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{{short description|Series of entertainment robotic dogs}}
{{about|the robotic pet|the Japanese television series|Aibō}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox robot
| name             = Aibo
| logo             = Aibo logo 2018.png
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| image            = Red Dot Award Product Design 2000-2018 Aibos.jpg
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| inventor         = [[Sony]]'s Digital Creatures Lab and [[Toshitada Doi]]
| manufacturer     = [[Sony|Sony Corporation]]
| country          = Japan
| year_of_creation = {{Start date and age|1999}}
| price            =
| type             = [[Dog]]
| purpose          = Entertainment
| derived_from     = 
| replaced_by      = 
| current_supplier = 
| last_production  = {{End date and age|2006}}
| website          =http://aibo.com
}}
'''AIBO''' ('''A'''rtificial '''I'''ntelligence Ro'''BO'''t, homonymous with {{Nihongo||[[wikt:相棒|相棒]]|aibō}}, "pal" or "partner" in Japanese) is a series of [[robotic dog]]s designed and manufactured by [[Sony]]. Sony announced a prototype Aibo in mid-1998,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199806/98-052/ |title=Sony Global - Press Release - Sony Develops OPEN-R Architecture for Entertainment Robots Demonstrates 4-legged robot prototypes based on the architecture |access-date=2013-01-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202000405/http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199806/98-052/ |archive-date=2012-12-02}}</ref> and the first consumer model was introduced on 11 May 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199905/99-046/index.html |title=Sony Global - Press Release - Sony Launches Four-Legged Entertainment Robot "AIBO" Creates a New Market for Robot-Based Entertainment |access-date=2013-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028033310/http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199905/99-046/index.html |archive-date=2012-10-28}}</ref> New models were released every year until 2006. Although most models were inspired by dogs, other inspirations included [[lion cub]]s and space explorers. Only the ERS-7, ERS-110/111 and ERS-1000 versions were explicitly a "robotic dog", but the 210 can also be considered a dog due to its [[Jack Russell Terrier]] appearance and face.<ref name="pcmag.com">{{cite web|last=Ulanoff |first=Lance |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1240970,00.asp |title=Surprise! Sony's AIBO Is a Dog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618031030/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1240970,00.asp |archive-date=2013-06-18 |url-status=live |publisher=Pcmag.com |date=2003-09-04 |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>
In 2006, AIBO was added into the [[Carnegie Mellon University]] [[Robot Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robothalloffame.org/inductees/06inductees/aibo.html|title=2006 Inductees|publisher=The Robot Hall of Fame|access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>

On 26 January 2006 Sony announced that it would discontinue AIBO and several other products in an effort to make the company more profitable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/info/presen/05q3/qfhh7c000008adfe.html |title=Sony Global - Q3 FY2005 Sony Group Earnings Announcement |publisher=Sony.net |date=2006-01-26 |access-date=2013-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516161052/http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/info/presen/05q3/qfhh7c000008adfe.html |archive-date=2013-05-16}}</ref> Sony's AIBO customer support was withdrawn gradually, with support for the final ERS-7M3 ending in March 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonydigital-link.com/AIBO/4_0_support_breakdown.asp |title=Sony AIBO Europe - Official Website - Model-by-model breakdown |publisher=Sonydigital-link.com |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>
In July 2014, Sony stopped providing repairs for AIBO products and did not provide customer support or repair for the older AIBO robots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp/article?a=20140728-00000008-sasahi-sci |title=AIBO、君を死なせない 修理サポート終了「飼い主」の悲しみ〈AERA〉 （dot.） |publisher=Yahoo!ニュース |access-date=2014-07-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729043600/http://zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp/article?a=20140728-00000008-sasahi-sci |archive-date=2014-07-29}}</ref>

In November 2017, Sony announced a new generation of AIBO.<ref name="theverge.com2">{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/31/16588878/sony-aibo-2017-announced-price-release-date|title=Sony just announced a new Aibo robot dog; The Verge|last=Byford|first=Sam|date=2017-10-31|publisher=Technologyreview.com}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Rajamanickam Antonimuthu|title=Sony's Aibo Robot Dog returns with advanced AI|date=2017-11-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srod3Ashez0| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/srod3Ashez0| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|access-date=2017-11-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The fourth generation model, ERS-1000, was launched in Japan on 11 January 2018. The second lottery sale was set on 6 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answerslave.com/sony-aibo-robotic-dog|title=Sony AIBO - Robotic Dog|last=Alam|first=Imran|work=Answer Slave |date=2018-02-02|publisher=Answerslave.com}}</ref>

