Some members of Japan’s aging population are finding comfort from robotic dogs known as “Aibo.” CNN’s Hanako Montgomery reports from a pet blessing ceremony for robot puppies in Japan.

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 ...

On the altar at Kofukuji Temple in Isumi City, Chiba Prefecture, were 62 AIBO robot dogs. The head priest chanted sutras and grieving owners in black offered prayers for their "dead" pets.

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 ...

Soneium announced it would pay attention to copyright infringements, after freezing two tokens based on SONY intellectual ...

Sony says it is to bring back Aibo, its famous robot pet dog. The new Aibo is the tech giant's first entertainment robot in 12 years, and for now, it will only be sold in Japan. The machine learns ...

In 1999, Aibo, the world's first robot dog, hit the shops in Japan with a test sale of 3,000 products. They sold out in 20 minutes. Aibo could bark, walk, growl, wag his tail, and play with a ball ...

Her conceptual solution is to harness the enduring relationship between humans and dogs through a sophisticated AI robotic pet dubbed Laika. A blend of the cuddly kawaii stylings of Sony’s original ...

As long as there have been robots, there have been attempts to create robot pets. A dog you don't need to feed, walk, or pick up after? Sign us up!

The AIBO dog family is probably their most famous creation, though there is also QRIO, a bipedal humanoid, and on the stranger side, the Rolly. Toio consists of two small cube robots which roll ...

The prototypes were developed by the same team that created the Aibo dog robot. “Aibo and self-driving vehicles are the same from the standpoint of making decisions about how to move around ...