This upgrade is available to current Aibo ERS-7 owners and allows your robot to have the increased functionality available in the the new ERS-7M3's. Along with the other features you’ve come to know, the outstanding new capabilities are:AIBO Entertainment Player ( Software for Computer control of AIBO):
Enhancements to Navigator / Player / Scheduler
Navigator - Remotely control AIBO from your PC. See live video of what AIBO sees, hear what AIBO hears.
Player - Play Internet Radio, MP3s, or CDs from AIBO’s speaker while AIBO dances to the music.
- Scheduler – Add and Import Appointments from Microsoft Outlook calendar to have AIBO remind you verbally.
AIBO MIND Software Features:
- Response to voice commands in 1 Second
- Improved Detection of Obstacles, Distance, Darker Environments
- Enhanced Entertaining Actions - Tricks with its AIBOne, Pnk Ball, Sounds / Games
- Ability to Recharge itself
- Ability to communicate with Previous AIBOs through Tonal commands
- Family Pattern Recognition - Can recognize 3 owners and their Petting Patterns
- Automatic Transfer of Owner's Name / AIBO’s Name, Age, Skill Levels When Upgrading from AIBO MIND / AIBO MIND2
Living with AIBO
Growth
AIBO’s personality develops by interacting with people. Each AIBO grows in a different way, based on its individual experiences. AIBO becomes customized based on feedback and the software being used.
With supplied AIBO MIND autonomous software, you can immediately interact with a mature ERS-7 or you can also reset it to its puppy stage.
Instincts and Feelings
AIBO’s mood changes with its environment, and its mood affects its behavior. AIBO also has instincts to move around, to look for its toys, to satisfy its curiosity, to play and communicate with its owner, to recharge when its battery is low, and to wake up when its done sleeping.
AIBO is capable of six feelings - happiness, sadness, fear, dislike, surprise, and anger. Its unique personality is developed through a combination of these instincts and feelings.
Learn
The more you interact with ERS-7, the more it learns.
AIBO’s skill level can improve through encouragement from its owner. By praising AIBO for kicking the ball well, it will continue to play with the ball. Repeated practice with the ball will improve its skill level and it will learn new tricks. If you scold AIBO for playing with its ball, it will stop showing as much interest in it.
With AIBO’s back sensors, it is possible to adjust AIBO’s schedule to coincide with your daily routine. You can schedule your usual bed time and AIBO will go to sleep on its charging station until it's time to get up. AIBO can also use its alarm to wake you up in the morning.
Senses
The more you interact with ERS-7, the more it learns. AIBO uses "short and long range distance sensor" in its nose and chest to detect edges and walls.
Expression
Illume-Face
There are 28 LED lights on the Illume-Face display, and by changing the pattern of lights, various expressions and feelings can be indicated, and complex animations can be displayed. Feelings, like joy, sorrow, anger can be displayed with vivid color and movement.
When the head sensor is touched, the light shines white. The back sensors can also be used to set AIBO’s functions and status with the audio guide.
The back lamp is linked to the back touch sensor. When the sensor is touched, the light shines white. The back sensors can also be used to set AIBO’s functions and status with the audio guide.
Ear and Tail
AIBO’s ears flap according to the movement of its head and body.
Depending on its mood, AIBO can also flap it ears up and down, and wag its tail.
Sounds
AIBO makes 64-chord MIDI sounds to express its feelings. The sound is played through an internal speaker in its chest.
Stereo microphones are placed in the ears. When it hears something AIBO will analyze the sound and recognize words. The direction of the sound came from is also perceived and AIBO will turn his head toward the source. When AIBO is speaking to someone it will turn towards the person so the person can hear what AIBO is saying.
Recognition
Self-Charging
When the battery level gets lower than 40%, AIBO starts self-charging. Using the black and white pattern on the energy station pole and its visual pattern recognition, AIBO can locate and use the charger by itself.
Face & Voice Recognition
AIBO uses its camera and microphone to remember your face and voice as its owner. The owner becomes special to AIBO, and it will respond to the owner.
AIBO remembers the sound frequency to recognize the owners voice. AIBO can also recognize the owner by remembering the shape and features of the owners face.
