Sony to quit manufacturing AIBO, QRIO

We had been talking about these machines not too long ago here so I thought
some of you might be interested in this:

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060126/kyodo/d8fce6tg5.html

(Kyodo) _ Sony Corp. said Thursday it will cease manufacturing the popular
robot dog AIBO by the end of March and stop developing a new version of the
humanoid robot QRIO soon, as part of its efforts to improve profitability.

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