Aibo's Autonomous Activities; Characters Given With "Aibo Explorer - Sony AIBO Explorer Guide De L'utilisateur

AIBO's autonomous activities

AIBO comes with all the necessary hardware, such as a brain, sensors, motors, and
power supply, to move about on its own. "AIBO Explorer" builds into AIBO itself
software that handles a set of emotions, instincts, and learning ability. Through
"AIBO Explorer," AIBO can act according to its own judgments, all the while
expressing emotions, collecting information from you and its environment, and
learning many things.
With "AIBO Explorer," AIBO will let you know by gesture and sound when it
wants you to play with it, and may even call your name. On the other hand, when
something catches AIBO's attention, it may ignore you even when you call its
name. Your understanding of AIBO's autonomous character helps you to enjoy
playing with and living with AIBO.

Characters given with "AIBO Explorer"

The character given with "AIBO Explorer" shows you that AIBO is a cool and
active robot that loves to explore. It helps AIBO to become your faithful partner.
Although AIBO is always cool, it may become hyper when it communicates with
you or another AIBO well, and may even stretch its head light when it gets excited.
In some occasions, AIBO shows you its charming character.
Through your praising or scolding, AIBO builds its own character.
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