBO ERS-111, from 2010. Robot dogs as a fad have been produced with relatively little variation. These are some commercial models: Teksta, a toy robot dog popular in the 1990s was intended to be able to perform card tricks and respond to commands. Aibo (robot dog manufactured by Sony) Poo-Chi; I-Cybie; iDog (Sega's robot iPod music speaker)