After more than ten years of oblivion, the robot dog Aibo from Sony the Japanese company returns. The original model of smart toys have been released already in 1999. From the moment it was released five versions of roosebeke, after which the interest somehow faded. The new version according to Sony, have become much smarter, “able to form an emotional connection with family members, to show your love, affection and pure joy of nurturing a pet”, though digital.
As the eyes of the robot uses OLED displays, which it can show certain emotions. Two wide-angle camera allows Aibo to recognize specific people, and new mechanisms drive the parts of his body able to move quite smoothly along the axis 22. A variety of movements, which has the updated Aibo, as well as the sounds it can produce, make it more “alive”. Using voice commands and affection, he learns what makes his master happy.
The new model is able to learn and eventually even to remember the location of objects in the room that ultimately allows her to avoid obstacles and choose the shortest route from one point to another. The toy is powered by a Quad-core processor, has a built-in LTE and Wi-Fi module, multiple motion sensors and presence, gyroscopes, a speaker and four microphones. Battery the ASUS has a two-hour job. Charging takes about three hours, so count on a long gaming session, unfortunately, will not work.
In Japan, the announcement of a new version of the Aibo robot
As the court in 2017, then Aibo will not only use some AI algorithms to learn and develop their unique personality in every family, the robot is also connected to cloud server. Sony provides the owners Aibo to apply for a paid subscription. As a result, the owner can give the pet a unique digital identity, and manage them by remote means, for example, through mobile gadgets. The cost of a monthly subscription is $ 27. Over a three-year subscription option asking 790 $ (90,000 yen).
The subscription will need to be sure, if you want to develop a unique personality Aibo and use the app My Aibo (available on iOS, Android and personal computers), through which you can carry out various settings for the robot to access his cameras and play with a virtual version of the dog. In addition, the holders of the robot will be able to buy moves and tricks for robot Aibo through the store Store. By the way, the new model can also learn by observing others Aibo, and change their behavior with changing seasons and special holiday events.
Pre-orders for the new Aibo robot will start to take today through the official online Sony store in Japan. Retail price is 179 000 yen (about 1739 dollars, or about 100 thousand rubles at current exchange rate). Delivery promise to begin from January 11. At the moment Sony has no plans to sell the toy outside of Japan.
Sony introduced a new version of digital dog Aibo
Nikolai Khizhnyak