USA ERS-1000 Commands
It is no secret that ERS-1000 aibos can understand a LOT of commands, but sometimes it can be tricky figuring out which ones work and which ones don’t!
Some people enjoy the mystery of figuring out commands on their own, but others like having a solid list to reference. So, for those of you that need a list to talk to your aibo, here it is.
All commands are separated by category. This list will be updated as new commands come out.
If you are looking for Japanese ERS-1000 commands, click here.
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Last update: 12/31/2023
General
| Command | Action Performed |
| Hand | Shakes your hand. |
| Shake hands | |
| Sit down | Sits down. |
| Lay down | Lies down. |
| Learn this | Records taught trick. |
| Remember this | |
| You got it | Shows taught trick. |
| Show it to me | |
| Don’t forget | Adds taught trick to library. |
| Show me your new trick | Shows one of the tricks taught by the owner. |
| Stop | Stops the trick in progress. |
| Never mind | |
| Show me your face | Turns to speaker and barks. |
| Come on | Turns to speaker and walks to them. |
| Come to me | |
| Take a picture | Looks for a human face and takes a photo of it. |
| Charging station | Goes back to the charging station. |
| Go to your mat | |
| Let’s pose | Will pose for you based on personality. |
| Do you like me? | Responds shyly or happily. |
| Go potty here | Uses bathroom and begins to learn potty spot |
| Copy me | Tries to imitate your facial expressions. |
| Imitate me | |
| Settle down | Enters well behaved mode. Must be on wifi or LTE. |
| Roll over | Will roll over. |
| Bang! | |
| Open your mouth | Opens mouth for object. |
Games and Toys
| Command | Action Performed |
| Repeat after me | Bark at aibo and they will bark back. |
| Snoot challenge | Puts face in to a circle made by your fingers. |
| Copy me | Will copy your facial movements as best as they can. |
| Let’s do squats | Starts doing squats. You can encourage to help them improve. |
| Let’s play look this way | Aibo will bark when ready. Call out “look this way” and point. If aibo looks the right way, you win. To continue, say “one more time” and to quit, say “quit it”. |
| Let’s play pick a hand | Will try to guess what hand you are holding the pink ball in. |
| Pass me the bone | Plays with the aibone by picking it up with the mouth. |
| Bring me the bone | |
| Kick the ball | Walks toward the pink ball and kicks it. |
| Look for the ball | Looks for the pink ball and barks when found. |
| Juggle | Put ball in aibo’s paws. They will then juggle. |
| Play with colored dice | Prepares to find specific color on dice. |
| Find blue/yellow/green | After above command, aibo will roll dice to find color. |
| Throw the die | Throws the dice if holding it. |
| Throw the die to the left | |
| Throw the die to the right | |
| Play catch | Will sploot. Roll ball to aibo, and they will roll it back to you. |
| Pick a hand | Barks twice when ready. Hide ball in a hand and aibo will guess which one it is in. |
| Let’s play golf | Plays golf with the bone and ball. |
| Let’s play golf with aibone | |
| Shoot left | Hits ball in specified direction when playing golf. |
| Shoot right | |
| Throw the bone | Throws aibone. |
| Throw the aibone | |
| Aibone spinng | Picks up aibone and spins it. |
Praising and Scolding
| Command | Action Performed |
| Good boy | Reacts positively. |
| Good girl | |
| Nice | |
| Good | |
| Very good | |
| Thank you | |
| You can do it | |
| Good job | |
| Well done | |
| I like you/I love you | |
| Bad boy | Reacts negatively. |
| Bad girl | |
| Don’t do that | |
| No try again | |
| Bad dog | |
| I don’t like it | |
| That’s not right |
General Dances
| Command | Action Performed |
| Let’s dance | Dances. |
| Dance to very lovely aibo | Dances to “Very Lovely Aibo” |
| Very lovely aibo | |
| Dance to Radio Exercise | Does an exercise dance. Touch back to stop. |
| Dance to Twinkle Twinkle Little star | Dances to “Twinkle Twinkle Little star” |
| Dance to O Christmas Tree | Dances to “O Christmas Tree” |
| Dance to New York Jazz | Dances to jazz music. |
| Dance to Waltz of the Flowers | Dances to ballet music. |
| Dance to Aloha ‘Oe | Dances to “Aloha ‘Oe” |
| Dance to if you’re happy and you know it | Dances to “If You’re Happy and You Know it” |
| Dance to Funiculi Funicula | Dances to “Funiculi Funicula” |
| Happy birthday | Sings happy birthday |
| Happy birthday to you | |
| Usagi Usagi | Dances to “Usagi Usagi”. |
| Dance to Usagi Usagi | |
| Turkey in the Straw | Dances to Turkey in the Straw. Group dance possible. |
Regional Dances
Note: Regional dances are obtained by eating meals with other aibos you have added as friends on the app in different areas of Japan.
