AIBO is an entertainment robot designed by Sony to be an autonomous companion that learns and develops emotions and behaviors through interactions, responding to voice commands, touch, and learning its name; it has sensors like cameras and microphones and expresses emotions through movement and eye/tail expressions. AIBO robots were also programmed to play soccer autonomously in robot soccer competitions without human intervention.

1. Ayesha Saif Bhatti
BSE 3A

2.  AIBO means “companion” in Japanese
 Artificial Intelligence roBOt
 An entertainment robot
 Designed by Sony
 Different models since 1999

3.  Autonomous – Not Remote Controlled
 Not just a toy – True companion with
emotions and instincts
 Goes through the developmental stages of an
infant, child, teen and adult
 If you praise him when he plays with his pink
ball – scold him and he will eventually learn
to ignore the ball
 Responds to friendly pats on the head, chin
and back

4.  Six different emotional states including:
◦ Happiness, Dislike, Anger, Love, Sadness, and
Surprise.
 Instincts, or drives including:
◦ Movement, Fear, Recharge, and Search.
 He expresses his emotional state with a wag
of his tail or by changing the color and shape
of his eyes or by his body movements.
 AIBO learns the name you give him. his built-
in stereo microphone, voice-recognition
technology

7.  Grassroots of AIBO - Early 1990’s
 Advances in terms of computer processors,
artificial intelligence, voice recognition and
visual technology
 Dr. Toshi Doi had the ingenious idea that
these technologies could be brought together
to conceive an autonomous robot
 By 1997 the first prototypes were beginning
to emerge

8.  The very first prototype actually had six legs
and was the first step to having a robot on
legs

9.  Touch
◦ On his head, chin and back
 Hearing
◦ Stereo microphones
 Sight
◦ A camera in his head
 Other Sensors
◦ Infrared distance sensor, an acceleration sensor,
and a temperature sensor, pressure sensor etc.

10.  64-Bit RISC Processor
 576 MHz Clock Speed
 64 MB Memory
 Operating System: Aperios Real Time OS
 Wireless LAN
 Memory Stick – Photos taken by AIBO
 Operates on 6 to 8 Watts

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 Colour digital camera mounted in the 'head'
section

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 A pair of microphones, one on each side of the head
The microphones are mounted on the
axis of the ears.

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 The touch-sensitive pad on the top of an
Aibo's head to receive information
The blue button is a pressure sensitive switch

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 Similar to Domestic Pets
Aibo leg module

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 Similar to Domestic Pets
Aibo tail module

16. Main Circuit Board (An earlier model)
Processor

17.  Also called “4-legged league”
 2 Teams, 4 against 4 robots
 2 halftimes, 10 minutes each
 No human intervention
allowed
 Numerous institutions from
around the world would
participate
 Competitors program a team
of AIBO robots to play games
of autonomous robot soccer
against other competing team

18. Build an autonomous humanoid robot
until 2050 which is able to beat
the current world soccer-champion
by the rules of the FIFA.