==History==

The AIBO product line was developed at Sony's Computer Science Laboratory (CSL). Founded in 1990, CSL was set up to emulate the innovation center at the [[PARC (company)|Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)]]. CSL's first product was the Aperios operating system, which later formed the base software used by some AIBO models. When [[Nobuyuki Idei]] became president of Sony in 1995, he sought to adopt a digital agenda and gave greater prominence to CSL.<ref name="technologyreview.com">{{cite web |last=Johnstone |first=Bob |url=http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/400610/california-dreamin-sony-style/ |title=California Dreamin' Sony Style {{pipe}} MIT Technology Review |publisher=Technologyreview.com |date=2000-01-01 |access-date=2013-03-10 |archive-date=2013-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424040752/http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/400610/california-dreamin-sony-style/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Two AIBO Prototypes and transparent ERS-7.jpg|thumb|Two AIBO prototypes and transparent ERS-7]]
Dr. [[Toshitada Doi]] is credited as AIBO's original progenitor: in 1994 he had started work on robots at CSL with artificial intelligence expert Masahiro Fujita. Fujita felt that the robots' behaviors needed to "be sufficiently complex or unexpected so that people keep an interest in watching or taking care of it".<ref>[Fujita, M. & Kitano, H. (1998). Development of an autonomous quadruped robot for robot entertainment. Autonomous Robots, 5, 7-20.]</ref> Fujita argued at the time that, while technologies such as voice recognition and vision were not mature enough for critical applications, their limited capabilities could be a novel, interesting and attractive feature for "appropriately designed entertainment robots". His early monkey-like prototype "MUTANT" included behaviors such as tracking a yellow ball, shaking hands, karate strikes and sleeping, all of which were later adopted in AIBOs. Fujita received the IEEE Inaba Technical Award for Innovation Leading to Production for AIBO as "the world's first mass-market consumer robot for entertainment applications".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ieee-ras.org/awards-recognition/society-awards/69-awards-recognition/society-awards/59-ieee-inaba-technical-award-for-innovation-leading-to-production |title=IEEE Inaba Technical Award for Innovation Leading to Production - IEEE Robotics and Automation Society |publisher=Ieee-ras.org |access-date=2013-03-10 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222025717/http://www.ieee-ras.org/awards-recognition/society-awards/69-awards-recognition/society-awards/59-ieee-inaba-technical-award-for-innovation-leading-to-production |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Artist [[Hajime Sorayama]] was enlisted to create the initial designs for the AIBO's body.<ref name="This Cute Little Pet Is a Robot" />  Those designs are now part of the permanent collections of the [[Museum of Modern Art]] (MoMA)<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/82163|title=The Collection {{pipe}} Hajime Sorayama and Sony Corporation, company design. Aibo entertainment robot (ERS-110). 1999|date=2012-11-05|publisher=MoMA|access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> and the [[Smithsonian Institution]]. The first generation AIBO design won Japan's prestigious Good Design Award, Grand Prize<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/25081?token=IaLMoVwUvZ|title=エンタテインメントロボット [AIBO（アイボ）・ERS-110] {{pipe}} 受賞対象一覧 {{pipe}} Good Design Award|publisher=G-mark.org|language=ja|access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> and a special Intelligent Design award at the 2000 German Red Dot awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deconstructingproductdesign.com/sony-aibo/|title=Deconstructing Product Design by William Lidwell and Gerry Manacsa » Sony AIBO|date=2009-08-22|publisher=Deconstructingproductdesign.com|access-date=2013-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320234808/http://deconstructingproductdesign.com/sony-aibo/|archive-date=2013-03-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> AIBO was also included in ''[[Pirouette: Turning Points in Design]],'' a 2025 exhibition at the MoMA featuring "widely recognized design icons [...] highlighting pivotal moments in design history."<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-23 |title=NASA Worm as Art, Museum of Modern Art Opens Exhibition Featuring NASA Worm |url=https://www.nasa.gov/get-involved/art-program/museum-of-modern-art-exhibits-nasa-worm/ |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=[[NASA]]}}</ref><ref>[https://press.moma.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MoMA_Pirouette-Viewing-Checklist_Final.pdf Pirouette: Turning Points in Design]</ref>

In 1997 Doi received backing from Idei to form Sony's Digital Creatures Lab.<ref name="This Cute Little Pet Is a Robot">{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1999-05-23/this-cute-little-pet-is-a-robot |title=This Cute Little Pet Is a Robot |newspaper=Business Week |date=24 May 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719094129/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1999-05-23/this-cute-little-pet-is-a-robot |archive-date=19 July 2013 |access-date=19 January 2013}}</ref> Believing that robots would be commonplace in households by 2010, but aware of the shortcomings of available technology for functional uses, he decided to focus on robots for entertainment. Depending on the software and model, AIBO can respond to over 100 voice commands in either their own tonal language or voice recordings to mimic human speech, as well as make other noises. Two of the first generation AIBOs exported into the US came to New York, NY and one remains in the archives and displays at Artspace Company Y LLC.

Later models of AIBOs were designed jointly with prestigious Japanese designers, and continued to gain design awards. The ERS-210 design was inspired by lion cubs. The bodies of the "ERS-3x" series (Latte and Macaron, the round-headed AIBOs released in 2001) were designed by visual artist Katsura Moshino winning the Good Design Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/27471?token=IaLMoVwUvZ|title=エンタテインメントロボット AIBO [ERS-300シリーズ"ラッテ＆マカロン"] {{pipe}} 受賞対象一覧 {{pipe}} Good Design Award|publisher=G-mark.org|language=ja|access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> The sleek and futuristic, space-exploration inspired body of the "ERS-220" was designed by [[Shoji Kawamori]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=7957|title=• AIBO ERS-220|date=2013-01-24|publisher=Plasticpals.com|access-date=2013-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924074057/http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=7957|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> winning the Good Design Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/27470?token=IaLMoVwUvZ|title=エンタテインメントロボット AIBO [ERS-220] {{pipe}} 受賞対象一覧 {{pipe}} Good Design Award|publisher=G-mark.org|language=ja|access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> and a Design for Asia award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfaaward.com/2012/page/kr/winners/2003.php|title=Design for Asia Award 2012|publisher=Dfaaward.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215195018/http://www.dfaaward.com/2012/page/kr/winners/2003.php|archive-date=2013-02-15|url-status=usurped|access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> The ERS-7 also won a Good Design Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/28437?token=IaLMoVwUvZ|title=エンターテインメントロボット [AIBO ERS-7] {{pipe}} 受賞対象一覧 {{pipe}} Good Design Award|publisher=G-mark.org|language=ja|access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>

Almost ten years later, Idei's successor, [[Howard Stringer]] closed down AIBO and other robotic projects. Doi then staged a mock funeral, attended by more than 100 colleagues from Sony.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Shea, Michael |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/tech/features/whokilledaibo |title=Who Killed AIBO the Robotic Dog? |date=27 July 2015 |magazine=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]] |access-date=9 January 2016}}</ref> At the ceremony, Doi said that the AIBO was a symbol of a risk-taking spirit at Sony that was now dead.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117285593145024927 |title=Caught between two worlds, the Sony chief tightens his management grip. Will it work? |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |author=YUKARI IWATANI KANE |author2=PHRED DVORAK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702031421/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117285593145024927 |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |pages=A1 |date=March 3, 2007 }} [http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=144875 Alt URL]</ref>

