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Teach An Old Aibo New Tricks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sit-up-and-beg-for-batteries dept.

dipfan writes "After expending much energy trying to stop hackers from tinkering with its Aibo robot dog, Sony has finally realised it's not worth the effort and has decided to start giving away a 'non-commercial' developers kit. The kit is called OPEN-R SDK, which allows Aibo be programmed in C++, as part of Sony's efforts to promote its (so-called) OPEN-R architecture for robotic entertainment. Anyway, the really neat thing is that you can reprogram your Aibo to meow."

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  1. highly recommended by tps12 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Anyone still developing on PC or (god forbid) Unix architectures should really check out the Aibo. Like its cousin, the Tivo, the Aibo is a rapid-development platform with all the bells and whistles.

    Debugging memory leaks on the Aibo is actually a pleasure. Furthermore, it is completely POSIX-compliant, making porting legacy apps from Windows a breeze.

    I recommend the Aibo to anyone looking for a serious hardware platform for mainstream or applied use in desktop or corporate environment. It's fast, affordable, and offers all of the amenities that no IDE should be without.

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  2. Re:Removing barrier to sales by tps12 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    :-(

    Please try not to use more bandwidth than is necessary when e-smiling. A simple noseless smiley, a la

    :(

    will suffice, and save a big hunk of bandwidth and disk space in the process. CmdrTaco will thank you, and so will your PC!

    To find out about a tool that can do this for you, keep checking the Denoser project page. More info and a release should be up soon.

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  3. The *real* power by smoondog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dear Steve:

    I just asked Melinda and she said no.

    Your friend,

    Bill