Loona Inc. Loona vs Sony aibo ERS-1000

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Loona compared with aibo ERS-1000

	Loona Inc.Loona	Sonyaibo ERS-1000
Overview
Released
Released	–	–
Task and control
Form
Form	Wheeled	Quadruped
Use
Use	Companion, Education	Companion
User programming
User programming	Yes	–
Phone app
Phone app	Yes	Yes
Intended use
Intended use	Maker Loona Inc. was formerly KEYi Technology; this company rename does not create a separate hardware generation.	–
Movement
Movement	Two driven wheels with moving ears and body; six motors in total.	–
User programming
User programming	Blockly visual programming in the Loona app.	–
Cloud and offline operation
Cloud and offline operation	Online conversation and ChatGPT functions require a network connection.	AI Cloud Plan supports cloud learning and connected services.
Subscription
Subscription	–	US bundle includes a three-year AI Cloud Plan; continuing cloud service has separate terms.
Regional availability
Regional availability	Standard Premium package is offered with dispatch in three business days. Space Edition has a separately advertised 17 October 2026 dispatch and is excluded from this current-hardware record.	US Sony store offers the White ERS-1000 with an active cart and estimated 5–6 October delivery when checked. Sony Japan ended domestic sales in June 2026; availability is regional.
Release details
Release details	First-sale date is unresolved; contemporary reviews cover early shipping units, but maker plans alone do not prove the first retail date.	First-sale date omitted pending exact sale evidence; the original announcement’s planned date is not used as proof.
Hardware
Degrees of freedom
Degrees of freedom	–	22
Height
Height	–	293 mm
Width
Width	–	180 mm
Depth
Depth	–	305 mm
Robot weight
Robot weight	–	2.2 kg
Camera
Camera	Yes	Yes
Microphone
Microphone	Yes	Yes
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes
Processing
Processing	Quad-core Cortex-A53 up to 1.5 GHz; 5 TOPS BPU; Cortex-M4 at 100 MHz; dual-core 360 MHz audio DSP.	–
Memory
Memory	2 GB LPDDR4 and 8 GB eMMC 5.0.	–
Sensors
Sensors	Touch sensor, three-axis accelerometer and gyroscope.	Two six-axis sensors, motion sensor, two ranging sensors, ToF sensor, light sensor, head/jaw touch, back pressure touch and four paw-pad sensors.
Camera
Camera	720p RGB camera and 3D time-of-flight sensor.	Front camera and SLAM camera.
Audio
Audio	Four microphones and a 2 W speaker.	Four microphones and a speaker.
Display
Display	2.4-inch LCD.	Two OLED eye displays.
Actuators
Actuators	–	22 degrees of freedom.
Connections
Connections	2.4/5.8 GHz 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi.	LTE and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi.
Size and weight
Size and weight	8.3 × 6.8 × 6.8 inches (length × width × height); maker gives weight as 2.42 lb.	Approximately 180 × 293 × 305 mm (width × height × depth), excluding protruding parts.
Battery
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	2 hours of continuous play	Approximately 120 minutes in standard mode
Automatic dock return
Automatic dock return	–	Yes
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	1,350 mAh	–
Battery
Battery	11.1 V, 1,350 mAh.	Approximately 14 W electrical consumption in standard mode; this is not motor power.
Charging
Charging	–	Approximately three hours to charge; charging station and AC adapter supplied.
Dock
Dock	Autonomous return charging requires the charging dock supplied in selected bundles.	–