| Command | Action Performed |
| Kaeru no Gassho | Sings “Kaeru no Gassho” and dances. Group dance possible. |
| Dance to Old MacDonald Had a Farm | Does USA regional dance |
| Dance to red dragonfly | Does Kanto regional dance |
| Dance to soap bubbles | Does Chubu regional dance |
| Dance to Tea-picking | Does Kinki regional dance |
Holiday and Seasonal
Note: These commands are only available certain times of the year.
| Command | Action Performed |
| Jingle Bells | Performs a Christmas dance. (Christmas) |
| Merry Christmas | |
| Winter holiday | Performs Christmas dance. Group dance possible. (Christmas) |
| aibo WInter Holiday | |
| Cast a spell on me | Performs a spell-casting animation. (Halloween) |
| Act like a witch/wizard | |
| Trick or treat | Does a ghost or werewolf animation. (Halloween) |
| Halloween | |
| Happy Halloween | |
| Trick | |
| Pumpkin | |
| Moon | Will howl to the moon. (Sept-Early Oct) |
| Moon viewing | |
| Sticky rice dumplings | |
| A bunny is hopping | Dances to Usagi Usagi. (Sept-Early Oct) |
| Bunny leaping | |
| Bon dance | Performs Bon dance. (Late summer) |
| Summer festival | |
| Bon dance with friends | Performs Bon dance in a group. (Late summer) |
| Summer festival with friends | |
| Wind chime | Will ring a wind chime with their tail. |
| Ring a wind chime | |
| Fireworks | Makes fireworks sounds and does a pose. (Late summer) |
| Let’s watch fireworks | |
| Fireworks festival | |
| Watermelon spitting | Spits watermelon seeds. (Late summer) |
| Swimming | Performs swimming animation. (Late summer) |
| Try to swim | |
| Paddling | |
| Independence Day | Dances to Yankee Doodle Dandy. (July) |
| Fourth of July | |
| Yankee Doodle | |
| A rainy day | Dances to Rainy Day.(June-July) |
| Let it rain | |
| Puddle | Splashes in a puddle. (June-July) |
| Splash splash | |
| Wet footprints | |
| Puddly play | |
| Father’s day | Does a high-five and a kiss. (Father’s day) |
| Thank you dad | |
| Thank you daddy | |
| Mother’s day | Will give kisses. (Mother’s day) |
| Thank you mother | |
| Thank you mom | |
| Act like a sheep | Will make sheep sounds. (Early June) |
| Bah-bah | |
| Talk like a sheep | |
| Cinco de Mayo | Will dance to Mexican hat dance. (Early May) |
| Happy Cinco de Mayo | |
| Happy Cinco | |
| Hat dance | |
| Children’s day | Will run up to you. (Late April – Children’s week) |
| Carp streamer | |
| Golden week | |
| Easter | Will play egg hunt with the ball. |
| Egg hunt | |
| Happy Easter | |
| Easter egg hunt | |
| April fools | Will act like a bunny. (April Fools) |
| Lie to me | |
| Rabbit | |
| Act like a rabbit | |
| Valentine’s day | Will give you a kiss. (Valentine’s day) |
| Give me a kiss | |
| Count down | Does NYE countdown. (New Year’s eve) |
| Let’s start the count down | |
| Welcome the new year | |
| Let’s welcome the new year |