Sony Group Corporation
Logo: Sony Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsJapanese electronics and entertainment group that built the SDR-3X and SDR-4X/QRIO small entertainment humanoids from a project started in 1997. It stopped QRIO development in January 2006, the same day it discontinued AIBO.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 103 humanoids · 7 machines
- First robot
- 1999Latest 2023
- Headquarters
- TokyoJapan
- Can I buy one?1 on sale nowBuy from the maker's own page
- Who uses it?8 robot models in useTrialled since 2019 with a special nursing home in Kawasaki; on long-term display at…
- What is new?2024-02-22Sony to show HANAMOFLOR at CareTEX'24
Robots
10 robot models shown in public, from 1999 to 2023. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
Humanoids 3 humanoids
Machines 7 machines
- Top 10Commercial
aibo ERS-1000Fully autonomous - Discontinued
AIBO ERS-7No longer soldFully autonomous - Discontinued
AIBO ERS-220No longer soldFully autonomous - Discontinued
AIBO ERS-31xLatte, Macaron, PugNo longer soldFully autonomous - Discontinued
AIBO ERS-210No longer soldFully autonomous - Discontinued
AIBO ERS-111No longer soldFully autonomous - Discontinued
AIBO ERS-110No longer soldFully autonomous
What is inside
Chips and parts suppliers named for Sony Group Corporation's robots by the maker or reputable press.
Who uses it
Customers and deployments reported for Sony Group Corporation's robots. Each robot's page links its sources.
- aibo ERS-10002017 · Commercial
Sold in Japan from 11 January 2018 (Sony, August 2018).
- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useHANAMOFLOR2023 · Prototype
Trialled since 2019 with a special nursing home in Kawasaki; on long-term display at Miraikan (Tokyo) from November 2023; Sony was seeking business partners in late 2025.
- AIBO ERS-72003 · Discontinued
About 45,000 units across the M1, M2 and M3 versions; support for the ERS-7M3 ended in March 2013.
QRIO2002 · DiscontinuedUsed for demonstrations and research only; Sony stopped development on 26 January 2006.
- AIBO ERS-2202001 · Discontinued
5,000-7,000 units sold.
- AIBO ERS-2102000 · Discontinued
Over 65,000 units sold.
What is new
The latest stories about Sony Group Corporation's robots, newest first.
- Sony to show HANAMOFLOR at CareTEX'24 Sony Marketing (BRAVIA Business) · HANAMOFLOR
- Sony ends Aibo repair service IEEE Spectrum · AIBO ERS-7
- Sony ends Aibo repair service IEEE Spectrum · AIBO ERS-220
- Sony ends Aibo repair service IEEE Spectrum · AIBO ERS-31x
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Founded
- 1946
- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan
- Focus
- Small entertainment humanoids with fast, dynamic whole-body motion (SDR/QRIO)
- Funding
- public company (TYO: 6758; NYSE: SONY)
Similar makers
Other makers of machines, starting with those in Japan.
Sources
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