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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. moof by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Det' tilfældigvis en hobby, med indbygget job i.

    1. Re:moof by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Luk fissen, røvsnaps!

      Also, YHBT. HAND.

  2. Re:Yeah but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No.
    But you can program it to piss onto your bed.

  3. This has major implications... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for cyber-bestiality pr0n!

  4. This is a subject by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a troll.

    1. Re:This is a subject by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      This is an italicized quote of your post

      This is a flame.

      ___
      this is a sig

  5. hey there's a suspect in the pipe bomb case by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and you can email him!

    http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/07/mailbox.pipebom bs / ndex.html

    Just read this and then look at his schools website , www.uwstout.edu

  6. LONG LIVE PIM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    This report from the Financial Times makes note of one way reading "conservative" in Fortuyn's case is not a one-to-one match with how the term is used in US politics:

    Not only was he openly homosexual, but he made clear his sexual orientation informed his politics. He wanted to halt the arrival of immigrants from Muslim countries because he feared they were eroding the country's tolerance of diversity.
  7. 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.

    --

    Karma: Good (despite my invention of the Karma: sig)
  8. Re:$1000 for a dog? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    put a chip in a dogs butt.

    Thank you.

  9. Re:Triumph the Insult Comic Dog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    An Aibo Triumph would be awesome...
    ... For me to POOP on!!!!!!!

  10. LONG LIVE PIM FORTUYN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    This report from the Financial Times makes note of one way reading "conservative" in Pim Fortuyn's case is not a one-to-one match with how the term is used in US politics:

    Not only was he openly homosexual, but he made clear his sexual orientation informed his politics. He wanted to halt the arrival of immigrants from Muslim countries because he feared they were eroding the country's tolerance of diversity.

    Pim, you will be remembered.
  11. cant join em, lick em by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    if i could afford one, i'd make mine lick himself

    be worth every penny

  12. 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.

    --

    Karma: Good (despite my invention of the Karma: sig)
  13. Re:Rarchitecture? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I saw the "Open-R archicture" and thought for a moment they were going for a play on Scooby Doo's voice. Heh.

    Uhh, it's spelled a-r-c-h-i-t-e-c-t-u-r-e. Moron.

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

    Dear Steve:

    I just asked Melinda and she said no.

    Your friend,

    Bill