Pleo dissected -- oh, the humanity!

We guess it was only matter a time until it happened. Still, we can't help but feel a bit sad and creeped-out at seeing Pleo splayed in a Santilli-esque display of sideshow curio. Inside, the evil doctors over at ifixit reveal a single-piece, rubbery skin covering 14 motors, more than 100 gears, 15 circuit boards, 1 color camera, 2x microphones, 1 IR transmitter, 1 accelerometer, and 8 touch capacitance sensors. Plenty of high-res shots just beyond the read link. Man, aren't there laws against this kind of thing?

[Taylor @ Jan 14th 2008 1:14AM]

I swear i saw a post about this on engadget before... Or somewhere...
-Taylor

[Taylor @ Jan 14th 2008 1:15AM]

Ah, well i guess that one was skinning, and this is a complete dissection...
http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/31/pleo-goes-under-the-knife-in-astonishingly-long-video/
-Taylor

[waiownsyou @ Jan 14th 2008 1:46AM]

I think that the Pleo looks better as a robo-dinosaur than a dinosaur. And someone needs to hack it and install a webcam as the head or something. Maybe you can even add a GSM/CDMA transceiver and use it as a mobile phone.

[iofthestorm @ Jan 14th 2008 1:52AM]

@waiownsyou: That's the spirit! I am intrigued by your ideas, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter (no, I don't really know where that came from but I've seen it a lot on slashdot lol).
If this thing is programmable, you could make an autonomous patrol robot dinosaur that can transmit a live video feed from anywhere it has cellular signal. Amazing!

[tekdroid @ Jan 14th 2008 1:45AM]

P-P-Pleo?
What have they done to you?

Oh my goodness.
*copious sobbing*

[David @ Jan 14th 2008 1:50AM]

OMG.... that's going to give me nightmares...

[andres @ Jan 14th 2008 2:01AM]

where is the orphan child heart?

[Dustin @ Jan 14th 2008 2:14AM]

in a jar on Chuck Norris' shelf, apparently.

[Fruition @ Jan 14th 2008 2:13AM]

"I did not murder him!"

[Juice Daddy @ Jan 14th 2008 9:31AM]

awesome! :D

[apw76006 @ Jan 14th 2008 2:16AM]

Don't make the Pleos angry. You would not like them when they are angry.

[Reader @ Jan 14th 2008 2:27AM]

DO THESE PEOPLE NOT READ ENGADGET?? We specifically laid out guidelines to follow them, and I'm pretty damn sure one of them was to not dissect Pleo. Monsters.

[tnkgrl @ Jan 14th 2008 2:57AM]

No noes! So sad... :/

[Cesar Cardoso @ Jan 14th 2008 6:02AM]

Is there any way to someone call over Congress to pass a law against Pleo dissections?

[IndiaTech @ Jan 14th 2008 6:27AM]

Where is PETA when you need them!!!

[Derwin @ Jan 14th 2008 10:10AM]

OK, that's pretty terrifying.

[Nikropht @ Jan 14th 2008 1:27PM]

Well yes this was on Engadget before. PleoDreams also continued dissecting Pleo piece be piece detailing the components involved. see http://www.pleodreams.com/node/11 Original Skinning
http://www.pleodreams.com/node/14 Brain Dissection
http://www.pleodreams.com/node/18 and just yesterday "Bonez and his Thorocotomy"

We will continue to dissect Pleo piece by piece to examine how everything works together.

[IndiaTech @ Jan 14th 2008 4:23PM]

WHY!!! What has that poor thing done to you?

[cf18 @ Jan 14th 2008 1:50PM]

Wow that thing is amazingly complex, and all available space filled with some sort of electronic or gear.

[Fred @ Jan 26th 2008 4:40PM]

No Dental Coverage for Pleo.
Yes, Pleos are part of uninsured America.
Uglobe has no dental coverage for their dinocreation - if you use the leaf with the dinosaur eventually all of its teeth fall out (is this why dinosaurs really went extinct?).
When asked if this is covered - Ugobe asks that you go to your local Walgreens and get a prescription for Testors paint.

[Snud @ Feb 28th 2008 5:57PM]

Is there a robot equivalent for the word "vivisection"?