Overview
Sony corporation (TSE: 6758) is a Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate. The Aibo robot dog is Sony's consumer robotics product — an AI-powered robotic pet with cloud connectivity, vision, and learning capabilities. Sony also develops industrial robotics sensors, image sensors for AVs, and AI technology.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Robotics product
Sensors
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Partnerships
Every company Sony has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1University Research Laboratories1× joint
Most recent
- with University Research Laboratoriesjust announced
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Kenichiro Yoshida Chairman and CEOSEC-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Sony.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Sony in third-party press
Peers
1 peer across 1 segment. Every Sony competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
quadruped(1)
12 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4981.70981935126) · leader Boston Dynamics at 5660%
- Unitree Roboticsadjacent competitor(reported)weak
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Sony has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with University Research Laboratoriesjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1University Research Laboratories1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Sony Aibo x University Research CollaborationwithUniversity Research Laboratoriesdevelopment2026-07-17announcedjust announced
Timeline
Every recorded move in Sony’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipSony Aibo x University Research Collaboration
2026-07-17Sony announced a research collaboration with two university laboratories to expand future capabilities of the aibo entertainment robot. Sony provided prototype aibo models and beta-version development tools to support research in physical AI and robotics, with results showcased at SIGGRAPH 2026.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Sony.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Sony from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
‘Resident Evil’ Feasting at Box Office as Zach Cregger’s Reboot Races Toward $55M Opening
Austin Abrams stars in Sony's video game adaptation that marks the year's best-reviewed horror title.
Universal and Sony sue Suno again, this time over 60,202 recordings
“The magnitude of the alleged infringement is not a defense,” the court told Suno in August. Universal and Sony have now sued the AI music company a second time. They filed the…
‘Resident Evil’ Racing Toward Healthy Box Office Haul for Zach Cregger’s Reboot
Austin Abrams stars in Sony's latest feature adaptation of the video game franchise, with the new movie becoming the first in the series to impress critics.
Record-low deal: Amazon just cut the price of a 77-inch Sony Bravia 6 OLED TV by over $800
The 77-inch Sony Bravia 6 OLED 4K TV is on sale at Amazon for $2,198, down from the standard price of $2,999.99. That's a 27% discount.
Sony Unveils New PlayStation Pulse Headsets
Sony has announced two new wireless gaming headsets designed for the PS5, smartphones, and PCs: the PlayStation Pulse and Pulse Edge. The new models follow the Pulse Elite and…
Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’: First Reactions From the Premiere
The second reboot of Sony's action horror franchise hits theaters on Sept. 18.
‘Practical Magic 2’ Aims to Make ‘Spider-Man’ Disappear From No. 1 at Box Office
Sony's 'Brand New Day' has held the top spot on the domestic chart for six straight weeks.
GTA 6 Gets PS5 DualSense With a Giant VI Logo and Purple Vice City Design
Ascendants GTA 6 Gets PS5 DualSense With a Giant VI Logo and Purple Vice City Design GTA 6 fans have another piece of hardware to look forward to as Sony and Rockstar Games have…
Xbox swoops in to publish Hideo Kojima's 'Physint' after Sony dropped out
Kojima and Xbox are teaming up after Sony pulled out of 'Physint.'
Sony just handed Kojima’s PHYSINT to Xbox, and PlayStation fans aren’t going to like it
Sony has stepped away from Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT after three decades of collaboration, and Xbox has swooped in to publish the genre bending game instead.
Sony Coupons: 45% Off Sony Headphones and Sony Cameras September 2026
Upgrade your setup with Sony’s newest releases. Save on industry-leading noise-canceling audio, and pro-level Alpha cameras.
Sony just announced new headphones, which means you can get the older Sony WH-CH720N for nearly half off
The Sony WH-CH720N headphones are on sale at Amazon for $97, down from the list price of $179.99. That's a 46% discount.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/sony-aibo.md
- RSS feed: /companies/sony-aibo/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/23f6c564-f7fe-4ecd-af32-c03fc5e5b2c5
- Revision history: /companies/sony-aibo/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
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Heat Index
Fringe16/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Sony against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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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.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 20, 2026