A pioneer in the consumer robot market, Sony could give a second chance to its robotic dog Aibo by incorporating a form of artificial intelligence.
Very popular, however, Aibo will never have managed to become a consumer item, too complex to produce, Sony was not able to reduce production costs and it stopped in 2006.
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Aibo embarked however some new and new technologies at the time that have since democratized, including voice and visual recognition.
According to the Japanese newspaper, the new version of Aibo should always be able to move like a real dog, but to propose a true form of artificial intelligence allowing him even more interactions with his user, but also with various connected devices. The OS that animates it should be open to allow developers to offer third-party enhancements and applications.
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