Sony AIBO LIFE ERS310 User Manual

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Customer Support

How to contact the AIBO Customer Link.

In the United States and Canada

1-800-427-2988 (USA) Email address: aibosupport@info.sel.sony.com

In Europe

English line: +44 (0)-20-7365-2937 German line: +49 (0)-69-9508-6309 French line: +33 (0)-1-5569-5117 Email address: aibo@sonystyle-europe.com

In Hong Kong

Sony style Tel: +852-2345-2966 E-mail address: aibo_helpdesk@shk.sony.com.hk

“OPEN-R” is the standard interface for the entertainment robot system that Sony is actively promoting. This interface expands the capability of the entertainment robot through a flexible combination of hardware and interchangeable software to suit various applications. “AIBO” ERS-311/312 and “AIBO-ware” ERF-310AW01E conform to OPEN-R version 1.1.1 (software specifications).

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Table of Contents

Getting Started

Checking the supplied accessories ............................................................. 10

About “AIBO Life” .................................................................................... 11

About AIBO-ware........................................................................... 11

AIBO’s autonomous activities........................................................ 12

AIBO is a robot. Why does it have to be educated? ....................... 13

Modes and conditions of AIBO...................................................... 14

Playing with AIBO in Autonomous mode/Station mode................ 16

Emotions of AIBO.......................................................................... 24

Instincts of AIBO............................................................................ 25

Getting to know AIBO................................................................................ 27

Living with AIBO

Charging AIBO’s battery pack ................................................................... 32

When you want to charge AIBO..................................................... 32

When AIBO wants to be charged ................................................... 34

Sleeping and waking up.............................................................................. 35

Communicating with AIBO

From you to AIBO...................................................................................... 40

Communicating by touch................................................................ 40

Communicating for training AIBO................................................. 41

Communicating visually .................................................................43

Communicating by voice ................................................................44

Helping AIBO to get up.................................................................. 45

From AIBO to you...................................................................................... 46

Lights .............................................................................................. 46

Body language ................................................................................ 50

Sounds ............................................................................................ 52

From AIBO to AIBO .................................................................................. 53

Raising AIBO

Growing up ................................................................................................. 56

Baby stage....................................................................................... 57

Child stage ...................................................................................... 59

Adolescence....................................................................................60

Adult stage ...................................................................................... 61

Finding out AIBO’s maturing stages and character........................ 62

Learning...................................................................................................... 63

Teaching what is good and what is bad (breeding) ........................ 63

Learning its name ........................................................................... 64

Learning actions ............................................................................. 66

Training........................................................................................... 70

Playing with AIBO

Having AIBO take a photo ......................................................................... 76

Playing with sounds.................................................................................... 80

Mimicking ...................................................................................... 80

Have AIBO hum a melody ............................................................. 80

Have AIBO emit a melody ............................................................. 81

Turn on AIBO step.......................................................................... 81

Have AIBO sing a song .................................................................. 81

Additional Information

Notes on use ............................................................................................... 84

Troubleshooting.......................................................................................... 86

Reference Materials

Words apprehensible to AIBO.................................................................... 90

Maturing stages .......................................................................................... 94

What can AIBO do at each maturing stage?............................................... 96

For more information about “AIBO” ERS-311/312 (name of parts, settings, “Memory Stick” use, safety precautions, etc.), refer to the “AIBO” ERS-311/ 312 Operating Instructions.

Getting Started

Welcome to “AIBO Life,” a software application that helps you to raise your AIBO ERS-310 series into an entertainment robot that is just right for you. This chapter provides basic information about AIBO to help you to get along well with AIBO.

* In this manual, “AIBO Life” ERF-310AW01E is referred to as

“AIBO Life” hereinafter.

Checking the supplied accessories

Check to see if you have the following accessories before you play with AIBO.

x AIBO-ware “Memory Stick”

x User’s Guide (this manual)

x Quick Guide

x End-User License Agreement

About “AIBO Life”

About AIBO-ware

AIBO-ware is software that can be executed with AIBO. AIBO by itself is just a “physical body,” and is capable of only the most basic movements. For more complicated operations, you must use an AIBO-ware “Memory Stick.” AIBO-ware gives AIBO its capabilities and character, so you might think of it as AIBO’s “mind.” By combining AIBO with different AIBO-ware and peripheral devices, you can enjoy AIBO in a variety of ways.

