A Programmable Dog That Will Bite Back

November 8, 2001

By LISA GUERNSEY

http://www.us.aibo.com/

When Sony came out with its first four- legged Aibo robot in 1999, a lot of people thought that it was awfully cute. The latest Aibo, officially called ERS-220, is designed to look a little more menacing. Its eyes flash and it growls like an engine. The design is based on a revving race car, said Jon Piazza, a Sony spokesman, who described the new Aibo as “a Terminator type of guy” (minus the salty vocabulary).

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