Restructuring Plan requires  Sony has announced the discontinuation of production of Aibo, the famous robot dog that can monitor your home when you’re not here to speak with a vocabulary of more than 1000 words and even for latest developments, to keep a blog! Launched in 1999, the Aibo adventure stops, lack of profitability, like that of QRIO, the humanoid robot from Sony, which has never been marketed.
Despite some 150 000 copies sold (unit price: around $ 2,000), the pack of robots Aibo is not consistent enough to justify the cost it entails developments, especially in the segment of consumer robotics The competition – including American – prepares its defenses. Technology Showcase giant Nippon, bristling with innovation, mechanics Aibo may have suffered from a lack of consistency with the overall strategy of Sony.A terse paragraph summarizing the position of Sony in its announcements related to previous quarterly results: “The development of new products for Aibo has already ceased and production should be halted by the end of fiscal year 2005. However, after-sales service will be maintained. There will be no new development for QRIO. R & D in the field of artificial intelligence developed for the Aibo and QRIO units will continue and will be deployed in a wide range of electronic products .
In other words, Sony has not said its last word on artificial intelligence, but should now focus on robotics for industry, like its rivals Honda and Toyota that focus on the design of machines capable replace human tasks for services (reception, monitoring) or field of industry