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What the Sony Aibo ERS-1000 knows about you
The Sony Aibo ERS-1000 is an AI-powered robotic dog launched by Sony in January 2018. A nose-mounted fish-eye camera identifies faces, colors, shapes, and motion; a separate SLAM camera maps room layouts for autonomous navigation. Four microphones enable voice interaction with responses to 50+ commands. The robot recognizes up to 100 faces and develops a unique personality over time through cloud-based learning, requiring a mandatory AI Cloud Plan subscription and LTE SIM card. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with 4 GB RAM and 32 GB storage. Priced at approximately $2,899 in the US market.
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What it collects about you
Where your data goes
What it collects about you
The data this device picks up.
Your body data
Aibo learns and recognizes up to 100 faces using its camera, including detecting smiles. Facial recognition data is stored on the device and in Sony's cloud. The device is banned from sale in Illinois due to biometric data collection under BIPA.
Recording you
Aibo has a front camera, SLAM navigation camera, four microphones, motion sensors, and touch sensors. The AI Cloud Plan is required at purchase, and the robot continuously gathers environmental and interaction data to personalize behavior and improve Sony's AI.
Where your data goes
Who else can see it once it leaves the device.
Training their AI
Sony uses Aibo data to personalize the robot and improve its AI, reserves the right to use your data for marketing, and may share de-identified data with third parties who want to market to you.
Shared with others
Sony says it does not share personal information with third parties, but reserves the right to share de-identified data with third parties including companies that want to market to you.
The full record
- Camera
- front fish-eye wide-angle (faces, color, motion) + SLAM navigation camera
- Ram gb
- 4
- Price usd
- 2899
- Processor
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
- Storage gb
- 32
- Microphones
- 4