Sony
Sony Group Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, with businesses spanning consumer electronics, imaging and sensing, gaming, entertainment, financial services, and robotics. Its robotics products include aibo, an AI-powered quadruped robot dog first introduced in 1999 and relaunched in 2018 with the ERS-1000 generation, sold in the US through Sony's own aibo store. source
Founded 7 May 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp.); renamed Sony Corporation in 1958; renamed Sony Group Corporation on 1 April 2021 (Wikipedia). HQ is Sony City, 1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075 (LinkedIn page). The aibo robot dog (current generation ERS-1000, launched January 2018) is sold via Sony's own us.aibo.com store in the US. Besides the brand-level @Sony X account, Sony Group also runs a corporate X account @SonyGroupGlobal, and Wikidata lists official Facebook (Sony) and Instagram (@sonygroup.global) accounts. Regional/divisional accounts exist (Sony Electronics, Sony Pictures, PlayStation, etc.) — the socials listed here are the group/brand-level accounts. Legal entity: Sony Group Corporation.
Its robot dog
Frequently asked
How many robot dogs does Sony make?
Valumech tracks 1 robot dog from Sony: aibo (ERS-1000).
What is Sony's cheapest robot?
The aibo (ERS-1000) is the most affordable Sony robot dog we track, at ¥272,800 new.
What does Sony make?
Sony Group Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, with businesses spanning consumer electronics, imaging and sensing, gaming, entertainment, financial services, and robotics. Its robotics products include aibo, an AI-powered quadruped robot dog first introduced in 1999 and relaunched in 2018 with the ERS-1000 generation, sold in the US through Sony's own aibo store.
Where is Sony based?
Sony is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
When was Sony founded?
Sony was founded in 1946.
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