Sigh. And I always wanted one.
Now I need Rodeny Brooks’ folks to come out with one. I just don’t feel like building it myself. Hey, this is the 21st century – we buy robots, not build them.
Link: Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technology | Why did Sony kill off its Aibo robot dog?.
Because Aibo isn’t a band or a film, and it can’t play or record music or films. Essentially, Sir Howard Stringer, the new boss at the Japanese multinational, is trying to focus the company on areas that will generate cash and, more importantly, profits, and the robotics unit that created Aibo, launched in 1999, was put to sleep in the process.
