9f John - Pet Robot

Robotics Research Project

School : Dalian Maple Leaf Foreign Nationals School Teacher : Ms. Monireh Kandi Time : Second Term 2008-2009

(Pet Robot)

Who??  Sony (company) made the first pet robot

What??  They made AIBO (pet robot)

When??  The sony company made On June 1, 1999

Where??  Sony company is from Japan so this pet robot is from Japan.

Why??  Why?? I don’t know why.  AIBO is not for work, it is a robot designed to be a pet.

How?? 

AIBO is 27.4 centimeters long (approximately 11 inches) and weighs approximately 1.6 kilograms (3.5 pounds). It is exactly like a little puppy-it has eyes, ears, and a tail and walks on four legs. It primarily moves around on its own, although it can also be operated by remote control. AIBO not only looks like a puppy, it also walks on four legs by itself, plays with a ball, responds to a whistle, gets mad when it is hit on the head, barks, and puts out its paw when a person sticks out a hand. This is possible thanks to the high-speed, workstation-class computer built into its body, which has been programmed to remember over 50 different types of behavior based on studies of dog and cat behavior. AIBO behaves in accordance with the "instincts" programmed into its software, expresses "emotions" according to the degree of satisfaction of these instincts and in response to external stimuli picked up through its camera and microphone, and "learns" through the accumulation of these experiences. It "grows up" just like an ordinary puppy.

How much??  Selling the robots via the Internet only, Sony sold 5,000 units worldwide, and they were so popular that the 3,000 earmarked for Japan sold out in just 20 minutes. (I don’t know how much.)  Also, it’s being sold more than 5 hundred millon.