Sony loses Aibo, QRio ... and the plot

No one ever expected Sony to sell lots of robots, but it was part of what made Sony cool and exciting. The Aibo captured our hearts, the QRio captured our minds and that opened the door for the Playstation to capture our wallets.

Plus, they could use a little robotic song-and-dance about now to distract us from their DRM PR disaster.

If Sony wanted to be truly visionary, they'd publish the specs for the Aibo and QRio and allow a cottage industry of robomodders to spring up and continue development. Or turn it over to MIT media lab... do anything, but don't just kill it!


Blog round-up:
Sony Confirms Robot Shutdown, QUALIA Axed?(Gizmodo UK)
Sony discontinued the development of AIBO and QRIO (Garbagenews.com)
Waves Goodbye To Aibo(electro^plankton)