Robot model
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.
Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is a quadruped robot built by Sony Corporation.
Machine-readable surfaces
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- REST API: /v1/models/41e59bf2-1cc9-4533-b693-78ce4c12eb2f
- Revision history: /models/sony-aibo/history
- Data documentation: /data
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- Form factor
- quadruped
- Maturity stage
- production
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 0
- ID
41e59bf2-1cc9-4533-b693-78ce4c12eb2f
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Specs
- camera
- front fish-eye wide-angle (faces, color, motion) + SLAM navigation camera
- ram_gb
- 4
- price_usd
- 2899
- processor
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
- storage_gb
- 32
- microphones
- 4
- release_year
- 2018
- cloud_required
- true
- voice_commands
- 50+
- face_recognition
- up to 100 faces
Sources (2)
- AIBO - Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIBO
- 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.
- Who makes Sony Aibo ERS-1000?
- Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is made by Sony Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1946.
- 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.
- 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.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-16
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-16
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.
Methodology surface for Sony Aibo ERS-1000.