Sony was #1 in robot dogs manufacture.
No more.
After selling over 150,000 Aibos since launching the product in May 1999, Sony is calling it quits to concentrate on fewer product lines.
The robotic dogs sold for upwards of $2,000 each. They can dance, whimper, guard and play, developing personalities based on interaction with its owners.
One of these is now extinct:
Rick McCharles 