Sony Aibo Hacks Increase Functionality 134
Dinglenuts writes "Engadget posted a how-to article on increasing your Aibo's functionality using third party hacks. Given the increasing availability of networked home goods, I'm very interested to see what uses the Slashdot community can conceive for a household controlled through voice commands issued to a robot dog."
Open Source AIBO programs -- no "hacking" required (Score:4, Informative)
And it's all supported by Sony -- no hacking required!
There's a variety of levels you can code at as well -- there's several high-level scripting languages like URBI [urbiforge.com], R-Code [aibo.com], and even a couple [pyrorobotics.org] upcoming [cmu.edu] Python interfaces, as well as a number of low-level C/C++ interfaces (e.g. Tekkotsu) which can run onboard and directly process every bit and byte, or remote control from your PC for maximum horsepower.