Editing Sony (section)

====Robotics====
[[File:Sony Qrio Robot 2.png|150px|thumb|[[QRIO|Sony QRIO]], a humanoid robot]]

Since the late 1990s, Sony has released numerous consumer robots, including dog-shaped robots called [[AIBO]], a music playing robot called [[Sony Rolly|Rolly]], and a [[humanoid]] robot called [[QRIO]]. Despite being a pioneer in the field, Sony had ceased robotics-related operations for 10 years due to financial difficulties, until it decided to revive them in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 June 2016 |title=UPDATE 2-Sony upbeat on games and robots but cuts outlook for image sensors |language=de |work=Reuters |url=https://de.reuters.com/article/sony-outlook-idUKL4N19L0TF |access-date=3 August 2020}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In 2015, Sony partnered with an autonomous driving startup [[ZMP INC.]] to establish an aerial surveillance and reconnaissance [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] manufacturer named Aerosense.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibbs |first=Samuel |title=Sony is launching a new company to make camera drones |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/sony-and-zmp-are-launching-a-new-company-to-make-camera-drones-2015-7 |access-date=3 August 2020 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=2016-05-19  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519173020/http://www.businessinsider.com/sony-and-zmp-are-launching-a-new-company-to-make-camera-drones-2015-7 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the CES 2021, Sony unveiled a [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] with the brand Airpeak, the smallest of its kind that can incorporate a [[Sony α|Sony Alpha]] camera according to the company, entering the drone business on its own for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gartenberg|first=Chaim|date=11 January 2021|title=This is Sony's Airpeak drone|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/11/22225758/sony-airpeak-drone-alpha-photography-cameras-ces-2021-announcement|access-date=12 January 2021|website=The Verge|language=en|archive-date=2021-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218112528/https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/11/22225758/sony-airpeak-drone-alpha-photography-cameras-ces-2021-announcement|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, as part of the [[London Design Festival]], Sony Design showcased ''Affinity in Autonomy'', a conceptual environmental art installation in the Prince Consort Gallery of the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] that represented the company's vision of the future of AI and Robotics.<ref name="Sony-2019">{{Cite web |date=26 August 2019 |title=London Design Festival: Affinity in Autonomy |url=https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/design/news/event/20190826/ |access-date=16 March 2025 |website=Sony}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Affinity in Autonomy, Prince Consort Gallery |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/lyLZ07g7/affinity-in-autonomy |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=[[Victoria and Albert Museum]] |language=en}}</ref>