About Aibo Life; About Aibo-Ware; Aibo's Autonomous Activities - Sony AIBO LIFE ERF-210AW01 User Manual

About AIBO Life

About AIBO-ware

AIBO by itself is capable of only the most basic movements. For more
complicated operations, AIBO must be loaded with AIBO-ware that comes on
a "Memory Stick." It is AIBO-ware that gives AIBO its capabilities and
character, so you might think of it as AIBO's "mind." By combining AIBO
with different AIBO-ware and peripheral devices, AIBO can be enjoyed in a
variety of ways. AIBO Life is AIBO-ware that allows AIBO to move around
autonomously and helps you to raise AIBO into the kind of companion that is
best for you.

AIBO's autonomous activities

AIBO comes with all the necessary hardware, such as a brain, sensors,
actuators and power supply, to move about on its own. What AIBO Life adds is
a set of emotions, instincts, learning ability and the capacity to mature.
Through AIBO Life, AIBO can act according to its own judgements, all the
while expressing emotions, collecting information from you and its
environment, learning and maturing. With AIBO Life, AIBO will let you know
by gesture and sound when it wants you to play with it, and may even go about
looking for you. On the other hand, when something catches AIBO's attention,
it may ignore you even when you call its name. The key to getting along with
AIBO then is to understand its autonomous nature, and to help it learn and
grow.
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