Sony's AIBO

 🤖Sony's AIBO🐶

Aibo is an autonomous entertainment robot for the home, designed to grow as it is showered with love as a member of the family. As it interacts with people, Aibo gains an understanding of them and takes part in a two-way communication of feelings with them. People naturally open their hearts to Aibo's lovable behavior, which brings delight to the everyday lives of its owners.

Aibo must be just like a dog-loved by humans and seeking to connect with them emotionally. We emphasized three elements toward that end: understanding of humans, decision-making based on that understanding, and lovable behavior. A great deal of sensing technology is deployed to enable Aibo to understand humans by seeing through its eyes, hearing human voices, and recognizing when it is being stroked. Aibo's decision-making develop from what it learns from day to day. For example, when Aibo's owner asks Aibo to put out its paw, and praises it for success or scolds it for bad timing, Aibo's experiences are uploaded to the cloud to be processed through deep learning, and the results are downloaded as Aibo sleeps. The lesson in this case is that this particular owner offers praise when Aibo puts out its paw at a particular time. Aibo learns, and the very next day starts behaving in a way more attuned to the owner.