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The first generation AIBO design won Japan's prestigious "Good Design Award, Grand Prize"[16] and a special Intelligent Design award in the 2000 German Red Dot awards.[17]
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the dog was designed and manufactured by Sony
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The "Robotic Virtual Pets" sub-category of the toy market jumped from $5 million to $159 million in one year.
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In 2006, AIBO was added into Carnegie Mellon University's "Robot Hall of Fame" with the description "the Sony AIBO represents the most sophisticated product ever offered in the consumer robot marketplace
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In 2006, AIBO was added into Carnegie Mellon University's "Robot Hall of Fame" with the description "the Sony AIBO represents the most sophisticated product ever offered in the consumer robot marketplace
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Improved version of the original AIBO, initially released in November 1999 as a limited edition model. All 3,000 units of the Japanese allocation were snapped up within 17 seconds of launch
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From July, 2014, Sony no longer provide repairs for AIBO products and will not give any kind of customer support or repair for AIBO products.
