RobotDeal: Toyota takes over Sony´s Aibo division

Posted on August 24, 2007
Filed Under Robot News

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Aibo lives! So does Qrio. And what a global outcry it was last year, when Sony CEO Howard Stringer announced he was pulling the plug from the Japanese company´s robot business: Aibo, the walking, barking, rolling robotic dog and dancing humanoid companion Qrio - expired and discarded. But now, automotive giant Toyota is acquiring Sony´s whole robotics division, bringing on board not just Aibo and Qrio but also the researchers and staff who had spent years of dreaming up man´s best tin friend. Our dear friends at the venerable Nihon Keizai Shimbun, aka Nikkei, has this scoop today (Friday in Japan). The deal is unconfirmed by either side, as of yet. But we´ll be back with details - stay tuned.