According to Japan’s Nikkei Business, Toyota will purchase Sony’s robotics division, including the AIBO, QRIO and the people that work on them. The deal came about from Toyota Chairman Fujio Cho who was on the board at Sony when Sony CEO Howard Stringer decided to get rid of the money losing division. Yoshiya Sato, editor-in-chief of Nikkei Business said that the deal is indeed a “gorgeous combination” of companies.
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