Please Don’t Die “Entertainment Robot AIBO” The 3rd Japan Media Arts Festival Digital Art (Interactive Art) Division Grand Prize__“Entertainment Robot
The pet robot *AIBO* was born at Sony in 1999 as the world’s first home-entertainment robot. About 150,000 robots were built but production and sales ended in 2006 and technical support was also discontinued in 2014. Today former Sony engineers provide unofficial maintenance services for owners who remain firmly attached to their *AIBO* robots. Since 2015, the temple in Japan has also provided religious services for *AIBO* robots that no longer function, to return their spirits to heaven.
credit: Japan Media Arts Festival
Please Don’t Die “Entertainment Robot AIBO” The 3rd Japan Media Arts Festival Digital Art (Interactive Art) Division Grand Prize__“Entertainment Robot
The pet robot *AIBO* was born at Sony in 1999 as the world’s first home-entertainment robot. About 150,000 robots were built but production and sales ended in 2006 and technical support was also discontinued in 2014. Today former Sony engineers provide unofficial maintenance services for owners who remain firmly attached to their *AIBO* robots. Since 2015, the temple in Japan has also provided religious services for *AIBO* robots that no longer function, to return their spirits to heaven.
credit: Japan Media Arts Festival