Aibo, the robotic dog sold thousands online at its first inception back in 1999. Aibo sold out quickly, but as production continued, the consumers’ interest waned because of such a hefty price tag. The new and improved Aibo is said to come with artificial intelligence and can learn new tricks just like a real dog. The robotic dog is cute, adorable even, but the price tag is still bigger than the dog is. Aibo has downloadable extensions to its personality from an online store, but the owner must sign off on the downloads first. The robotic dog is said to be eager to learn what makes the owner happiest and to continue performing these functions on a daily basis. Aibo could be a great new addition to anyone’s home if he/she likes small dogs and wanted one but certain restrictions such as terms of lease and other situations prevent one from owning a living dog of their own.
Aibo is set at a whopping $1,740 price tag, but with the newest upgrades, it is expected to make bank this year. Aibo can take pictures when asked by the owner and can video record everything it experiences in unknown terrain for later browsing by the owner. It can create a database of living memories with the owner. Sony is attempting to compete with Google and Amazon with their smart devices. They hope that the robotic dog will be capable of doing everything that the Echo and Alexa can do now in the future, but for now they are settling for a robot dog to make people happy. The robotic dog is set to sell in Japan in January. Sony is mostly known for their TV’s DVD players, Blu-ray, other devices such as these, they are hardly remembered for their tinkering in the world of robotics, but now they are trying to reach more avenues with electronics. It is a good thing to see, a company doing this for robotics in general. It would be nice to see more things like this down the road, I will keep track of this project as well. I will also leave random, short updates here and there of the progress as I come across something interesting.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE:http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/01/technology/sony-robot-dog-aibo/index.html
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