Sony Aibo ERS-7M2

Juniper Foo | Oct 15, 2004

Five years after Sony's pricey purebred wagged its metal parts into existence, we're still not entirely sure if Aibo's a stud or bitch. But it's good enough for the Japanese company to breed a new litter of digital pups capable of yet more new tricks. The latest updates, in black and white options, can dance to MP3, WAV and Windows Media files and allow owners to control, program and navigate wirelessly from a PC. New video-recording capabilities also empower this cyberdog to play watchdog of sorts, recording activities about the house while the owners are at work or on vacation. The robopet's eyes can snap pictures, retrievable via email. Now all lonely, single homeowners need is to get QRIO the half-pint robot, Roomba the robomop, NeCoRo the turbo feline, and we'll have a real family.

Price: US$1,900
Availability: Mid-November
Device: Robot dog
Basic specs: In pearlescent white or new black, 180 x 278 x 319mm, 1.65kg with battery and Memory Stick, 64bit RISC CPU, 64MB SDRAM, 350,000-pixel CMOS sensor, integrated IEEE 802.11b card, mini mics and speaker, 1.5-hr operating time, 2.5-hr charge time

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