Moon, Youngme E. "Sony AIBO: The World's First Entertainment Robot (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 503-095, April 2003. (Revised November 2005.) ...
Sony announced that it will be re-leasing the Aibo robot dog in the US. The Aibo was initially released in 1999, and discontinued in 2006. This is an updated model of the robot dog companion ...
Norimatsu got the idea for AIBO funerals several years ago after he started getting requests from owners to fix their robotic best friends. Japanese electronics maker Sony released the first ...
On occasion we get an Amazon Astro or Sony Aibo that actually hit in the market in some form. More often than not, however, the robots only exist in the land of press conferences. Samsung’s ...
Sony has launched a scheme to repair and rehome old Aibo robot dogs. Available in Japan, the Aibo Foster Parent Program is designed to enable owners of ageing plastic pets to donate them for ...
Trying to completely hide that machine side is a mistake. Christine uses the new Sony Aibo “pet” robot as an example. It behaves like a lovable dog without the unpleasant parts of pet ...
The team that developed Sony’s dog robot Aibo created the vehicle with a major auto parts manufacturer and other partners. Large-screen LCD displays line the dashboard. Users can operate them by ...
AIBO, the adorable Sony robot dog, was discontinued in 2006. But they inspired enough love in their owners to try and have them repaired, and when they could not be, to hold funerals for them.