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AIBO (Artificial Intelligence RoBOt, homonymous with , "pal" or "partner" in Japanese) is a series of robotic dogs designed and manufactured by Sony. Sony announced a prototype Aibo in mid-1998, and the first consumer model was introduced on 11 May 1999. New models were released every year until 2006. Although most models were inspired by dogs, other inspirations included lion cubs and space explorers. Only the ERS-7, ERS-110/111 and ERS-1000 versions were explicitly a "robotic dog", but the 210 can also be considered a dog due to its Jack Russell Terrier appearance and face. In 2006, AIBO was

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Robot.name
Aibo
Robot.logo
Aibo logo 2018.png
Robot.image
Red Dot Award Product Design 2000-2018 Aibos.jpg
Robot.inventor
Sony's Digital Creatures Lab and Toshitada Doi
Robot.manufacturer
Sony Corporation
Robot.country
Japan
Robot.type
Dog
Robot.purpose
Entertainment
Robot.website
http://aibo.com

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Contents
  • History
  • Models
  • Prototypes
  • First generation models (11x)
  • ERS-110
  • ERS-111
  • Second generation models (2x0, 31x)
  • ERS-210
  • ERS-220
  • ERS-210A/220A
  • ERS-31x (Latte and Macaron)
  • ERS 31xB
  • Third generation models (7Mx)
  • Fourth generation models
  • ERS-1000
  • QRIO
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Aperios and Open-R
  • AIBOware
  • AIBO Software Development Environment
  • OPEN-R SDK
  • R-CODE and R-CODE plus
  • AIBO Remote Framework
  • Other Development Environments
  • Current Projects
  • AIBOs in education and academia
  • RoboCup Four-Legged League
  • International AIBO Convention
  • Animation
  • In popular culture
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

AIBO (Artificial Intelligence RoBOt, homonymous with , "pal" or "partner" in Japanese) is a series of robotic dogs designed and manufactured by Sony. Sony announced a prototype Aibo in mid-1998, and the first consumer model was introduced on 11 May 1999. New models were released every year until 2006. Although most models were inspired by dogs, other inspirations included lion cubs and space explorers. Only the ERS-7, ERS-110/111 and ERS-1000 versions were explicitly a "robotic dog", but the 210 can also be considered a dog due to its Jack Russell Terrier appearance and face. In 2006, AIBO was added into the Carnegie Mellon University Robot Hall of Fame.

On 26 January 2006 Sony announced that it would discontinue AIBO and several other products in an effort to make the company more profitable. Sony's AIBO customer support was withdrawn gradually, with support for the final ERS-7M3 ending in March 2013. In July 2014, Sony stopped providing repairs for AIBO products and did not provide customer support or repair for the older AIBO robots.

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