Ugobe's Pleo dino-bot

by Ryan Block, posted Feb 6th 2006 at 11:23AM

There's been a mite of hype surrounding Furby creator Caleb Chung's latest robo-toy venture, Ugobe, and today at DEMO they announced their first "Designer Life Form" (we prefer "robopet," or "robot" if absolutely necessary, thankyouverymuch), Pleo. Apparently Pleo, the 1-week-old Camarasaurus, runs on Ugobe's "Life Form Operating System" (whever that is) and receives sensory input by way of 38 touch, motion, toe, light and sound sensors, moves with 14 servos, has such adorable dino-dos as twitching, sneezing, sniffing, yawning, chomping, coughing, blinking, as well as interacting with all the faux-lifelike behaviors, moods, and desires you'd expect from a week old sauropod. Of course, the SD memory expansion is an especially nice touch for any robopet in the wake of Aibo's untimely demise, but you're gonna have to wait until Q306 so if you want to drop your $200 on this little monster.

P.S. We've got $15 on the Roboraptor in a cagematch.

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GoRobotics.net @ Feb 6th 2006 12:57PM

PC Magazine has more info about this little guy:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1918705,00.asp

I'm a little skeptical about the $200 price point and "life-like" motion. I think Sony would tell them it costs quite a bit more.

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http://www.gorobotics.net

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MikeJonez @ Feb 9th 2006 5:10PM

i just hope the recharge port isn't in it's butt.

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Ray Abrahamsen @ Apr 18th 2006 11:23AM

When can I buy it. I am a Furby Fan.

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Bill @ Aug 13th 2006 7:02AM

This thing is a fake - Interactive my arse. It's all scripted.
http://digg.com/videos_gaming/THE_WORLD_S_FIRST_LIFE_FORM_Debunked_Video

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Ovedya @ Aug 15th 2006 1:57AM

Yes, Please believe everything you see/read on "YouTube."

Don't listen to the naysayers. They all said that Furby would fail too. Yet it set the standard for "The Christmas toy boom" something like 8 years ago. Pleo is going to set another standard in the electronic toys market. Just watch!

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Lu Bu @ Mar 2nd 2007 10:28AM

don't believe it, i think pleo is going to be a great toy, why would i want to spend 1500 bucks on a robotic puppy, when i can get a dinosaur?

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Peter Wald @ Mar 19th 2007 5:39AM

It's not a fake. I think the programmers were not ready and so they have to program a way to show the functions.

http://www.pleo-web.de

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