Sony ERS-7M3 - Manual (Page 97)

Raising the AIBO
®
Enter
tainment
Robot
97
Learning and acquiring skills
The AIBO
®
Entertainment Robot learns from you and its surroundings, becoming capable of
many different activities. If the AIBO robot paces back and forth, show it its AIBOne toy or pink
ball. It will chase after the AIBOne toy or pink ball, becoming capable of walking longer distances.
By praising the AIBO robot, you give it encouragement. If you
praise it when it kicks the pink ball well, it practices hard to
please you, becoming quite skilled in playing with the pink ball.
You can judge the degree of the AIBO robot’s development from how it carries the AIBOne
toy, the number of different ways in which it kicks the pink ball, and the distance it is able to
walk around. When it shows tricks that are surprising, and walks longer distances, you will
know that the AIBO robot has matured.
To check the degree of the AIBO robot’s development, try asking it, “What’s your AIBOne
skill level?”, “What’s your pink ball skill level?” or “What’s your walking skill level?”.
The AIBO robot will tell you how it’s doing by indicating its progress with its face lights
(illuminated face). Once it has mastered these skills... your AIBO robot is a proud grown-up!
The more white face lights appear, the higher the AIBO robot’s skill level.
The AIBO robot will remember the locations where things such as the AIBOne toy, pink ball,
and the Energy Station are located. Try asking the AIBO robot “Where is your AIBOne?”,
“Where is your ball?”, “Where is your station?”. The AIBO robot will show you by facing
in the direction of the item. However, the AIBO robot can also be a bit forgetful. After a
certain time has elapsed or if a new location was remembered, it may no longer recall a
previously memorized location.
The face lights (illuminated
face) can show a variety of
expressions. When the AIBO
robot achieves a higher skill
level, it will show you through
subtle different expressions.