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Personality Comparison (ERS-2x0 and ERS-31x)

AIBO Personalities

Much of AIBO's personality is a combination of the complex state machine, your interactions, the dog's mood, and the random number generator.
See the table below. This tries to quantify the amount of random and non-random state machine influences in various AiboWare personalities.

DISCLAIMER: The quantified numbers are only a rough indication of the complexity of the personalities, and where that complexity comes from.

At this rough level, you can interpret:
  • # of States = reflects overall complexity of personality (more states usually means more features)
  • "total" number of Conditions = reflects overall complexity too. This is the total number of conditions that will cause state transitions (think of it as the number of "if ??? goto" statements)
  • "random" conditions = the number of that total that are influenced by the random number generator.
  • "train"able conditions = the number of random conditions that you can influnce by training.

    Personality States Conditions
    Stick [stage] # total random train
    ERS-210
    AiboLife 1 [Baby 1]1427162217
    AiboLife 1 [Baby 2]1567962823
    AiboLife 1 [Baby 3]1778583932
    AiboLife 1 [Baby 4]23511168275
    AiboLife 1 [Child A1]2611214139112
    AiboLife 1 [Child A2]2601202133107
    AiboLife 1 [Child B1]2641233140114
    AiboLife 1 [Child B2]2731236142114
    AiboLife 1 [Youth A1]3751758355283
    AiboLife 1 [Youth A2]3811765341270
    AiboLife 1 [Youth A3]269119512048
    AiboLife 1 [Youth B1]3751758352282
    AiboLife 1 [Youth B2]3811765336265
    AiboLife 1 [Youth B3]272119912148
    AiboLife 1 [Adult 1]3791777368296
    AiboLife 1 [Adult 2]3851784352283
    AiboLife 1 [Adult 3]3851784335266
    AiboLife 1 [Adult 4]3851790359288
    HelloAibo Type 'A'2961256348280
    Recognition111737042200
    ERS-210/220
    AiboLife 2 [Baby A]2781380152140
    AiboLife 2 [Baby B]5923168900884
    AiboLife 2 [Baby C]6073220904884
    AiboLife 2 [Child A1]7093592992879
    AiboLife 2 [Child A2]7083588993879
    AiboLife 2 [Child B1]7093592991879
    AiboLife 2 [Child B2]7083588993879
    AiboLife 2 [Youth A1]93549371053878
    AiboLife 2 [Youth A2]86542681037877
    AiboLife 2 [Youth A3]78538401005847
    AiboLife 2 [Youth B1]93549371052877
    AiboLife 2 [Youth B2]93649461048877
    AiboLife 2 [Youth B3]85545141018847
    AiboLife 2 [Adult 1]93649411050879
    AiboLife 2 [Adult 2]93649461047877
    AiboLife 2 [Adult 3]93649461047877
    AiboLife 2 [Adult 4]93549371055882
    Explorer12375200725518
    HelloAibo Type 'B'94143623290
    ERS-220 only
    Evolution Two160654488220
    AiboEyes(J)3331124350
    ERS-311/312/31L
    AiboLife 310 [Baby A]3171733372361
    AiboLife 310 [Baby B]664398212171205
    AiboLife 310 [Baby C]679403412211205
    AiboLife 310 [Child A1]756441013141236
    AiboLife 310 [Child A2]755440613131234
    AiboLife 310 [Child B1]756441013131234
    AiboLife 310 [Child B2]755440613151234
    AiboLife 310 [Youth A1]986584013841233
    AiboLife 310 [Youth A2]898493713711232
    AiboLife 310 [Youth A3]817451013541219
    AiboLife 310 [Youth B1]986584013841233
    AiboLife 310 [Youth B2]990585513801232
    AiboLife 310 [Youth B3]908542513671219
    AiboLife 310 [Adult 1]986584013841235
    AiboLife 310 [Adult 2]987584913791233
    AiboLife 310 [Adult 3]990585513851238
    AiboLife 310 [Adult 4]990585513861239
    AiboPal 310 [Latte +]11105386789576
    AiboPal 310 [Latte -]10324971770556
    AiboPal 310 [Macaron +]11105386795582
    AiboPal 310 [Macaron -]10324971770108
    PalSE/Energetic 310166271231288963
    ERS-31x Bluetooth Enabled
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Baby A]5312565315297
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Baby B]5542630318299
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Child A1]6683105392308
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Child A2]6683105381298
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Child B1]6683105386303
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Child B2]6683105393310
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Youth 1]6683105390306
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Youth 2]6683105392309
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Youth 3]6683105386303
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Adult 1]6683105391309
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Adult 2]6683105385303
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Adult 3]6683105391309
    AiboLife 310 'B' [Adult 4]6683105394312
    Hello Aibo 310 'B'6683105391309
    Others
    Spring42133310
    Party Mascot273946920
    ROM210409520
    ROM3104613600
    ROM220409520
    ROM ERS-7298210
    ERS-7
    AiboMind (core)143569852810
    AiboMind2 (core)2356115586440
    AiboMind3 (core)37311924417950

    NOTES:

    • "HelloAibo 'B'" and "Evolution Two" are only available in Japan
    • "Spring" is the 2001 Spring AIBO demo personality
    • ROMxxx are the built in demo/diagnostic personalities in their respective ROMs (ie. what you get if AIBO starts up with no stick)

    Generalizations/Conclusions

    • You can see that some of the personality variants are not very bright (eg: Youth A3, Youth B3 on AiboLife 1)
    • Personalities get more complicated with age (Adult more so than Baby)
    • AiboLife 2 personalities are more complex than AiboLife 1 personalities
    • Some personalities are more "entertainment" oriented. For example AiboPal, Explorer, Hello Type 'B' are still very complex, but rely less on random number generation (ie. they have lots of features, but they are triggered by other things)
    • The ERS-7 AiboMind personality uses a different 'learning' and evolution approach. The overall complexity of the state machine still works as a rough-guess metric of the personality complexity.