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would you like to be in my video yes oh you're a good boy oh yes you are after launching in Japan Sony's new adorable robot puppy AIBO is strutting his way to the US it's ready to learn tricks take videos and photos play with toys and just be a sweet little companion Sony unveiled the first litter edition for the u.s. at a press event at its New York City headquarters you'll be able to get it in time for the holidays it goes on sale in September but it'll cost you about two thousand nine hundred dollars yeah the cuteness doesn't come cheap but this is so not your average toy AIBO is the future of robotics this pup is packed with deep learning artificial intelligence and sensors detecting your facial expressions and voice commands it's constantly learning through your interactions a camera in its nose will sniff out its owner but it can make a lot of friends in fact it can recognize up to 100 faces it also knows the difference between a child and an adult other pets and objects I will pick up on your personality have you had a hard day at the office Ivo knows to be docile and don't bother you if you've had a great day cheerful and you come home this is what happens you know it's dancing and jumping around and just trying to give you love I bow has a bunch of tricks that learns through the my I bow app it will obey your voice commands depending on how well he is trained there's the typical puppy stuff like beg and shake hands I bow can play fetch by kicking a ball he just may need a little time to get his paws lined up properly but my personal favorite was getting him to play dead bang bang oh he's playing dead now it's a very dramatic oh you have to train i buh-bye saying things like good boy or bad job and give it some love with a scratch so there's three places you can pet I bow right under the chin oh yes and right on top of the head and in the back he was a good boy but I bow can also be a girl you can set that up in the app along with customizing the dog's eye color and voice it will also let owners take photos and video from the dogs point of view Sony is working on having AIBO become a watchdog sort of like a home camera on wheels where you can remote control it from afar and see a video feed from the app the back camera near his tail is mapping your environment so it's learning your home that means it's possible to teach I bow where the kitchen is and just tell it to go there with a voice command but I bow doesn't have to stay at home it comes with AT&T wireless service so he'll stay connected wherever you go this pup really comes to life with its nuanced body language the body has 22 points of movement and the OLED eyes showed different expressions with two hours of battery life I bewilder turn to its charging station when it runs out of juice the AIBO robot first came out in 1999 but was reintroduced to the world with this vastly advanced model since the relaunch in january sony sold more than twenty thousand of these new eye bows in japan the US version includes accessories and a three year plan to keep it connected to the cloud sony says updates over the years will keep AIBO growing it's a pricey pup at $2,900 but Sony executives say they've seen a lot of interest in I bow as a companion for the elderly when you think of it as something to bring joy to someone who is lonely the investment doesn't seem so rough you're such a good boy yes you are i bow is one cute puppy oh yes it was to do tricks to Oh see he performs on camera this is great