“AIBO Life” is AIBO-ware that allows AIBO to move around autonomously and helps you to raise AIBO into the kind of companion that is best for you.

Getting Started

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 Life has a set of emotions, instincts, learning ability and the capacity to mature. Through AIBO Life, AIBO can act according to its own judgments, all the while expressing emotions, collecting information from you and its environment, learning and maturing. With AIBO Life, 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.

AIBO is a robot. Why does it have to be educated?

The reason is that AIBO was born to live together with people. AIBO is capable of autonomous action based on external information from its various sensors and from internal motivations (i.e. its emotions and instincts.) Nevertheless, AIBO will not be too self-centered and will always entertain you. AIBO Life gives AIBO the capacity to learn and mature so that it can react to your actions and its surroundings. For example, if you talk and play with AIBO a lot, AIBO will grow to be sociable. If you prefer to simply watch AIBO, AIBO will become independent and wander around as it waits for you to play with it.

In short, AIBO Life makes it possible for AIBO to adjust to you as it lives with you and matures. We hope AIBO will become a good friend.

Getting Started

Modes and conditions of AIBO

Autonomous mode

AIBO moves around on its own: basic mode of AIBO.

Push the tail switch

direction for 3

The mode indicator goes off.

in the front

seconds.

Push the tail switch in the right direction for 3 seconds.

Rest mode

AIBO stops moving around.

The mode indicator lights.

Pause mode (Inactive condition)

Press the pause button located on the back of AIBO. AIBO is turned off.

The back light turns off.

Lift AIBO up or push its tail switch in the back direction for 3 seconds while lifting it up.

Place AIBO on the floor or push the tail

switch in the front direction for 3 seconds

Say

“Good night”

tail switch three times (in any direction).

Push the tail switch in the front direction for 3

after placing AIBO on the floor.

to AIBO, or turn around the

Gently shake the body of AIBO.

Something is caught any of AIBO’s joints.

seconds.

Pick-up condition

When you lift up AIBO, it becomes still and quiet in this mode.

Sleep mode

AIBO sleeps in this mode. The back light flashes

in green slowly.

The mode

Jam condition

The joints of AIBO become loose when something gets caught in them.

The mode

indicator

lights.

indicator goes off.

indicator

flashes.

Place AIBO on the Station.

Move AIBO

from the

Station.

Place AIBO on the Station.

Tail switch

Station mode

AIBO plays even on the Station.

The mode indicator goes off.

Station

Stand (supplied accessory)

Autonomous mode

Pick-up condition (when lifted up)

Energy Station Core (optional accessory)

Rest mode

Getting Started

Playing with AIBO in Autonomous mode/ Station mode

When AIBO is in Autonomous mode, it can play with you or another AIBO.

What can AIBO do in Autonomous mode?

Teaching AIBO a desired action (action registration)

You can teach AIBO a desired action (see page 66).

The horn light

lights up orange.

Communication between AIBO

AIBO responds to another AIBO when talked from it, and then tries to communicate with it (see page 53).

The horn light slowly

flashes light blue.

Teaching the name

You can teach AIBO its name or your name (see page 64).

Training

You can train AIBO so that it acts as you instruct. After training, you can name the instructed action and register it also (see page 70).

The horn

light

flashes

blue.

The horn

light lights up

green.

Taking a photo

When you give the appropriate signal to AIBO with your voice, AIBO snaps a picture for you (see page 76).

The horn

light flashes

Playing with the voice/sound of AIBO

AIBO can sing a song or emit various sounds (see page 80).

blue.

What can AIBO do in Station mode?

You can enjoy playing with the voice/ sound of AIBO (see page 80) in Rest mode or Pick-up condition also.

Getting Started

Autonomous mode

This is AIBO’s basic mode when “AIBO Life” is loaded to it. When you start up AIBO Life, AIBO enters Autonomous mode first. AIBO obtains information on its surroundings through its camera/microphone/ sensors, and carries out various autonomous actions based on its instincts or emotion as follows.

• When you talk to AIBO, it stops moving and listens to you.

• When you leave AIBO without talking to it, it looks around tediously or takes an exercise slowly.

• AIBO dozes off to sleep when it feels tired.

• AIBO will explore the room.

• AIBO reacts keen to a pink ball or moving objects: for example, looks at it from a distance or tries to touch it.

• AIBO responds to another AIBO when spoken to, and tries to communicate with it.

