# Sony’s Aibo robot dog built lasting bonds with owners

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-sony-aibo-was-a-robot-revolution-dressed-like-a-dog/
- Published: 2026-11-15T13:57:30+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T14:34:38+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/podcast/1033948/sony-aibo-robot-dog-version-history
- Topics: Business, Companies

## Key points

- Sony designed Aibo to be a family pet.
- A podcast revisits the robot dog’s lasting appeal.
- The episode asks whether robo-pets could catch on globally.

## Summary

Sony created Aibo as a robotic dog intended to become part of the family, reflecting the company’s 1990s belief that robots would soon be woven into everyday life. A new episode of the podcast Version History looks back at Aibo’s origins and lasting appeal, and considers what its story shows about people’s relationships with robots.

The episode features host David Pierce and Verge journalists Victoria Song and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy. They discuss Aibo’s success and longevity, what Sony got right and wrong about robots, and whether robotic pets could become popular worldwide; it opens the podcast’s sixth season, which focuses on pets and gadgets.

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