The verdict is still out on Sony Corp’s new pet dog 'aibo,’ but that’s not stopping the company from planning a deeper push into robotics.
The mechanical mutt, which goes on sale in Japan on Thursday, is just the beginning of the Tokyo-based company’s return to robotics, Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai told Bloomberg TV. While aibo is primarily a toy, its artificial-intelligence capabilities and robotic architecture can be used to create machines for various service fields, he said.
