Aibo’s emotions – Sony AIBO LIFE ERF-210AW01 User Manual
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AIBO’s emotions
AIBO has six emotions: joy, sadness, anger,
surprise, fear, and discontent. These emotions
will change in response to a variety of factors,
affecting AIBO’s behavior and maturation as a
result. Listed below are common scenarios in
which AIBO may be seen expressing emotions.
Joy:
When AIBO is immersed in a favorite activity, receives approval,
finds its favorite color or plays with a ball.
Sadness:
When AIBO cannot find anyone to play with or doesn’t have its
ball or something else that it likes.
Anger:
When AIBO finds a color that it dislikes, is left on the station
when it is ready to assume activity, or is admonished.
Surprise:
When the ball suddenly appears before AIBO, or when it hears
a loud noise.
Fear:
When AIBO finds itself before a steep drop, or is unable to get up
from a fall.
Discontent:
When someone shows a color that it dislikes, or when its
anger towards someone escalates.
AIBO expresses these emotions through its eye lights and sounds, as well as its
tail light and body language. For details, see pages 34 to 38.
Joy
Surprise
Sadness
Anger
Fear
Discontent