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Premature End for Robo-Pet Hacker Community

The news has sent ripples through the entire Aibo community: Sony, legal holder of the code's copyright, has requested the AiboPet.com site to remove a significant part of its content, related to the expansion of their development kit.

Many robot fanatics and accademic researchers have condemned the move as Aibo was a good development platform, and Sony's move will slow progress in the area.

There's another few other pages about this on the net, one at slashdot, and one over on New Scientist. You can also find the official page at Aibo.com.

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Wednesday 31 October, 05:53
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Aibo Users Barking Mad

In follow-up to the previously mentioned events, the community has started revolting, threatening to boycott sony and any of its future products (let alone the next Aibo).

First there's the Open Letter To Sony, and the Objections by AiboNet. Finally, Wired.com also has an article on the subject called Aibo Owners Biting Mad at Sony.

More to come no doubt!

935 posts.
Sunday 04 November, 07:40
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Sony Releases Next Generation Regardless

Quick follow-up, Sony has released their newest version of Aibo. See the article on BBC News called Dancing Aibo debuts.

Apparently the thing can dance and recognise more voice commands. Shame AiboPet has gone down, I'd be very interested to see what he can do with this version of the toy.

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Friday 09 November, 05:10
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