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Aibo Gets Wheels
News Go, Aibo, go! Sony's Entertainment Robot America division has released a four-wheel "Speed Board" scooter for its Aibo robots that will allow them to skate around, the company said on Wednesday. When the Aibo is not "zipping around" on its Speed...
[October 16, 2002, 14:54]
Sony Smartens Up Aibo Pups
News Sony Electronics said Monday it has upgraded two of its Aibo robot dogs with a better brain to make them quicker and more responsive. Specifically, the new Aibo robots will have processors running at 384MHz, doubling the previous speed of 192MHz.
[June 25, 2002, 7:32]
Robotics Enthusiast Forced To Pull Aibo-altering Code
News Sony has forced a programmer to remove code from his Web site that changed the behaviour of its Aibo robot dog. According to a report in New Scientist, the programs gave Aibo new functionality. The Japanese company demanded the removal of the...
[November 1, 2001, 13:27]
Sony Aibo Gets Powers Of Recognition
News Sony is planning to train Aibo, its robot dog, to be able to pick you out of a crowd. Sony's Entertainment Robot America division said Tuesday it will introduce Aibo Recognition, a new application for its newest Aibo ERS-210A and ERS-210 models.
[October 10, 2002, 15:41]
Sony Gets Emotional With Lion Cub AIBO Robot
News The second-generation AIBO, which is also known as the ERS-210, looks like a lion cub and will be available in gold, silver or black. Sony has added features requested by owners of the original AIBO. When used with the AIBO Life application the pet...
[October 12, 2000, 11:18]
UK Scientists To Unleash Aibo-killer
News The dog, RS-01 RoboDog, measures 82cm by 67cm by 37cm, making it more than twice the size of Sony's Aibo, and more of an automated attack dog than robot pooch. The craze for robotic pets has blossomed over the last few years with the introduction...
[March 14, 2001, 10:42]
New Aibo To Lead The Way In Robotic Vision
News A deal between Sony a company that last made the headlines for creating a robotics kit that can turn a notebook computer into a beer fetching robot will see Sony's next Aibo robot dog getting sophisticated vision.
[September 5, 2003, 16:35]
Robot Dog Walks Into Fewer Walls
News Sony Electronics has bred the third generation of its Aibo robotic dog to be faster, smarter -- and floppy-eared. The company's Entertainment Robot America division on Thursday announced that the ERS-7 model of Aibo is more responsive to voice and...
[September 5, 2003, 10:15]
Sony's Robot Dog Learns To Talk
News Researchers at Sony's Computer Science Laboratory in France have succeeded in creating a version of the company's robot dog AIBO capable of speaking. The success of Sony's AIBO has spawned a legion of robotic imitators and Sony will undoubtedly be...
[September 28, 2000, 15:41]
Sony's Robot Dog Learns A New Trick
News Electronics giant Sony announced new software on Monday that will allow Aibo owners to control the robot dog via email commands. The Aibo Eyes software will also enable the popular electronic pets to beam digital photos to any PC or email-equipped...
[May 20, 2003, 11:48]
You Can Teach A Dog New Tricks
News Especially if it's a Sony Aibo, and you've bought the new software. Marking Aibo's second anniversary, Sony introduced three software applications and three new colours -- white, violet and green -- for its robot dog.
[May 9, 2001, 12:25]
Nuggets: Fetch ! Sony's New Robotic Pooch
News No, not your flat mate but AIBO -- Sony's brand new robotic dog. A more sophisticated relative of Doctor Who's trusty companion K9 and distantly related to Battle Star Galactica's Muffet, AIBO walks on all fours, has a moving head, tail and mouth...
[May 13, 1999, 13:03]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Further proof of the Cooltown worries comes courtesy of Scientific American, which elaborates on the story of Sony trying to pull programming information about their Aibo robomutts from the Web. To recap: a keen American Aibo owner and hacker...
[January 25, 2002, 15:56]
Robot Pet Creators Reach For Purrfection
News A robotic creature called 'Tama' from Japanese company Omron will take on the likes of Sony's Aibo and Sega's Poo-Chi robot canines in the ultimate battle of the furry friends in Japan this year. According to press reports, this robo-pet will cost...
[February 23, 2000, 10:56]
A Year Ago: Robot Pet Creators Reach For Purrfection
News A robotic creature called 'Tama' from Japanese company Omron will take on the likes of Sony's Aibo and Sega's Poo-Chi robot canines in the ultimate battle of the furry friends in Japan this year. According to press reports, this robo-pet will cost...
[February 23, 2001, 6:04]
Robots Need Culture Says Sony Scientist
News In one sense, Steels joked, the Turing test has already been passed -- by the Aibo. He demonstrated with a video clip where an Aibo approached a dog eating a piece of meat and was treated just like another dog -- it was attacked.
[August 16, 2002, 14:57]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Its robo-mutt, the Aibo, has been the source of much conflict in the past, with Sony threatening owners who do just that bit too much with their plastic pals. However, following some mutterings, the company backed down and let the Aibo's most...
[May 29, 2002, 15:54]
Can A Human Love A Robot?
News The AIBO has learning ability and the capacity to mature. Kevin Warwick, professor of cybernetics at Reading University, cites Sony's AIBO as the closest man has to a sentient artificial being. I designed AIBO to be a friend for those older people...
[January 23, 2001, 14:01]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog An Aibo, yes. So I'd hold off on the 'Sony is a new company now' theories — Aibo may yet have died in vain. I loved that little dog," said my pal. What's more amazing is that my parents did too. They begged me to keep it, even though I'd told them...
[February 24, 2006, 16:10]
Robots Could Be Nurses Of The Future
News Japan is a major exporter of robots, both for the industrial sector and for the home market with devices such as Sony's Aibo. Help will also be made available to companies who are developing robotic pets, such as the Sony AIBO.
[August 29, 2001, 14:03]
