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The Sony Aibo was a robot revolution dressed like a dog
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The Verge looks at the history of Sony's Aibo robot dog and its multiple generations in an episode of its Version History podcast. According to the outlet, Sony believed in the 1990s that people would soon live among many humanoid robots, serving as coworkers, friends and pets. The excerpt says Aibo was Sony's attempt at the pet role.
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The Sony Aibo was a robot revolution dressed like a dog
In the 1990s, Sony was absolutely convinced that we were on the precipice of a robot takeover. Pretty soon, the company decided, we'd all be living among countless humanoid robots. Some would be our coworkers; others would be our friends; and at least one would be our pet. And "pet" was exactly what Sony was […]
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