Part of Aibo's enchantment is that he appears to see,
hear and respond to touch.
Aibo is able to walk,"see" its environment via camera
and recognize spoken commands in Spanish and English.
There have been several different models since their introduction on May 11, 1999 although Aibo was discontinued in 2006.
Aibo(Artificial Intelligence roBOt, homonymous with“pal” or“partner” in
Japanese) was one of several types of robotic pets designed and manufactured by Sony.
Aibo(Artificial Intelligence roBOt, homonymous with"pal" or"partner" in Japanese:
aibō(相棒)) was one of several types of robotic pets designed and manufactured by Sony.
It's called Aibo, and is promoted as using artificial intelligence
to respond to people looking at it, talking to it and touching it.
Aibo are autonomous robots since they are able to learn
and mature based on external stimuli from their owner, their environment, and from other Aibos.
But in on 26 January
2006 Sony announced that it would discontinue Aibo and several other products in an effort to make the company more profitable.
On January 26, 2006, on the same day as it announced its discontinuation of Aibo and other products,
Sony announced that it would stop development of QRIO.
On January 26,
2006 Sony announced that it would discontinue Aibo and several other products as of March, 2006 in Sony's effort to make the company more profitable.
Aibo robotic pets are considered to be
autonomous robots since they are able to learn and mature based on external stimuli from their owner, their environment and from other Aibos.
Think of the advances in robotics we would have- from prosthetics to AI,
both the QRIO and Aibo represent decades of research-
open sourcing it, working with universities or plain giving it away is what feels“right.”.