Sony is bringing back its iconic robotic Dog Aibo.
The new Aibo is powered by artificial intelligence and can bark, wag its tail, chase pink balls
and learn new tricks like giving its owner a high five.
Initial version of AIBO robot was released by Sony in 1999 i-e around 18 years back,
and it was discontinued in the year 2006.
The new Aibo Robot Dog can form an emotional bond with members of the household while providing
them with love, affection, and the joy of nurturing and raising a companion.
You can pre-order the new aibo through the Sony Store, and it will be released in January
2018.
The price of this new robot dog is bit high.
The Aibo robot ERS-1000 itself is priced at more than $1.7K, but you also need a subscription
plan to connect to the cloud service that powers Aibo’s AI.
A basic three-year subscription plan costs $26 per month.
aibo features an adorable appearance, vibrant movements, and a responsiveness that is sure
to delight.
It will also develop its own unique personality through everyday interactions as it grows
closer and closer to its owners.
aibo keeps on growing and changing, constantly updating its data in the cloud.
Over time, your approach to nurturing your aibo will gradually shape its personality.
It’ll even learn new tricks through interactions with other aibo, experiences with changing
seasons, and different events.
aibo shows its love for its owners through lifelike expressions and a dynamic array of
movements.
Its body language is expressed through a combination of eye, ear, and tail movements as well as
different voice sounds.
This lovable behavior brings warmth and delight to the everyday lives of its owners.
Sony's ultracompact actuators give aibo's compact body the freedom to move along a total
of 22 axes and make its smooth, natural movements possible.
Furthermore, its eyes utilize two OLEDs to allow for diverse, nuanced expressions.
Battery life is rated at around two hours, with a three-hour recharge time.
aibo can detect words of praise, smiles, head and back scratches, petting, and more, allowing
it to learn and remember what actions make its owners happy.
Slowly but surely, aibo will also become more aware of its environment, and as it gains
confidence it will learn to walk around an increasingly wider area and respond to situations
accordingly.
This adaptable behavior is made possible through Sony's well-cultivated deep learning technology,
in the form of inbuilt sensors that can detect and analyze sounds and images.
aibo also comes with fish-eye cameras that utilize simultaneous location and mapping
(SLAM) technology, allowing it to lead its life in close conjunction with its owners.
As it interacts with people over time, aibo's behavior slowly changes and adapts in response
to its unique environment.
It eventually becomes able to respond to its owners' affection in kind, and when it feels
loved, it will display even more love and affection in return, nurturing a bond that
only deepens as time goes on.
These perpetual changes are brought about through Sony's unique AI technology, which
allows aibo to interface with the cloud.
aibo's AI learns from interactions with its owners and develops a unique personality over
time.
Further, with its owners' permission, aibo can collect data from these interactions,
then connect to the cloud and access the knowledge accumulated from interactions between different
owners and their aibo to become even more clever.
aibo recognizes spaces as it walks around the room, detecting obstacles to avoid and
even figuring out the shortest distances to different locations.
aibo keeps records of everything it experiences in day-to-day life, uploads the data to the
cloud, and creates a database of memories that you can browse with the My aibo app.
You can even ask aibo to take a picture.
aibo uses its “eyes” (a camera) as responsive interfaces, modifying its behavior based on
what it sees.
Capable of detecting obstacles, bumps, people, and more, aibo reacts accordingly.
aibo has voice-recognition abilities, as well, aligning its behavior with verbal input.
aibo can also locate the sources of sound, turning its head in the direction of people’s
voices.