Links

UW related

• Point 5 Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory
• UW Sony Legged Robot Project
• Department of Electrical Engineering, AIBO Experiences - AIBO Home Visit Reports

AIBO sites

• Official AIBO website - US
• AIBO ERS 210
• Official AIBO club
• Resource for AIBO owners
• Technical information on AIBO
• AIBO Empire
• AIBO research
  Note: Also has information on other interactive toys.
• AIBO world II website

Other interactive toys

• Tiger Electronics
• Official furby website
• Robo-Chi pets
• The official i-Cybie site
  Note: There is a forum on this site.
• Manley Toy Quest's Official Tekno the Robotic Pets Site
• Trendmasters, the manufacturer of Big Scratch and Lil' Scratch
• Fisher-Price's Official Rocket the Wonder Dog Site
• iRobot's My Real Baby
• The fabulous furby and poo-chi fan site
  Note: this has a lot of information in the fan stories link.
• Adult Lovers of Furby
  Note: Is a message board.
• Furby Island's Chat Area and Message Board
• TamagotchiUK
  Note: Has a message board and read the grave sites where people bury their dead pets
• Virtual Pet Links
  Note: Has lots of links to other interactive toy sites but links may be broken

Other Researchers

• Sherry Turkle
• Aibo Project: Studying the Negotiation of Artificial Intelligence in Robotic Pets
• University of Sussex: Research project to involve children in development of interactive digital toys
  Note: Ongoing research between eight UK Universities, not much information, just a press release
• Research in Use and Benefits of Virtual Pets
  Note: Links to articles that we may find useful
• Critical Thought about Tamagotchi

Articles

• Technology Review: Things That Matter: Wired Kingdom
• Wired News Aibo Story
• NY Times: AIBO article
• High-Tech Toys Research: The Definitive Market Study on High-Tech Toys
  Note: Not really related and the entire paper costs $295.
• Smart Toys
• Interactive Barney: Good or Evil
• MIT Tech Talk: Media Lab researches tackle toys of today and tomorrow
• Soap Suds: Smart Toys