Living with the aibo, Entertainment robot, Communicating with the aibo – Sony ERS-7M2 User Manual

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Living with the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot

Determining the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot’s lifestyle rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Determining the AIBO robot’s period of activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching the AIBO robot’s hourly alert ON and OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Enabling/Disabling the AIBO robot’s alarm clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

How to charge the AIBO robot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
The AIBO

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Entertainment Robot charges on its own (self-charge) . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

When the AIBO robot recharge is not successful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Communicating with the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot

From you to the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Talking to the AIBO robot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Giving the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot its own name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Teaching the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot to recognize your name and face . . . . . . . . . . 61

Teaching the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot to recognize favorite things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Using AIBO

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cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

From the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot to you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Having the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot take a picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

House Sitting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Putting the AIBO robot in House Sitting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exiting House Sitting mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Viewing Pictures with AIBO Photo Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Accessing the AIBO robot via wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using a “Memory Stick” media reader/writer to view pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Communicating with other AIBO

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Entertainment Robots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Raising the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot

Enjoying the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot’s development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Learning and acquiring skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

The AIBO

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Entertainment Robot’s feelings and personality development . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Playing in Game mode

Playing Game 1, the AIBO

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Entertainment Robot’s “Function Demo” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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