"Mr. Butlertron! You BROKE E-CYBO-POOCH!"

hm... does that really make sense? and why do aibos dog-feet look like horse-feet?

That looks hot. Naysayers just aren't ready for the future.

@Bodypainter: throw on "why does his head look like a cat's?"

@vizion: the future of what? plastic robot animals, that are harder to control, less rewarding, and more expensive?

i'm afraid of this bleak future, bring on ROBOT RULERS! ROBOT DICTATOR FTW!

Not your grandma's Aibo! That thing looks like it's a Cylon pet. I think I want one. But not if I have to buy a PS3 to enjoy it.

My God... Is the PS3 doing that bad they have to bring in their own R.O.B.? This is going to be a fun train wreck to watch.

I'm sure its real. I'm also sure its going to cost like $3,000.

sony better get their act together while they still have a company, i mean i could just go to my local dog pound and get the real thing for free not to mention it won't need to be recharge or anything

now if it can make coffee and fold clothes I might be interested.

Mother FLIPPING COOL. This Aibo looks like Darth Vader's dog.

The AIBO ERS-31L retailed for $599. Hopefully they can get this Aibo within that price range. The reason why the Aibos were expensive were that they had a surprising amount of processing power inside the robo-pooch way back when. The ERS-7 had a 576Mhz 64-bit MIPS processor with 64MB onboard inside its tiny body (this is almost half a decade ago). Now, that sort of power is common place in mobile devices, hopefully they can keep the price down.

@Scaramanga: Good point. I remember thinking from day one how expensive AIBOs were for what you actually got: a slow, twitchy little bastard that needed constant recharging. It would be interesting to see how far they've gotten with the development.

Could you imagine what would go through a thief's mind when he broke into some apartment in Brooklyn and had a robot dog following him around the place?!

"...the AIBO PS will be able to awaken itself when sensing sound and motion and ping your email."

somehow i imagine that will be really useful...

*AIBO owner finished morning coffee, notices something odd*
"uh... where's my fridge? and my computer... my plasma screen..."
*cell phone rings*
"ooh! got an email. 'you've been robbed.' well, thanks, robo-scoooby! I HADN"T NOTICED THAT!
...hey. they didn't take my PS3..."

of course, if it photographs the thieves, that could help.

@Scaramanga: Indeed.
This is a good thing for sure.

The Aibo was far ahead of it's time, so perhaps that time is now? :)

If this is whats going to save the Playstation, Sony's in real big trouble.

BY YOUR COMMAND.

If they start with a new AIBO that's great!
now that technology has improved and become cheaper maybe I can finally get one! *mind-drooling*

The earlier versions I didn't like the design so much,
it looked to much "robotic killer-dog-toy"...
Keep the dark side theme but don't make the dog into a cyber-toy that look like K.I.T.T. in knight rider.

@djtooshay: I'm sure he / she will be thinking "wow, I'm going to steal that dog thing also".

@ Pope John Peeps II:

clone high ftw

@smokyburnout: hmm do i have to laugh?

I'd get one. Looks like fun, Robo reckon and such.

I would swap one for my daft moggy right now if anyone was interested!?

I also think it Looks kinda sexy. Wait, does that count as beastiality or just tech lust?

"Robo Puppy preparing to lick." "Robo Puppy commencing licking." "error" "ROBO PUPPY MISTREATMENT ALERT"
(obligatory Futurama reference)

should have made it look like the TROJAN HORSE and stuffed it with decent PS3 games......would have really suprised everyone....

@fastharry: Maybe if the built a robotic Badger?

RUN AWAY!!!!

RUN AWAY!!!!

Wait, si I get to control a robot with my game console? Sweet! I'm gonna name him B.O.B.

Or to make the joke actually work, "I'm gonna name him R.O.B."

HELL YEA!

It better be true.. It must be.. :P

You should be able to control the Aibo with your PSP over IP. Then you could like, tell it to do your laundry while you are at work. Now THAT would be cool.

And onclick="javascript:return jumpToComment(331651,'CommentBox', this.href);" href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/leaks/new-aibo-ps-rumors-grow-playstation-aibo-331651.php#c3249697">slingblade:

the Darth Vader dog reference is awesome.

uhhh, don't know what I did to my comment there. sorry.

I'm afraid of this little robot.

This is great news if it's true.

I must confess I have the special edition AIBO ERS-7 M3 (last model made). I also have two kids aged 1 and 3.

AIBO is the reason I like Sony. It's not a perfect robot, but AIBO was so ahead of its time when it first came out it's hard not to recognize the huge chance Sony took developing and releasing a robot pet in the $2,000+ price range. They were the first to really give robot enthusiasts a taste of the future when nobody else was doing it.

I control my AIBO through Wi-Fi and can hear what he hears, see what he see's, and even type whatever I want which is then synthesized and played through AIBO.

We've used "him" when the kids wouldn't go to sleep by putting him in their room and streaming music to him. My daughter will ask AIBO "can you play the Mermaid song?" I hear her ask from the other room and within seconds AIBO is singing her favorite song. I control volume too, so it's easy to turn him down and remove him from the room once they're sleeping.

Anyway, point is: AIBO is pretty amazing. And making it a compatible accessory to the PS3 and PSP would be a great thing for PS3 owners like myself. I've had my AIBO for over 2 years and we still manage to find uses for him. A couple of our best pictures of our kids were taken by AIBO while he was playing with them at their level. Simply amazing device.

I hope this is true.

for the love of all this is holy, bring back the aibo and yes, integrate the crap out of it. i don't care if this isn't confirmed my pants are still tight in the hopes that there is a chance. [:

@jerrt:I hate to ask, but How tight are they?

With all the cameras and sensors and motors and other electronics in this thing, I wonder if it was really worth the probably minuscule fraction of the price that they saved by not including that car slot...

*card* slot

Just wait til the BlendTech guy gets his hands on one. "Mmmm, Aibo Smoke! Don't breath that"