In November 2017, Sony Corporation announced that AIBO would return with a new model that would be capable of forming an emotional bond with users.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201711/17-105E/index.html|title=Entertainment Robot "Aibo" Announced|website=Sony Global - Sony Global Headquarters|language=en|access-date=2017-12-05}}</ref>

==Models==

===Prototypes===
Several prototypes have been displayed by Sony. Early models were insect-like with six legs. The specifications and design of the 1997 and 1998 prototypes, described in a Sony press release, closely match those of the first generation AIBOs. Differences include the use of PC-Cards for memory (rather than MemoryStick media), the use of two batteries, and the option to use a 2-wheeled "rolling module" in place of legs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199806/98-052/|title=Sony Develops OPEN-R Architecture for Entertainment Robots|website=Sony Global|language=en|access-date=2017-11-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202000405/http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199806/98-052/|archive-date=2012-12-02}}</ref>

===First generation models (11x)===
====ERS-110====
The first commercially available AIBO, the ERS-110 has a beagle-like appearance and is silver with a golden-brown hue and grey claws. There was a limited production of 5,000 units: 3,000 for Japan and 2,000 for the US market. Sales began on 1&nbsp;June 1999 and sold out via the Internet in 20&nbsp;minutes. It is often considered the rarest model of AIBO. The ERS-110 cost 250,000 yen, or US$2,500, which would convert to over $3,500 as of 2020.

====ERS-111====
[[File:AIBO ERS-111 - July 2010.jpg|thumb|ERS-111]]
The ERS-111 was released in November&nbsp;1999 and was an improved version of the original AIBO marketed at the same price. It has a similar appearance to ERS-110, with differently shaped ears and a slightly shorter tail, and was available in metallic black or shiny silver with black claws. 40,000 units were manufactured.

===Second generation models (2x0, 31x)===
====ERS-210====
The ERS-210 was designed to look like a lion cub but was essentially a dog-shape with a flat bull terrier face and [[Jack Russell Terrier]] appearance, initially available in black, silver and gold, but later released in a variety of Special Edition colors (Holiday Red, Holiday White, Spring White, Spring Orange, Everest White (pearlescent with pink and blue undertones), Mazeran Green, Sapphire Violet and Cyber Blue). It featured [[speech recognition]] capabilities and was the most popular AIBO model with over 65,000 units sold. It sold for around $1,500 at launch which was later reduced to less than $1,000.

====ERS-220====
The ERS-220 had a more futuristic design based on a space exploration robot concept by Shoji Kawamori. It had a chrome finish with a retractable headlight and colored LEDs. Between 5,000 and 7,000 units were sold, priced at 180,000 yen. Remote operation was possible through an optional wireless local area network.  Specifications: height 29.6&nbsp;cm, 1.5&nbsp;kg weight, 1.5 hours (default) continuous operation time, 2.5 hours or more operation with a re-celled battery, 16 degrees of freedom (drive unit).

====ERS-210At/220A====
Variants of ERS-210/220 were later released with an improved CPU and head clutch. Nearly identical in appearance to the earlier models, they were distinguished by the Super Core logo on the underside of the body. They cost US$1299 at launch.

====ERS-31x (Latte and Macaron)====
The ERS-31x models had an "AIBO's heart" slogan. The original production design illustrator was Katsura Moschino. The price was 98,000 yen or US$950.
The "Latte" (ERS-311) is an off-white/cream color with purple eyes and is considered the "friendly" model. The "Macaron" (ERS-312) is mostly black with cream accents and blue eyes and is considered the "naughty" model. The "Pug" (ERS-31L) is the least common of the three and was $200 cheaper. The ERS-31L has the same body shape but a different face design and is a light brown color.  The 31x series dogs are considered to look like a [[bichon]] puppy or a bear cub.

====ERS 31xB====
These models are aesthetically identical to the ERS-311 and ERS-312 and feature Bluetooth connection to a handheld viewer (released only in Japan) which would "translate Aibos thoughts and feelings into text" and enable the handler to play games with them.

===Third generation models (7Mx)===
[[File:Aibo ERS-7.PNG|thumb|ERS-7]]
The [[ERS-7]] and its successive iterations were the third generation of AIBO robots and the final ones released before the product line's 2006 discontinuation. They were first sold in 2003 and priced between $1500 and $2000. It has been estimated that ERS-7 sold 15,000 units of each variant, M1 to M3, for a total of 45,000 units.  The ERS-7M1 was released only in white, the ERS-7M2 was released in white and black, and the ERS-7M3 was released in white, black, and champagne brown.

=== Fourth generation models ===
==== ERS-1000 ====
[[File:Aibo ERS-1000 - 2.jpg|thumb|ERS-1000]]
The ERS-1000 was the first aibo model in the product line's revival, released in January&nbsp;2018. It is equipped with an LTE SIM card to support interaction and learning via [[cloud computing]], requiring a persistent Internet connection to function fully.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aibo.sony.jp/feature/basic.html?s_pid=jp_aibo_/store/_basic_detail|title=aiboベーシックプラン {{!}} aibo|website=aibo.sony.jp|language=ja|access-date=2017-12-05}}</ref> This model has a less-robotic and "cuter" appearance than other models. The ERS-1000 can recognize up to 100 faces, responds to over 50 voice commands, and can learn a customizable trick. It sold for about $3,000.

===QRIO===
[[File:QRIO watch AIBOs at Robocup.jpg|thumb|QRIOs watch AIBOs at a Robocup event.]]

