霍华德为了使索尼为之一新已经尽其所能，停止了缺少市场的空洞项目，包括制造机器狗的一个单位。

Sir Howard tried to revamp Sony as best he could, shutting vanity projects that lacked a market, including a unit that produced a robotic dog.

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自从1999年上市后，索尼推出的这只叫做“艾波（AIBO）”的电子狗玩具在市场上历久弥坚。

Introduced in 1999, AIBO is one of the most sophisticated toys on the market.

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介于这两种极端情况之间的是少数具备动物特征的机器人，它们通常被做成宠物的模样（如索尼机器狗AIBO），但事实上，它们只不过是供娱乐的玩具。

The few animal-like robots that fell between these extremes were usually built to resemble pets (Sony’s robot dog, AIBO, for example) and were, in truth, not much more than just amusing toys.

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