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AIBO's personality develops by interacting with people and each AIBO grows in a different way, based on its individual experiences. AIBO becomes customized based on feedback and the software being used.

AIBO's mood changes with its environment, and its mood affects its behavior. AIBO also has instincts to move around, to look for its toys, to satisfy its curiosity, to play and communicate with its owner, to recharge when its battery is low, and to wake up when its done sleeping.

AIBO is capable of six feelings - happiness, sadness, fear, dislike, surprise, and anger. Its unique personality is developed with a combination of these unique instincts and feelings.

AIBO's skill level can improve through encouragement from its owner. By praising AIBO for kicking the ball well, it will continue to play with the ball. Repeated practice with the ball will improve its skill level and it will learn new tricks. If you scold AIBO for playing with its ball, it will stop showing as much interest in it. With AIBO's back sensors, it is possible to adjust AIBO's schedule to coincide with your daily routine. You can schedule your usual bed time and AIBO will go to sleep on its charging station until it's time to get up. AIBO can also use its alarm to wake you up in the morning.

AIBO uses "short and long range distance sensor" in its nose and chest to detect the edges and the wall.

AIBO can take a picture on demand through e-mail and send it back to you.

Stereo microphones are equipped in the ears. When it hears something AIBO will analyze the sound and recognize words. The direction of the sound came from is also perceived and AIBO will turn his head toward the source. When AIBO is speaking to someone it will turn towards the person so the person can hear what AIBO is saying.

There are 28 LED lights on the Illume-face display, and by changing the pattern of lights, various expressions and feelings can be indicated, and complex animations can be displayed. Feelings, like joy, sorrow, anger can be displayed with vivid color and movement.

Depending on its mood, AIBO can also flap it ears up and down, and wag its tail.

AIBO makes 64-chord MIDI sounds to express its feelings. The sound is played through an internal speaker in its chest

When the battery level gets lower than 40%, AIBO starts self-charging. Using the black and white pattern on the energy station pole and its visual pattern recognition, AIBO can locate and use the charger by itself.

AIBO uses its camera and microphone to remember your face and voice as its owner. The owner becomes special to AIBO, and it will respond to the owner.

AIBO remembers the sound frequency to recognize the owner’s voice. AIBO can also recognize the owner by remembering the shape and features of the owner’s face.