Editing AIBO (section)

===AIBOware===
First and second generation models of AIBO can load different software packages sold by Sony. AIBOware (a trademark of Sony corporation) is the title given to the [[software]] the AIBO runs on its pink [[Memory Stick]]. The ''Life'' AIBOware allows the [[robot]] to be raised from pup to fully grown adult while going through various stages of development as its owner interacts with it. The ''Explorer'' AIBOware allows the owner to interact with a fully mature robot able to understand (though not necessarily willing to obey) 100 voice commands. Without AIBOware, AIBOs run in "clinic mode" and can only perform basic actions.

Third generation ERS-7 models have a sole "Mind" software that includes capabilities of AIBOLife and other AIBOware packages. Mind software also includes a docking process, allowing ERS-7s to recharge autonomously. Upgrades in Mind2 included the AIBO Entertainment Player, a Wi-Fi based connection to a PC. Upgrades in Mind3 included speech, blogging and autonomous room mapping.

AIBO's complete vision system uses the [[scale-invariant feature transform]] (SIFT) algorithm to recognise its charging station. The vision system is an implementation of [[Evolution Robotics]] ERVision.

'''Notable AIBOware software'''
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! Name !! Description !! Supported Models
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| AIBO Life  ||Allows users to raise their Aibos from baby to adult. || ERS 20x and 31x AIBOs
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| Hello AIBO! ||Allows users to begin with a "mature" AIBO, skipping the raising process. || ERS 11x, ERS 21x, and ERS 31x AIBOs
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| AIBO Custom Manager||Allows users to load ''Mind'' with different sounds, dance routines and voices. || ERS-7 Third Generation AIBOs
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| AIBO Entertainment Player ||Allows remote monitoring or control of AIBO ''Mind'' by a PC connected by WiFi. || ERS-7 Third Generation AIBOs
|}

'''Notable third-party software'''

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! Name !! Description !! Supported Models
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| DogsLife || An AIBO personality duplicating (and occasionally improving upon) Hello-AIBO.<ref>{{cite web|author=DogsBody |url=http://www.dogsbodynet.com/dogslife.html |title=It's a DogsLife! |publisher=Dogsbodynet.com |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> || Second-generation AIBOs
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| Skitter || AIBO "performance" editor, allowing users to create and cause AIBO to perform skits via a PC connected the AIBO by WiFi.<ref>{{cite web|author=DogsBody |url=http://www.dogsbodynet.com/skitter.html |title=Skitter Performance Editor |publisher=Dogsbodynet.com |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> || All
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| aiboplus || Replacement personality to explore new ways in the artificial intelligence.<ref name="aiboplus.sourceforge.net">{{cite web|url=http://aiboplus.sourceforge.net/index.html |title=AiBO |publisher=Aiboplus.sourceforge.net |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> || ERS-7
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|AiboStella || iOS controller, patterned after AEP, using URBI framework<ref>{{cite web|author=Tippy tap tap |url=https://itunes.apple.com/app/aibostella/id365525629?mt=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617012451/https://itunes.apple.com/app/aibostella/id365525629?mt=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 2014 |title=AiboStella for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store |publisher=[[iTunes]] |date=2010-07-12 |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> || ERS-7, ERS-210, ERS-220
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| AIBO Control || Android controller, using URBI framework.<ref name="play.google.com">{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aibo.android |title=Aibo Control - Android-apps op Google Play |date=2012-04-20 |access-date=2013-03-10}}</ref> || ERS-7
|}

Free third-party software is available from providers such as Robot App Store.<ref>{{cite web |author=Robot Page: AIBO |url=http://www.robotappstore.com/Pages/Model.aspx?Model=AIBO |title=AIBO - Robot Page |publisher=Robot App Store |access-date=2013-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315070249/http://www.robotappstore.com/Pages/Model.aspx?Model=AIBO |archive-date=2013-03-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>