The humanoid [[QRIO]] robot was designed as the successor to AIBO and runs the same base R-CODE and Aperios operating system. Its development was halted prior to commercial release.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-01-26|title=Sony reports strong earnings but unplugs Aibo|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/1049118/sony.html|access-date=2020-12-01|website=Macworld|language=en}}</ref>

==Hardware==
The initial ERS-110 AIBO's hardware includes a 64-bit RISC processor, 16 megabytes of RAM, sensors (touch, camera, range-finder, microphone, acceleration, angular velocity), a speaker, and actuators (legs, neck, mouth, tail).<ref name="sony.net">{{cite web|url=https://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199905/99-046/index.html |title=Sony Global - Press Release - Sony Launches Four-Legged Entertainment Robot "AIBO" Creates a New Market for Robot-Based Entertainment |publisher=Sony.net |date=1999-05-11 |access-date=2013-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028033310/http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199905/99-046/index.html |archive-date=2012-10-28}}</ref> As the series developed, more sensors and actuators were added. During the latter half of the second aibo model, 2x0, a revised model named Super Core was released which fixed a flaw in the robots' head clutch which over time caused tilting, panning, and drooping issues, also known as PAS, TAS, and DHS. These revision models also included a much faster processor, hence the name Super Core. Wi-Fi was available as an add-on for some second-generation AIBOs. The third family of AIBOs, the ERS-7s, have multiple head and body sensors, clicking ear actuators, a chest-mounted proximity sensor, expressive "Illume-Face" and Wi-Fi connectivity.

All AIBOs were bundled with accessories including a charging station and pink ball toy. Late-model ERS7's were bundled with a pink AIBone bone-shaped toy (as did the AIBO ERS-1000 models), playing cards, and a charging station with a pole and marker mat for autonomous docking.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !! MUTANT prototype !! 1998 Prototype !! ERS-110<ref name="sony.net"/> !! ERS-7<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonydigital-link.com/AIBO/downloads/en/AIBO_ERS_7.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - 08.25.03 AIBO ERS-7 FINAL with PIC&Specs.doc |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>
!ERS-1000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aibo.sony.jp/feature/spec.html|title=主な仕様 {{!}} aibo|website=aibo.sony.jp|language=ja|access-date=2017-12-05}}</ref>
|-
| Processor || IDT R3052 or R3071 ×2 @ 30&nbsp;MHz|| MIPS 64 Bit RISC Processor || 64-bit RISC processor @ 50&nbsp;MHz || MIPS R7000 @ 576&nbsp;MHz
|Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (APQ8096)
|-
| RAM || 8&nbsp;MB || 8&nbsp;MB || 16&nbsp;MB || 64&nbsp;MB
|4 GB
|-
| Flash memory ||2&nbsp;MB || || || 4&nbsp;MB
|32 GB
|-
| Moving parts  || 16 degrees of freedom || 4 legs with 3 degrees-of-freedom, 1 Head with 3 degrees-of-freedom, 1 Tail with 1 degree-of-freedom ||Mouth: 1 degree-of-freedom, Head: 3 degrees-of-freedom, Legs: 3 degrees-of-freedom (x4), Tail: 2 degrees-of-freedom || Mouth - 1 degree of freedom, Head - 3 degrees of freedom, Leg - 3 degrees of freedom x4 legs, Ear - 1 degree of freedom x2, Tail - 2 degrees of freedom
|Head: 3-axes, Mouth: 1-axis, Neck: 1-axis, Waist: 1-axis,
Legs: 3-axes x4,

Ear: 1-axis x 2,

Tail: 2-axes
|-
| Touch sensors || x4 Button sensors (one on each paw)
x1 Pressure sensor (head) 
| x4 Button sensors (one on each paw)

x1 Pressure sensor (head) 
| x4 Button sensors (one on each paw) 
Pressure sensor (head) 
| Pressure sensor (chin)
x2 Electrostatic sensors (head, back)

x4 Button sensors (One on each paw)
|Pressure-based capacitive touch sensor (Head, chin, back)
|-
| Camera || 362 × 492 CCD camera || 180,000 pixels || 180,000 pixel color CCD camera (x 1) || CMOS Image Sensor 350,000 pixels
|Front camera, SLAM camera
|-
| Wireless LAN || N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| IEEE 802.11b (Integrated)
|IEEE 802.11b/g/n (Integrated)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fccid.io/AK8145899511|title=FCC ID AK8145899511 Module by Sony Corporation|last=ID|first=FCC|website=FCC ID|language=en|access-date=2019-01-09}}</ref>
|-
|Mobile connectivity
|No
|No
|No
|No
|4G LTE
|-
| Range finders || N/A
| N/A
| Infra-red || One on head, one on body
|Range sensor (chest)
|-
| Display || N/A
| N/A
| LED Lamps for expressing happiness (green) and anger (red) || Illume Face capable of over 60 emotional and status modes, consisting of 24 LEDs (white 12, red 4, blue 4, green 4), Ear: 2 (left & right), Head sensor : 2 (white and amber), Head (wireless LAN on/off): 1 (blue), Back sensor: 16 (white 8, red 3, blue 3, orange 2)
|2 x OLED Eye Displays
|-
| Microphone || Stereo microphone || Stereo microphone || Stereo microphone (one on each side)|| Stereo microphone (one on each side)
|4 Microphones
|-
| Speaker || Yes || Yes || Yes || Miniature speaker, 20.8&nbsp;mm、500&nbsp;mW
|Yes
|-
| Heat sensor || N/A
| N/A
| Yes, two || Yes
|Yes
|-
| Acceleration sensor || Yes || N/A
| Yes || Yes
|Yes
|-
| Angular velocity sensor || N/A
| N/A
| Yes ||N/A
|Yes
|-
| Vibration sensor || N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| Yes
|N/A
|-
| Power source ||  Li-ion (7.2&nbsp;V) for electric circuits Ni-Cd (4.8) for motor drivers || One 7.2&nbsp;V rechargeable lithium-ion battery, one 4.8&nbsp;V rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery ||DC7.2&nbsp;V (lithium-ion battery [ERA-110B]) ||7.4&nbsp;V (2200&nbsp;mAh) lithium-ion battery [ERA-7B]
|4-cell lithium-ion battery ERA-1001B<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://helpguide.sony.net/aibo/ers1000/v1/en-us/contents/TP0001970143.html|title=ERS-1000 {{!}} Help Guide {{!}} Disposing of aibo|website=helpguide.sony.net|access-date=2019-01-09}}</ref>
|-
| Energy consumption || unknown
| unknown
| 12.6&nbsp;W (autonomous mode) || Approx. 7&nbsp;W (standard operation in autonomous mode)
|Approx. 14&nbsp;W
|-
| Operating time ({{abbr|approx.|approximate}}) || unknown
| unknown
| 1.5 hours default capacity, 2.5 hours with a re-celled battery || 1.5 hours (standard / autonomous mode) 2.5 hours (higher capacity / autonomous mode)
|Approx 2 hours
|-
| Charging time (approx.) || unknown
| unknown
| 2.5 hours
| 2.5 hours
| 3 hours
|-
| Dimensions (L×W×H, without tail) || {{convert|220|x|130|x|200|mm|in|abbr=on}} || 235&nbsp;mm&nbsp;× 132&nbsp;mm&nbsp;× 250&nbsp;mm (not including tail) || Approx. 274&nbsp;mm&nbsp;× 156&nbsp;mm&nbsp;× 266&nbsp;mm (not including tail) || 319&nbsp;mm&nbsp;× 180&nbsp;mm&nbsp;× 278&nbsp;mm
|Approx. 180&nbsp;mm&nbsp;× 293&nbsp;mm&nbsp;× 305&nbsp;mm (Standing posture not including protrusions)
|-
| Weight (approx) || {{convert|1.5|kg|lb|abbr=on}} (including batteries) || 1.25&nbsp;kg (including batteries) || About 1.4&nbsp;kg (body), about 1.6&nbsp;kg (including memory stick and battery) || Approx. 1.65&nbsp;kg (including battery & memory stick)
|{{convert|2.2|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|}

