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.
posted Feb 6th 2006 11:23AM
i just hope the recharge port isn't in it's butt.
When can I buy it. I am a Furby Fan.
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
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!
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?
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
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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