See page 16 for what kind of games you can do with AIBO in Autonomous mode.

Notes

• Do not put AIBO on an unstable surface where it might fall or be subject to vibrations.

• Do not place anything near AIBO that may hinder it in its movements.

Rest mode

When you play with AIBO in a small place, or when you do not want AIBO to move around, put AIBO into this mode. In this mode, AIBO stops walking around. Push the tail switch in the right direction for 3 seconds. The mode indicator lights and AIBO lies down or sits down, and then carries out autonomous actions. However, AIBO cannot carry out the following actions:

• Taking a photo

• Learning a name

• Learning an action

• Training

• Communicating with another AIBO If you want to use any of the functions above, push the tail switch in the front direction for 3 seconds to enter AIBO to Autonomous mode.

Notes

• Do not put AIBO on an unstable surface where it might fall or be subject to vibrations.

• Do not place anything near AIBO that may hinder it in its movements.

Getting Started

Sleep mode

In Sleep mode, AIBO sleeps, and the back light slowly flashes green. See page 35 for details of Sleep mode.

Note

Do not put AIBO on the stand when it is in Sleep mode. When it wakes up and starts moving on its own, it may fall down or may be damaged.

Jam condition

If something gets jammed in any of the joints of AIBO, AIBO changes to this condition and all of its joints become loose. This mode is provided to protect you from your fingers being caught between the joints of AIBO, then injured. The mode indicator flashes. To return AIBO to Autonomous mode, place it on the floor and push the tail switch in the forward direction for 3 seconds.

Pick-up condition

When you lift up AIBO to hold, AIBO draws its legs in to make it easier for you to hold AIBO (“pick-up condition”). This condition is to prevent you from getting surprised by the movement of AIBO when picking it up, and then dropping it. If AIBO does not enter this Pick-up condition, push the tail switch in the back direction for 3 seconds while lifting it up. While picked up, AIBO moves only its head attractively, and the mode indicator lights. To return AIBO to Autonomous mode, place it on the floor or push the tail switch in the forward direction for 3 seconds.

Note

When you press two or more of the paw switches of AIBO, AIBO thinks it is placed on the floor, and then returns to Autonomous mode. The mode indicator goes off. AIBO may start walking after returning to Autonomous mode, so do not touch any of its paw switches when you hold it.

Getting Started

Station mode

When you place a moving AIBO on the station, it enters Station mode. The mode indicator goes off. In this manual, the stand onto which an optional Energy Station Core is attached is referred to as just the “station.” The station is a place provided for AIBO to rest, so in this mode, AIBO takes a nap to be charged. AIBO moves its head and front legs even on the station, but it will not move from the station on its own. See page 16 for available games with AIBO when it is in Station mode.

Notes

• Do not place anything within the range of the front legs of AIBO. The front legs may knock it down. AIBO may move from the station.

• Do not move the rear legs of AIBO in Station mode. Since its front legs move in Station mode, the rear legs may hit against the front legs.

• When you place AIBO on a stand within an Energy Station Core, be sure to stop AIBO completely, that is, by putting it into Pause mode in advance.

Pause mode

When you press the pause button located on the back of AIBO, the back light turns off and power is shut down. Be sure to have AIBO in this mode before changing/ replacing the battery or replacing the “Memory Stick.” To start up AIBO, press the pause button on the back again. The back light turns on green, and AIBO starts moving around.

Where is the name of the pause button derived from?

Unlike other conventional home electrical products, AIBO has no Power switch since AIBO is designed as an “autonomous robot that moves and learns on its own will while communicating with its surroundings.” AIBO carries out autonomous actions when it wants to play, while it asks you to charge it when its battery power grows weak. When it feels sleepy, it enters Sleep mode on its own to rest. Although you can have AIBO enter Sleep mode to sleep, it wakes up when it wants to. Therefore, no Power switch is necessary for AIBO. However, when you need to stop AIBO in an emergency, press the “pause button” to temporarily stop AIBO’s movement. We, therefore, call the button located on AIBO’s back the “pause button” instead of the “power button.”

Getting Started

Emotions of AIBO

AIBO has six emotions: joy, sadness, anger, surprise,

Joy

Discontent

fear and discontent. These emotions will change in response to a variety of factors, affecting the

Sadness

Fear

behavior of AIBO. Listed below are common scenarios in which AIBO may be seen expressing

Anger Surprise

emotions.