==Software==
All AIBO models prior to the ERS-1000 were bundled with AIBOLife software, enabling the robot to walk, "see" its environment via camera, recognize spoken commands (English and Spanish, or Japanese), and develop a "personality". AIBO's sounds were programmed by Japanese DJ/avant-garde composer [[Nobukazu Takemura]], fusing mechanical and organic concepts.<ref name=WP>[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/100935792.html?dids=100935792:100935792&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+20%2C+2002&author=Joshua+Klein&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Nobukazu+Takemura%2C+Synthesizing+Things+Up&pqatl=google Nobukazu Takemura, Synthesizing Things Up] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622084641/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/100935792.html?dids=100935792:100935792&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+20%2C+2002&author=Joshua+Klein&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Nobukazu+Takemura%2C+Synthesizing+Things+Up&pqatl=google |date=2013-06-22 }} ''[[The Washington Post]]'', January 20, 2002</ref>  The sounds and music in the ERS-7's Mind series of software were composed by Japanese musician and game designer [[Masaya Matsuura]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonydigital-link.com/AIBO/2_0_interview.asp |title=Sony AIBO Europe - Official Website - AIBO News |publisher=Sonydigital-link.com |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>

===Aperios and Open-R===
Aperios is Sony's Proprietary Real-Time Operating system, used in all AIBOs, QRIO and some other consumer devices. Aperios OS was intended to be widely deployed, using real-time capabilities to handle multiple audio and visual data streams concurrently.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.11/sony_pr.html |title=Wired 7.11: Sony's Plan for World Recreation |magazine=Wired |access-date=2013-03-10|last1=Sheff |first1=David }}</ref> The operating system was not widely adopted, and by 2003 Sony had stopped active development with COO Kunitake Ando commenting "Aperios was an operating system of a pre-Internet age and we decided that it isn't adequate for the future".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eetimes.com/electronics-news/4137118/Linux-and-TV-called-key-to-broadband-tsunami |title=Linux and TV called key to broadband tsunami |date=9 January 2003 |publisher=Eetimes.com |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>

The OPEN-R architecture is specific to entertainment robots. The architecture involves the use of modular hardware components, such as appendages that can be easily removed and replaced to change the shape and function of the robots, and modular software components that can be interchanged to change their behavior and movement patterns. AIBO's creator, Doi, called OPEN-R the "masterpiece" of the AIBO development project, arguing it would minimize the need for programming individual movements or responses, and its "open" nature would encourage a global community of robot specialists and programmers to add capability.<ref name="This Cute Little Pet Is a Robot"/>

===AIBOware===
First and second generation models of AIBO can load different software packages sold by Sony. AIBOware (a trademark of Sony corporation) is the title given to the [[software]] the AIBO runs on its pink [[Memory Stick]].
Popular examples include:

The ''Life'' AIBOware: allows the [[robot]] to be raised from pup to fully grown adult while going through various stages of development as its owner interacts with it. ''Life 2'' was later released, adding new features such as Owner Registration, allowing the AIBO to call its owner's name in its tonal language.

The ''Explorer'' AIBOware: allows the owner to interact with a fully mature robot able to understand (though not necessarily willing to obey) 100 voice commands.

Without AIBOware, AIBOs run in "clinic mode" and can only perform basic actions.

Third generation ERS-7 models have a sole "MIND" series of software that includes capabilities of AIBOLife and other AIBOware packages. MIND software also includes a docking process, allowing ERS-7s to recharge autonomously. Upgrades in MIND2 include the AIBO Entertainment Player, a Wi-Fi based connection to a PC, and upgrades in MIND3 include speech, blogging and autonomous room mapping. While each MIND revision was released alongside each ERS-7 revision (ie. MIND1 released alongside ERS-7M1, MIND2 released alongside ERS-7M2, etc.) any ERS-7 model is capable of running any revision of MIND software.

AIBO's complete vision system uses the [[scale-invariant feature transform]] (SIFT) algorithm to recognise its charging station. The vision system is an implementation of [[Evolution Robotics]] ERVision.

