Ever since my robotics class ended a year ago, I thought I would never have my hands on a AIBO again. The professor made sure to express his disappointment while telling us that Sony discontinued the AIBOs and, in fact, the entire Sony robotics program.
This is despite the fact that AIBOs are so good, and relatively cheap compared to other completely programmable walking robots. The AIBO was left to scavengers in the various Robosoccer leagues. And as servos failed and plastic cracks.. so would the poor little dog fade out of existence.
And then today, I see this photo:
I don’t even know what magazine this is, and I couldn’t find a bigger image. The print is illegible except for a few words. I’m sure we’ll hear more about it in the future. I will update this post with a bigger pic, if I find one.
So, all we really know is, it’s going to be a Playstation 3 accessory. That’s very hopeful since it could hardly cost mor ethan the playsation itself, so it will likely be much cheaper than the original AIBO. But that could also be bad, in that it could be a dumbed down version of the original.
Or, maybe just CliffyB is getting it. The