The Aibo dog, which was launched in Sony stores around the world in 2018, has introduced new features, enhancing its commercial prototype. For those of you who don’t know it yet, let’s say Sony has spent years designing and improving a robot pet with the goal of incorporating it into people’s daily lives.

Its characteristics are as follows:

• He has movements similar to a real dog: he runs, barks, wags his tail, and so on.
• Ability to know the owner and accept orders received (with some limitations, of course).
• He wears an integrated camera on his nose: it allows him to get to know the area and draw a “map” to see how he should move. This is a mechanism that is widely used to clean robots.
• It is optional to give Aibori an AA. This will allow him to develop his own personality adapted to the environment in which he lives.

New features

The new improvements developed for Aibo are related to the safety of household members, which can be humans or other pets.

Now, the version with AI and Internet connection allows you to control and search for family members from home, allowing owners to schedule a few hours to do so. In this way, Aibo will report the results of this surveillance to the owner’s phone.

This new version is called the Aibo Choco Edition and, while it may seem incredible, it looks even more realistic.

Aibo will continue to grow

Sony has given professionals involved in the world of robotics and software creation the opportunity to participate freely in Aibo’s development and future improvements.

This robot is an excellent result of how the technology has improved over time and the product of the new professional profiles in the sector to facilitate the routine of other people.

"Police" version

The artificial animal is priced at 1,481 euros, in addition to the 673 euros that users have to pay every three years, so that the robot can store its knowledge in the cloud so that it can develop its identity.

The multinational technology company Sony has introduced a new function for the robot dog Aibo, which allows the artificial pet to “patrol” the house and track up to 10 people, thus performing the “police” work of the pet.

With this feature, the Japanese company wants to add a “sense of security” to the “enjoyment” experience of people living with animals.

As part of this service, Sony has announced that it has begun a partnership with Japanese security company Secom with the goal of “providing new features and services” for surveillance.

Updating its software will give Aibo the ability to map the house, “patrol” its spaces, and track ten people, allowing it to keep track of the record.

With several sensors and its two cameras, located on the nose and tail, the smart dog will be able to do “surveillance” work at home, which owners can program via smartphones.