'''Notable AIBOware software'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Description !! Supported Models
|-
| AIBO Life  ||Allows users to raise their Aibos from baby to adult. || ERS-2x0 and ERS-31x
|-
| Hello AIBO! ||Allows users to begin with a "mature" AIBO, skipping the raising process. || ERS-11x, ERS-2x0, and ERS-31x
|-
| AIBO Custom Manager||Allows users to load ''MIND'' with different sounds, dance routines and voices. || ERS-7
|-
| AIBO Entertainment Player ||Allows remote monitoring or control of AIBO ''MIND'' by a PC connected by WiFi. || ERS-7
|}

'''Notable third-party software'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Description !! Supported Models
|-
| DogsLife || An AIBO personality duplicating (and occasionally improving upon) Hello-AIBO.<ref>{{cite web|author=DogsBody |url=http://www.dogsbodynet.com/dogslife.html |title=It's a DogsLife! |publisher=Dogsbodynet.com |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> || Second-generation AIBOs
|-
| Skitter || AIBO "performance" editor, allowing users to create and cause AIBO to perform skits via a PC connected the AIBO by WiFi.<ref>{{cite web|author=DogsBody |url=http://www.dogsbodynet.com/skitter.html |title=Skitter Performance Editor |publisher=Dogsbodynet.com |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> || All
|-
| aiboplus || Replacement personality to explore new ways in the artificial intelligence.<ref name="aiboplus.sourceforge.net">{{cite web|url=https://aiboplus.sourceforge.net/index.html |title=AiBO |publisher=Aiboplus.sourceforge.net |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> || ERS-7
|-
|AiboStella || iOS controller, patterned after AEP, using URBI framework<ref>{{cite web|author=Tippy tap tap |url=https://itunes.apple.com/app/aibostella/id365525629?mt=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617012451/https://itunes.apple.com/app/aibostella/id365525629?mt=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 2014 |title=AiboStella for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store |publisher=[[iTunes]] |date=2010-07-12 |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> || ERS-7, ERS-210, ERS-220
|-
| AIBO Control || Android controller, using URBI framework.<ref name="play.google.com">{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aibo.android |title=Aibo Control - Android-apps op Google Play |date=2012-04-20 |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> || ERS-7
|}

Free third-party software is available from providers such as Robot App Store.<ref>{{cite web |author=Robot Page: AIBO |url=http://www.robotappstore.com/Pages/Model.aspx?Model=AIBO |title=AIBO - Robot Page |publisher=Robot App Store |access-date=2013-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315070249/http://www.robotappstore.com/Pages/Model.aspx?Model=AIBO |archive-date=2013-03-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===AIBO Software Development Environment===

Initially, access to programming capabilities was limited to Sony and organizations participating in Robocup. By reverse-engineering AIBO, users developed their own software that operated together with AIBOware such as "DiscoAibo" which made the robotic canine dance to music.

In a significant copyright milestone, Sony invoked the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]] in October 2001, and sent a cease-and-desist notice demanding that "Aibopet" stop distributing code that was retrieved by bypassing the [[copy protection]] mechanisms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chillingeffects.org/anticircumvention/notice.cgi?NoticeID=24 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091014133659/http://www.chillingeffects.org/anticircumvention/notice.cgi?NoticeID=24 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-10-14 |title=No New Tricks for Robot Dog - Chilling Effects Clearinghouse |access-date=2013-03-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Harmon |first=Amy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/technology/05AIBO.html |title=Sony Tightens Leash on Its Robotic Dog |newspaper=NYTimes.com |date=2001-11-05 |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/wp/unintended-consequences-under-dmca |title=Unintended Consequences: Twelve Years under the DMCA {{pipe}} Electronic Frontier Foundation |publisher=Eff.org |date=2010-03-03 |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>  In the face of complaints by many outraged AIBO owners,<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Farhad Manjoo |url=https://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/11/48088 |title=Aibo Owners Biting Mad at Sony |magazine=Wired |date=2 November 2001 |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> Sony backed down and subsequently released a programmer's kit for "non-commercial" use.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sony Corporation|title=OPEN-R Architecture Specifications To Be Made Public|url=http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/200205/02-017E/}}</ref>

The kit was eventually expanded into three distinct tools: R-CODE, the OPEN-R SDK ([[software development kit]]) and the AIBO Remote Framework (ERS-7 only). These three tools are combined under the name AIBO Software Development Environment. R-CODE and AIBO Remote Framework were free to download and could be used for commercial or non-commercial purposes, while OPEN-R SDK is specifically for non-commercial use.

====OPEN-R SDK====
The OPEN-R SDK is a C++ based programming SDK, based on open-source tools (like gcc and newlib), that allows the creation of software for AIBO platforms. This SDK is considered low-level and allows control of everything from the gain values of AIBO's actuators to retrieving AIBO's camera data and performing computer vision computations. No pre-built "standard" AIBO functionality is provided, such as it is with R-Code and AIBO Remote Framework. It thus permits low-level robotic research.

====R-CODE and R-CODE plus====
R-Code is a high-level scripting language for AIBO, allowing creation of simple programs for an AIBO to execute. Remoting is possible via a simple WiFi terminal socket connection. Commercial usage is allowed, and the license fee is free.

