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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. Re:Yeah but... by liquidsin · · Score: 1, Troll

    what would make you think you'd find a geek at the beach? there aren't computers/star trek reruns at the beach. silly newbie...

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  2. WOWOWOWOW by Toxxy · · Score: 0, Troll
    "Anyway, the really neat thing is that you can reprogram your Aibo to meow."

    OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG THAT IS SOOOOO KEWL: A $500 YAKBAK WITH LEGS. OMGOMGFAGGOT

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