Joy : When AIBO receives praise or plays with a ball. Sadness : When AIBO cannot find anyone to play with or does not have its ball

or something else that it likes.

Anger : When AIBO is left on the station although it is ready to assume

activity, or is scolded.

Surprise : When the ball suddenly appears before AIBO, or when it hears a loud

noise.

Fear : When AIBO finds itself in front of a steep drop, or is unable to get up

from a fall.

Discontent : When the anger of AIBO escalates. AIBO expresses these emotions through its horn light, sounds and body language

(See page 50 for the body language of AIBO.)

Instincts of AIBO

AIBO has five key instincts that provide motivation for its actions: love instinct, search instinct, movement instinct, recharge instinct, and sleep instinct.

Love instinct :

AIBO is naturally inclined to interact with people who will give it care. If left alone for a long time, AIBO will call its owner name or feel an urge to play.

Search instinct :

AIBO is a fun-loving, curious robotic creature that enjoys discovering new things, satisfying its curiosity. If AIBO does not sense any movement in its surroundings for a long period of time, it will become restless and will look for something new.

Movement instinct :

AIBO enjoys moving around, playing and having new experiences. If idle for a long time, AIBO will start to move around or move its body on its own.

Recharge instinct :

For survival, AIBO is well aware that it must “eat.” Lithium ion batteries are on the bill of fare for AIBO and battery power is craved almost clockwork throughout the day between activities. When AIBO is low on battery power, it will request to be charged and will change to the “charging posture” on its own.

Sleep instinct :

AIBO has a natural rhythm that alternates between sleep and activity, so it has an instinct that makes it desire sleep.

Getting Started

In response to its instincts, AIBO behaves in a manner that will satisfy its particular desires. If a desire is fulfilled, it will be pleased. If a desire is left unsatisfied, emotions such as fear or anger will grow.

Getting to know AIBO

First of all, let’s get AIBO ready to use “AIBO Life.”

Grasp AIBO securely by the body, turn it upside down, and slide its cover toward the rear with pressing mark to open the cover.

Notes

• Lift AIBO by its body, and not by it extremities. Do not hold any part around its collar. Your finger(s) may be caught between the body and the collar of AIBO, which slides down when you turn AIBO upside down.

• If your hands are comparatively small, you may drop AIBO when grasping or turning it upside down. Be careful to hold AIBO.

• Do not touch the charging terminal located on AIBO with your hand. Doing so may soil the terminal and cause poor contact.

Remove the “Memory Stick” from its case.

Slide the lid toward the b mark.

Getting Started

Insert the supplied AIBO Life “Memory Stick” into AIBO.

Insert the “Memory Stick” as far as it will go with the V mark down. Make sure that the round corner of the “Memory Stick” faces toward the rear part of the body of AIBO.

Notes

• Do not set the safety switch of the “Memory Stick” to “LOCK.” Doing so will make it impossible for AIBO to learn and mature. And any photos shot by AIBO will not be recorded.

• When the safety switch of the “Memory Stick” is set to “LOCK,” the horn light flashes orange to warn you if you press the pause button and try to start AIBO. When AIBO starts up normally, its horn light lights up in seven colors.

Round corner

Insert the battery pack supplied with AIBO until it clicks into place.

Charge up the battery pack.

Refer to the “AIBO” ERS-311/312 Operating Instructions for how to charge up the battery pack.

Adjust AIBO’s volume level of the volume.

Refer to the “AIBO” ERS-311/312 Operating Instructions for how to adjust the volume level of AIBO.

Close the cover.

Push here.

Getting Started

Place AIBO on the floor as shown on the right.

Place AIBO on a flat, non-slippery surface, such as a carpet with a short nap. And choose a quiet place to place AIBO so that it can hear whatever you say to it.

Notes

• On a slippery floor or a carpet with a long nap, AIBO may fall down or carpet may be caught between its joints, so it may not move forward.

• Be sure to place AIBO on the floor as shown above. This will prevent AIBO from moving unexpectedly and being damaged when you press the pause button.

Press the pause button on the back of AIBO.

Pause mode ends and the back light lights up in green. After a while, AIBO will begin moving automatically.

Memo

When you press the pause button, for example, you may hear the motor from the body of AIBO. This sound is output from the safety device, which prevents the internal “Memory Stick” or “battery pack” from being removed accidentally. Therefore, it does not indicate that AIBO malfunctions.

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