R-CodePlus is a derivative of R-Code by AiboPet with several added functionalities. R-CodePlus is a superset of R-Code in terms of language, so everything written in standard R-Code will work on an R-CodePlus MemoryStick (for the same Model AIBO). R-CodePlus exposes new AIBO functions such as simple face recognition, name registration, and camera adjustment settings. In addition to the standard R-Code terminal socket for remoting, R-CodePlus supplies a "Telemetry" socket for several binary data transfers such as AIBO's camera image and sending/receiving sound.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aibohack.com/rcode/rcp_overview.htm |title=[AiboHack] AiboPet R-code Extensions |publisher=Aibohack.com |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>

Aibnet offers a development environment for R-Code programming.<ref>{{cite web|author=DogsBody |url=http://www.dogsbodynet.com/aibnet.html |title=Aibnet Telnet Console |publisher=Dogsbodynet.com |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>

Simplified drag-and-drop customizing of behavior is available via the user-created YART ("Yet Another RCode Tool").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aibohack.com/rcode/yart.htm |title=[AiboHack] YART = Yet Another R-Code Tool |publisher=Aibohack.com |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>

==== AIBO Remote Framework ====

AIBO remote framework allows one to remotely access capabilities of AIBO MIND, including behaviors and pattern recognition, from a Windows PC. The same functionality is used in the AIBO Entertainment Player. The AIBO Remote Framework is a Windows PC API based on Visual C++. The Framework can be used to write code that can remotely control an AIBO running MIND2 or MIND3 Aiboware via a wireless LAN. Commercial usage is allowed, and the license fee is free.

===Other Development Environments===
Several robot software development frameworks have been developed that support AIBOs, including [[URBI]], Tekkotsu,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tekkotsu.org/about.html|title=About Tekkotsu|date=2010|website=www.tekkotsu.org|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|access-date=2017-01-22}}</ref> and [[Python Robotics|Pyro]].

===Current Projects===

AiBO+ is a replacement personality for the ERS-7. The project provides an AEP-like application (AiBO+ Client) to connect to the robot under Ubuntu Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android. The owner can control the dog, play a game and see the robot state.<ref name="aiboplus.sourceforge.net"/>

AIBO Control allows Android users to control AIBO ERS-7s running URBI.<ref name="play.google.com"/>

The Open-R and [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]] based [[toolchain]] has been updated by the community to use GCC 5.4, [[GNU Binutils|Binutils]] 2.24 and [[Newlib]] 1.15. This improvement brings the latest C++11/C++14 features and modern software to program the robot. The packaged version of the old and updated AIBO toolchain is available for [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] in a [[Personal Package Archive|PPA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://launchpad.net/~csaba-kertesz/+archive/aiboplus |title=Ubuntu PPA with Aibo toolchain |publisher=Launchpad.net |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>

==AIBOs in education and academia==
[[File:Robocup 2005 Aibos.jpg|thumb|Penalty shootout]]
AIBOs were used extensively in education. For example, Carnegie Mellon offered an AIBO-centred robotics course covering models of perception, cognition, and action for solving problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-491/ |title=15-491 Fall 2008 |date=2010-07-25 |access-date=2013-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725050329/http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-491/ |archive-date=July 25, 2010 }}</ref> Robotbenchmark<ref name="robotbenchmark">{{cite web | url=https://robotbenchmark.net | title=robotbenchmark | access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref> also features an online simulation challenge based on an AIBO ERS-7 model called "Visual Tracking".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://robotbenchmark.net/benchmark/visual_tracking/ | title=robotbenchmark visual tracking | access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref>

===RoboCup Four-Legged League===
[[File:Aibos playing football at Robocup 2005.jpg|thumb|250px|AIBO robots playing in the 9th RoboCup in Osaka (2005)]]
The AIBO has seen much use as an inexpensive platform for [[artificial intelligence]] education and research because it integrates a computer, [[Computer vision|vision system]], and articulators in a package vastly cheaper than conventional research robots. One focal point for that development has been the Robocup Leagues.

The Four-Legged League was the initial name for the [[RoboCup Standard Platform League]], a robot soccer league in which all teams compete with identical robots. The robots operate fully autonomously, with no external control by humans nor computers. The specific AIBO version changed over time: ERS-110 (1999–2000), ERS-210 (2001–2002), ERS-210A SuperCore (2003), ERS-7 (2004–2008). The replacement and current standard platform is the humanoid [[Nao (robot)|NAO]] by Aldebaran Robotics.

Sony provided AIBOs support and sponsorship to universities around the world to participate in the [[RoboCup]] autonomous [[soccer]] [[:Category: Robotics competitions|competition]]  Four-Legged Robot Soccer League. Competing teams would [[Computer program|program]] a team of AIBO robots to play games of autonomous robot soccer against other competing teams. The Four-Legged League ran from 1999 to 2008, although in the final year, many big-name universities did not compete as they had moved to the new [[Nao (robot)|NAO]] platform. The University of New South Wales<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~robocup/2010site/ |title=rUNSWift 2010 |publisher=Cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> was the most successful team in the League, making the final six times and winning three times.

==International AIBO Convention==
The International AIBO Convention takes place every year at Sony Robotics Tower in the Shinjuku prefecture of Tokyo, Japan. The first convention took place on 15&nbsp;May 1999. It was then set to 2–4&nbsp;May. The 2009 convention, being in its tenth year, set attendance records. The convention usually features AIBO advertisements, free posters, free accessories, freeware/open-source downloads and AIBO demonstrations.

==Breed lineage==
{{duplication|date=October 2022|section=yes|dupe=AIBO|dupe2=#Models}}
After model name: body-color choices; release date; units sold.

===First generation models===

*ERS-110: warm silver; began sales 1 June 1999 for delivery in August; limited production of 3,000 for Japan and 2,000 for the USA (5,000 total).
*ERS-111: silver and black; November 1999 and released again in February 2000. Total sales of ERS-111 models were 40,000.

===Second generation models===
*ERS-210: initially released in black, gold, and silver; 2000 Following the release of the first three, several special edition colors were released including Spring White, Spring Orange, Everest White (Pearlescent with pink and blue undertones), Mazeran Green, and Sapphire Violet
*ERS-210A "Supercore": Once again released in black, gold and silver; 2002 Following initial release several new special edition colors were released including Holiday Red, Holiday White, and lastly the Cyber Blue in 2003
*ERS-220: silver; 2001 and re-released as the ERS-220A in 2002.
The most widespread/best-selling AIBO series: estimated amount of 210/220 AIBOs sold: between 65,000 and 100,000.

