AIBO learns to talk

The evolution of AIBO continues at an astonishing rate.

The new Champagne Brown ERS-7M3 comes with Mind 3 software which allows the mecha-mutt to communicate with spoken words and upload his own photo diary blog.

Other new touches include the ability go online to receive emails – you can check how he’s doing while you’re away – and collect the latest headlines from AIBO Net News. Being read the news by a robot dog wasn’t one of our technological hopes for 2005, but we’re impressed all the same.

The final big improvement is that AIBO now has a memory. It’s only slightly better than a goldfish at 5 minutes long, but within that time he can automatically find his favourite places and charging station without the need for sensors.

The new AIBO model and Mind 3 software will be available this October with an upgrade kit available for owners of the current ERS-7.

He costs a cool £1400 – for more info check out the AIBO website. 

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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