The 22 axes that articulate the components of the robot’s body allow it to walk in staggered movements, tilt its head, raise its ears, bark, whine and roll around, imitating a playful puppy. When Aibo ...

On May 11, 1999, it wasn’t clear Sony had any intention of broad commercial availability. The company produced roughly 5,000 Sony Aibo robots, selling just 2,000 in the US for approximately ...

As we discussed in our review back in 2019, Aibo can do a number of tricks like standing on its hind legs and greeting its owner at the door, and has been engineered to "mature" over time like a ...

First launched in 1999, Sony's robotic dog companion was the start of the future we were once promised. But Aibo remains out of reach of most people even today.

The AIBO-dog investigations are especially interesting because of the intimate relationship that exists between humans and dogs. The two species have lived together for more than 14,000 years, and in ...

Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, sometimes by alleviating the need to perform unpleasant chores, in this case cleaning your cat’s mess out of the litter box. That’s right, the ...

Priced at $2,900 USD, Sony’s limited edition Aibo robot dog in Black Sesame is now available on the Sony online store. In case you missed it, Bored Ape owner is suing OpenSea for $1 million USD ...

From Jibo to Aibo, humans have a long track record of falling for their robots. Except this one’s sold by Amazon. On September 28, Amazon introduced Astro, a “household robot.” Amazon’s ...

Sony’s Aibo was a late-90s robotic pet dog, which was designed to be more of a companion than a servant. And it is, at least in my opinion, probably the cutest home robot.

The first clear memory I have about the possibility of a real-life robopet, as I’m sure it might be for many millennials, is when the AIBO robot dog, developed by Sony, was released to the ...

With Sony canning Aibo in 2006, and closing its last Aibo repair clinic in 2014, owners were at a loss as to how to maintain their four-legged robofriends. Many held personal funerals in 2015.

Sony’s Aibo, the canine equivalent of MarsCat, retails for $2,899 in the U.S., so it’s a bargain when considered in that light. And unlike the real thing, MarsCat definitely doesn’t shed, so ...