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Robot model

Sony Aibo ERS-1000

The Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is an AI-powered robotic dog launched by Sony in January 2018.

Track Sony Aibo ERS-1000
Manufacturer
Sony Corporation
Form factor
quadruped
Maturity
production
Lifecycle
active

Overview

The Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is an AI-powered robotic dog launched by Sony in January 2018. A nose-mounted fish-eye camera identifies faces, colors, shapes, and motion; a separate SLAM camera maps room layouts for autonomous navigation. Four microphones enable voice interaction with responses to 50+ commands.

The robot recognizes up to 100 faces and develops a unique personality over time through cloud-based learning, requiring a mandatory AI Cloud Plan subscription and LTE SIM card. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with 4 GB RAM and 32 GB storage. Priced at approximately $2,899 in the US market.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
production(Full-scale production deployment with repeat customers.)
Verified deployments
None on file
Sources on file
2 sources, view all

Key facts

Price

$2,899

Processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

RAM

4 GB

Storage

32 GB

Sensor suite

front fish-eye wide-angle camera + SLAM navigation camera

Specs

Dof

22

Camera

front fish-eye wide-angle (faces, color, motion) + SLAM navigation camera

Ram gb

4

Height cm

29.3

Height mm

293

Price usd

2899

Processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

Weight kg

2.2

Storage gb

32

Microphones

4

Release year

2018

Runtime hours

2

Cloud required

true

Voice commands

50+

Face recognition

up to 100 faces

To scale

Human175 cmSony Aibo ERS-100029.3 cm (0'12") · 2.2 kg

Data & sources

Web sources

2

2 sources backing this record.View all →

Pricing

No verified price is on record for Sony Aibo ERS-1000. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

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Sony Aibo ERS-1000 on the deployment map

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Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Sony Aibo ERS-1000.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (2)

  1. AIBO - Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIBO
  2. aibo -- Sony AI Robotic Companion · https://us.aibo.com

Common questions

What is Sony Aibo ERS-1000?
The Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is an AI-powered robotic dog launched by Sony in January 2018. A nose-mounted fish-eye camera identifies faces, colors, shapes, and motion; a separate SLAM camera maps room layouts for autonomous navigation. Four microphones enable voice interaction with responses to 50+ commands. The robot recognizes up to 100 faces and develops a unique personality over time through cloud-based learning, requiring a mandatory AI Cloud Plan subscription and LTE SIM card. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with 4 GB RAM and 32 GB storage. Priced at approximately $2,899 in the US market.
How much does Sony Aibo ERS-1000 cost?
Sony Aibo ERS-1000's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Sony Aibo ERS-1000 from Sony Corporation. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Sony Aibo ERS-1000 actually deployed in the real world?
Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is recorded at the production stage, but DEPLOY has no deployment verified at a named site yet; vendor deployment claims are not independently confirmed here. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
What are the specs of Sony Aibo ERS-1000?
Sony Aibo ERS-1000's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Degrees of freedom: 22; Height: 29.3 cm; Weight: 2.2 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.
Who makes Sony Aibo ERS-1000?
Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is made by Sony Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1946.
Can you buy Sony Aibo ERS-1000?
Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
What are alternatives to Sony Aibo ERS-1000?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable quadruped robots to Sony Aibo ERS-1000 include Spot, Ghost Robotics Spirit 40, ANYbotics ANYmal, DEEP Robotics Lite3.
How does Sony Aibo ERS-1000 compare to Spot?
Sony Aibo ERS-1000 and Spot (Boston Dynamics · 4 deployments) are both quadruped robots on the DEPLOY registry. Sony Aibo ERS-1000 has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Sony Aibo ERS-1000 a top quadruped?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Sony Aibo ERS-1000 ranks in roughly the top under 1% of quadruped models tracked by the registry.
What is Sony Aibo ERS-1000's maturity stage?
Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.
Where is Sony Aibo ERS-1000 deployed?
No verified deployments of Sony Aibo ERS-1000 are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Sony Aibo ERS-1000 safe?
Sony Aibo ERS-1000 has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-23

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-23

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: quadruped

Sources by quality tier

1
knowledge-base
Knowledge base
1
unclassified
Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

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