自1999年推出的第一代電子寵物 aibo 造成轟動後，索尼開始投入人工智慧產品的研發，至今共推出四代電子犬，2005 年推出最後一代電子寵物後便投身智能機械人開發，更在 2015 年終止一切電子寵物相關維修。出人意外地卻在相隔兩年後重啟電子寵物業務，選在 2017 年 11 月 1 日發表最新一代的電子犬 aibo。

新「aibo」捨去過去幾代的科技感，以圓潤擬真的設計帶來更多的親近感。狗身共有22處活動關節與兩枚 LED 眼珠能模擬如真狗般的細膩神情。不像過去幾代 aibo 只會等待主人呼喚才有動作，充滿好奇心的新 aibo 將會主動討主人歡心，隨著主人給與撫觸、互動，它會辦識主人，更加活潑並進化學習。

內鍵的魚眼相機能繪製地圖讓它能主動尋找主人所在的地方，像真狗一般討摸摸，討抱抱。內鍵AI能透過與主人的互動學習更多技能，與SONY雲端系統相連結的部份則匯集所有aibo的學習資料，讓新 aibo 自主進化。

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SONY 在操作 aibo 的銷售暗藏玄機。由於明年為狗年，SONY 刻意選擇日文狗叫聲諧音 won 比喻為 1 作為 aibo 的行銷日期安排。在 11 月 1 日發表新一代 SONY aibo，在 11 月 11 日開放登記預購、並在明年 1 月 11 日為販售首日。aibo 的體重為 2.2 公斤，大小 180mm × 293mm × 305 mm。活動狀態電力可維持 120 分鐘，搭載 SIM 卡，並連結 SONY 自家雲端系統，即使原機故障無法修復，也能將所有舊資料下載到新機。aibo 本體定價為日幣198,000 元（約台幣 53,460 元）。需另加三年雲端服務契約，每月月費為日幣 2,980 元（約台幣 805 元）或三年一次付清價 90,000 日幣（約台幣 23,971 元）。

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