*ERS-311 "Latte": cream; 2001
*ERS-312 "Macaron": black; 2001
*ERS-31L "Pug": brown; 2002
*ERS-311B "Latte": cream; 2002
*ERS-312B "Macaron": black; 2002
Estimated amount sold: between 30,000 and 35,000.

===Third Generation Models===
*ERS-7: white, November 2003
*ERS-7: black, November 2004
*ERS-7: champagne gold (called honey brown in Japan), October 2005
Estimated sales for all ERS-7s: 40,000 to 50,000

=== Fourth generation models ===
* ERS-1000: Ivory white; January 2018
* ERS-1000: Choco edition; January 2019
* ERS-1000: Caramel edition; January 2020
* ERS-1000: Black sesame edition; January 2021
* ERS-1000: Strawberry milk edition; January 2022
* ERS-1000: Espresso edition; January 2023
* ERS-1000: Kinako edition; January 2024

==Animation==
The AIBO television series {{Nihongo|'' Piroppo''|ピロッポ}} was a series of animated shorts (approximately 6 minutes each) based around AIBO ERS-31xes, Latte and Macaron. The animated series triggered sounds and actions from viewers' ERS-31xes in media-link mode on the proper software.<ref>[[:ja:AIBO]]</ref>
The 23-episode series was broadcast on Fuji TV from 11&nbsp;October 2001, to 21&nbsp;March 2002.

==In popular culture==
{{in popular culture|section|date=October 2022}}
When AIBO was introduced, ''[[The New Yorker]]'' published a cartoon by [[Jack Ziegler]] showing AIBO "urinating" nuts and bolts on a fire hydrant.<ref>{{cite web |author=retailerId0cfb7871 view productId8543509 |url=https://condenaststore.com/featured/new-yorker-may-31st-1999-jack-ziegler.html |title=Sony-type robot mechanical dog urinates nuts and bolts on fire hydrant. - New Yorker Cartoon Poster Print by Jack Ziegler at the Condé Nast Collection |publisher=Condenaststore.com |date=1999-05-31 |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref>

The AIBO ERS-111 was used in [[Janet Jackson]]'s "[[Doesn't Really Matter]]" music video, and received increased market demand and commercial success after being featured with Jackson in the clip.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/01/03/business/let-aibo-tell-you-about-brand-image/|title=Let Aibo tell you about brand image - The Japan Times|work=Japan Times|publisher=Gilhooly, Rob|date=2007|access-date=2014-02-07}}</ref>

The AIBO ERS-311 was featured in the [[Swedes|Swedish]] girl group [[Play (Swedish group)|Play]]'s music video for their song "[[Us Against the World (album)|Us Against The World]]".

In an episode of ''[[Frasier]]'', Frasier gives his dad an AIBO ERS-210 to keep him company while he is visiting Roz in Wisconsin. There is a scene with Eddie interacting with the AIBO, while Martin Crane complains to Sony about not being able to get it to work.

In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "[[Jurassic Bark]]", Bender is seen with a robotic dog resembling an AIBO named Robo-Puppy.

In the film ''[[Click (2006 film)|Click]]'', Kevin's new Robo-dog an [[AIBO ERS-7]], was run over by the dad's car.

A pair of robotic dogs based on AIBO appear in ''[[Tokyo Jungle]]'', a video game published by [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]. The very first AIBO model, ERS-110, is seen in this game, too.

An AIBO ERS-210 can be seen in the title sequence of the 2017 TV adaptation of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[American Gods]]''.

An AIBO ERS-1000 and ERS-111 appears in ''[[Kamen Rider Zero-One]],'' from episodes 38, 39 and 45 respectively, as Gai Amatsu's AI dog named Thouser. Between July 19 and August 2, 2020, owners of fifth generation AIBO received a limited-time update that will allow to perform a special dance as seen in the 39th episode.<ref>{{Citation |title=aibo × 仮面ライダーゼロワン 出演記念特別ふるまい「ゼロワンに変身！」 | date=18 July 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFEvK7Eo0mk |access-date=2024-01-27 |language=en}}</ref>

The AIBO ERS-110 and ERS-1000 models also appear in the 2024 [[Team Asobi]]-developed video game [[Astro Bot]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Astro Bot Lets You Pet The Sony Aibo |date=8 September 2024 |url=https://www.thegamer.com/astro-bot-playstation-cameo-sony-aibo-robot-dog-pet-easter-egg-vip-bot/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Cindy Smart]]
*[[Genibo]]
*[[i-Cybie]]
*[[Musio]]
*[[QRIO]]
*[[Robot app store]]
*[[Furby]]

== References ==

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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://aibo.sony.jp/ Sony Japanese Site] [https://aibo.sony.jp/en/ (English link)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100504015305/http://www.electronicpets.org/sony-aibo-ers7~p14.html Official Listing at ElectronicPets.org]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121202000405/http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199806/98-052/ Sony Develops OPEN-R Architecture for Entertainment Robots]
* [http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199905/99-046/ Sony Launches Four-Legged Entertainment Robot]
* [http://www.sony-aibo.co.uk Sony-Aibo.co.uk]
* [http://www.aiboworld.com/ Aiboworld forums, blogs, etc]
* [http://www.aibo-life.org/ AIBO-Life: forums, faq, help]
* [http://www.aibo-repairs.com/ Aibo-Repairs.com: worldwide repair service, faq, help]
* [https://www.facebook.com/aiborepairs/ Aibo-Repairs: Facebook page for repair info and help]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110302222325/http://www.robotonline.net/en/list/robots/p%3D1%26m%3DSony%26t%3DAnimal-like%26o%3Dtitle%26od%3Dasc List of AIBO Dogs]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100225092958/http://www.robocup.cl/uchilsim/ UCHILSIM], A physics-based simulator of AIBOs competing in RoboCup.
* {{anime News Network|anime|5855|Piroppo}}

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