Before Sony had been fighting in the smart phone industry, today, with the development of artificial intelligence, Sony's smartphone business has experienced a slowdown. Sony has focused on the robotics field.
More than a decade ago, due to the limitations of the level of artificial intelligence development, Sony had to give up the robot business. Now, with the explosion of artificial intelligence, Sony has restarted the robot development plan, and decided to re-launch the dog-type home robot "Aibo" and launch the new home robot Xperia Hello.
Sony's return to robotics field will launch two home robot products
Japan has always been at the forefront of robotics. From the 1990s to the 2000s, Japanese companies have invested in the development of accompanying robots to create human family assistants. However, this boom did not continue, and the development of robots in Japan quickly faded, partly because of the limited development of artificial intelligence at that time, and the weak ability of robots to exercise independently, which led to the dilemma of commercialization.
After the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, Sony was affected by the impact and the stock price fell sharply. In 2006, Sony's then CEO, Stringer, terminated the Aibo project, and about 200 team members were disbanded and assigned to different departments, including PlayStaTIon and digital cameras. At the time, Sony also sold a single-seater machine to Toyota.
Today, with the explosion of artificial intelligence, Sony once again turned its attention to the field of robotics.
Sony returns to the field of roboticsThe development of artificial intelligence and robotics is showing unprecedented heat, so Sony finally decided to return to this market after giving up the robot business for 12 years. In June 2016, Sony officially announced its re-entry into the robot business. Sony President Hirai Kazuo once said that "the robot business will be widely carried out including industrial applications such as factory automation."
It is reported that Sony will re-launch the "Aibo" robot dog in 2018. In fact, the Sony robot dog "Aibo" came out in 1999. However, subsequent developments are always at a standstill. At that time, artificial intelligence had not yet entered the practical stage, so the mechanism for letting the robot self-discipline action was not realized.
Japanese media reported that Sony's new dog-type home robot "Aibo" can be like a real puppy, can be used as a pet, and can operate the appliance according to voice instructions. Similar to Amazon's smart speaker, the dog is added. Charm. The operating system was developed by Sony exclusively for robots. Sony disclosed the operating system's performance parameters, allowing external developers to make improvements.
Recently, Sony announced that it will launch a new home robot Xperia Hello on November 18. It is understood that Xperia Hello is based on smart speakers and is equipped with other higher-level robotics. It is 20 cm high and about 10 cm in diameter, Android 7.1 smart operating system. At the top is a camera with tracking function, and can display interactive expressions by LED light. Below is a 4.6-inch 720P touch screen, 7.1-channel radio microphone, using Sony voice recognition technology to omnidirectional and analyze the sound source.
However, this super-powerful smart product is still in the concept stage, and these configurations make Xperia Hello look a bit higher than the "smart" of other smart speaker products. Although neither the sound quality nor the intelligent operation, there is no need to worry too much about Sony, but the price of up to 149,880 yen (about RMB 8796), how many users can accept it is still a question.
Why return to the robot field?In recent years, Sony's smartphone business has experienced a slowdown in growth, and this is the new normal in the world. In this context, it is very important for Sony to develop new business and find new development directions. At the same time, with the continuous warming up of artificial intelligence technology in recent years, it has become the mainstream trend of global future development. Therefore, Sony has chosen to refocus its attention on the robot field, which is the best choice for the future.
In 2016, Sony's intellectual property director Toshimoto Mitomo publicly acknowledged that the company knew that the previous AI development efforts ended in failure, but Mitomo continued: "As a strategic investor, we believe that continuous learning is the core of the future AI.
After Sony returned to the robot, there are plans to promote the development of industrial robots. However, due to the technical requirements of industrial robots, Sony decided to adopt a gradual and stable strategy based on the actual situation, and first introduced its own domestic dog-type robots and key new intelligent speaker robots to the market.
After returning to the robot market, Sony will be able to take advantage of its accumulated technological advantages and brand influence to occupy a place in the field of home robots. We will wait and see.
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