CategoryQuadrupeds
Overview
Sony Group Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, developing robotics including the Aibo ERS-1000 companion robot dog. Sony's robotics division has produced multiple generations of Aibo since 1999, with the ERS-1000 being the latest production model featuring AI-powered personality development and cloud-connected behaviors.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Product
Category
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Aibo history
Financial stage
Data & sources
Web sources
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Models (1)
View all models →Safety record
No incidents on record for Sony Corporation.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Sony Corporation in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- DEEP Robotics4 models
- Xiaomi3 models
- GENISOM AI2 models
- Ghost Robotics2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 27, 2026
unreviewed -> reviewed
- Record createdJun 16, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
- AIBO - Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIBO
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Sources by quality tier
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Methodology surface for Sony Corporation.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- DEEP Robotics4 models
- Xiaomi3 models
- GENISOM AI2 models
- Ghost Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Sony Corporation from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Rock out with the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones while theyre over $150 off
The Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones are on sale at Amazon for $248 at Amazon, down from the list price of $399.99. That's a 38% discount.
Sony Announces FX5 Cinema Camera With 5K Recording And AI Tracking
Sony has officially announced the launch of the FX5, a new full-frame camera in its Cinema Line lineup equipped with an advanced stacked CMOS image sensor. Designed to provide…
Sony AI Announces Breakthrough Research in Real-World Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Sony AI published research in Nature introducing 'Ace,' the first robot to beat elite human players in competitive table tennis, demonstrating physical AI that perceives, decides,…
RIP bargain bin: The price impact of Sony's disc-free PlayStation plan
Valve Steam Machine Review: A Compromised Console
Great for indie darlings, but Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo remain kings of TV gaming.
A $10K Bounty Aims to Make Sony’s PlayStation 5 a Computer Again
Nice PlayStation you got. Bet it could probably run Linux too.
Sony Retention Move: Free PS Plus Premium For 1 Year
Sony has reportedly begun offering a free one-year upgrade to its top-tier PlayStation Plus Premium subscription service for select users. This targeted promotion follows recent…
Noronha departs from Sony Innovation Fund
Austin Noronha will be leaving Sony after 25 years, the last decade of which was spent as part of Sony’s CVC team. The post Noronha departs from Sony Innovation Fund appeared…
Sony brings back the superzoom RX10 with a stacked sensor and a high price
Sony is bringing back the RX10 superzoom camera after a nearly nine-year gap between models. The newly announced RX10 V retains the same 24-600mm equivalent f/2.4-4 Zeiss…
Sony (SONY) Moves Further Into Digital Gaming With PS3, PS Vita Store Closures
GitHub cuts short offer to burn repos on CD after mockery ensues
A purported jab of Sony's physical media phase-out blows up on GitHub itself
Sony’s All-Digital PlayStation Strategy Doesn’t Sit Well With Gamers
The former champion of sharing-friendly policies has changed
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/sony.md
- RSS feed: /companies/sony/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b73dc065-c5a7-479f-8a9e-5fb6e49ebe43
- Revision history: /companies/sony/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- DEEP Robotics4 models
- Xiaomi3 models
- GENISOM AI2 models
- Ghost Robotics2 models
Video
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Can Sony's $2,900 robot canine possibly live up to the real thing? The Post's Geoffrey A. Fowler compares Aibo to a real (adorable) puppy to find out. Subscribe
Did you know that it’s extremely difficult for even the most experienced surgeons to acquire microsurgery skills? We’re talking stitching together small blood v
Packed with charm, AI and cloud technology, Sony’s rebooted robot dog doesn’t come cheap. Read more here: https://tcrn.ch/2LlwOiH TechCrunch is a leading tec
Awesome Sony robots in Japan! They move really smoothly and quickly for machines. I'm impressed.
Sony’s advanced robot Ace has gone head to head with elite athletes, showcasing incredible speed, precision and reaction times far beyond human capability. With
Dec. 24th 2005 at the SONY building in Tokyo, Japan. QRIO on the left has a new camera, the wrists bend, the hands pivot, and the thumbs work independent of the
Sony Revealed it's microsurgery assistance robot capable of automatic surgical instrument exchange and precision control. #Robot #Robotics #Sony
See Sony's aibo in action playing in the Sony CES 2019 Booth. Learn more about #SonyCES here: bit.ly/2SonyCES Learn more about aibo here: http://bit.ly/aiboU
Sony is showing off its new surgical robot tool. The prototype was recently unveiled at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' International Con
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Sony has released a robotic dog that is meant to do scheduled checks on family
Reality vs attention
Sony Corporation draws attention at the 84th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among quadrupeds.
6-month trend
Analysis
Broad public reach with 4.9M video views. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
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Last computed: Aug 1, 2026