• Aibo, a robot dog created by Sony, debuted more than 20 years ago.
• Optimus, Musk's humanoid robot, debuted a prototype in September.
• Honda Motor and Hyundai have been working on humanoid robots.

Sony Group, a Japanese electronics and media conglomerate, claimed on Tuesday that once it determines the best applications for humanoid robots, it has the technology to produce them swiftly.
Hiroaki Kitano, the chief technology officer at Sony, asserts that 'many enterprises throughout the world, including this one, have enough technology accumulated to build them quickly once it becomes obvious whose usage is viable.

' According to Kitano, it is essential to create the application. Aibo was a robotic dog that Sony unveiled more than 20 years ago. Aibo was sold in around 150,000 units between 1999 and 2006. In 2018, it introduced an improved version, which sold about 20,000 units in the first six months. 

Honda Motor and Hyundai Motor have been working on humanoid robots for many years, while Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, unveiled a prototype of the company's Optimus humanoid robot in September.

Musk's business is considering deploying thousands of the robots in its factories, eventually increasing that number to millions globally. Kitano asserted that due to its expertise in audio-visual technology and rich entertainment content, such as music and video games, Sony was well-positioned to play a big role in the metaverse, or immersive virtual worlds.

The term 'metaverse,' which is general, refers to the idea that users would spend more time in online virtual worlds. The concept is still evolving, but it has already become a buzzword for briefings and a driver for industry earmarking. “It's not as if you could create a venue in the metaverse and expect people to perform there. The content of the metaverse makes or breaks it.”