Pleo gets thoroughly obliterated by demented ComBot

It's not that we've never seen the insides of Pleo, it's that we've never seen it splayed so inhumanely. During Maker Faire 2008, a middleweight ComBot known as Vicious Verdict was placed in the ring with UGOBE's cuddly dinosaur, and suffice it to say, Pleo didn't stand a chance. The entire death lasts about three minutes, but there's a solid minute of taunting that goes on before the ComBot starts the decimation process. Straight up, this is one of the more haunting things we've ever seen happen to a poor, helpless, animated robot. Vid's after the break for your sickos who dare.

[Via Tech Digest]

[Jonathan Worrel @ May 8th 2008 1:19PM]

Awesome I'll take 20 and start a karnage farm ;)

[OneLove @ May 8th 2008 1:34PM]

Run pleo! Runnnnn!!!

[David @ May 8th 2008 2:08PM]

wait...so, which robot won?

[JAmerican @ May 8th 2008 3:06PM]

Watch PETA find a way to call this animal cruelty.

[0megapart!cle @ May 8th 2008 4:38PM]

You do realize what a pathetic, moronic, comment that is, don't you. Why don't you watch some of the videos that PETA shows to new members and wipe that idiotic attitude off your face.

[David @ May 8th 2008 8:03PM]

i get strong desires for a chicken sandwich from chick fil a whenever i see that video omega.
steak too.

mmmMMmmm.. steak..

[The Dude @ May 8th 2008 7:30PM]

@0megapart!cle:
Why don't you watch a video of 2 certain girls sharing a certain cup and swear off taking a dump/eating choclate ice cream for the rest of your life?

[JAmerican @ May 9th 2008 1:54AM]

I am AGAINST animal cruelty even though I am a meat eater. I do not believe PETA is the one and only representative of such a cause.

BTW, if you think meat consumption = animal cruelty, then plant consumption = plant cruelty. Thus, we should all just drop dead.

Plants are living just as we are. They reproduce. They grow. They survive.

[Aguiluz @ May 8th 2008 1:21PM]

Haha! PWNED!

[turban @ May 8th 2008 1:22PM]

deserved it. =]

i had a dream like this once. pwn.

[Sean @ May 8th 2008 1:26PM]

it would be fun if you were pleo.

[IndiaTech @ May 8th 2008 1:23PM]

Nooooo! You sick B@$#@DS! What did that poor thing ever do to you?
You guys need to be put in jail. Just like Mike Vick!

[turban @ May 8th 2008 1:42PM]

that's how the dinasaurs became extinct. omg there's little kids there.

[nVening @ May 8th 2008 1:25PM]

Pleo got MERCED

[Mo @ May 8th 2008 1:25PM]

Thats just wrong. What did pleo ever do to them?

[Low Ranked @ May 8th 2008 3:34PM]

I swear, your avatar has a mustache. Just thought I'd put that out there.

[Artie Lange @ May 8th 2008 1:28PM]

That made me cry a little. Poor, poor Pleo.

[Vic20 @ May 8th 2008 1:28PM]

If more women frequented this hallowed site, this article would a source of great outrage, with gnashing of teeth, inconsolable wailing, and promises of revenge against the malfeasance of might makes right against the epitome of cuteness. Dare I say the chivalric enneagram popularized in medieval jousting would suffer verdicts of hormone-driven chauvinism.

However, given Engadget's demographic, we'll probably see a lot of p0wnage.

[Mauricio @ May 8th 2008 1:41PM]

Collage -
1 a: an artistic composition made of various materials (as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface b: a creative work that resembles such a composition in incorporating various materials or elements
2: the art of making collages
3: hodgepodge
4: a work (as a film) having disparate scenes in rapid succession without transitions

[Will @ May 8th 2008 1:48PM]

"collageboy"

Vic20 are you a boy made from several images of other boys?

[Vic20 @ May 8th 2008 2:12PM]

Will,

Why no -- no, I'm not! I have, however, been known to employ a hodgepodge of various elements in the art of making disparate sentences in rapid succession.

[eeep @ May 8th 2008 8:04PM]

Thx for that stereotype. I'm sure the women who do frequent this site appreciate it.

I fucking love Pleos, but it was still awesome seeing one get obliterated.

[tekdroid @ May 8th 2008 1:29PM]

that blade on wheels had no class. No class at all.

I had high hopes Pleo would grow up like his father. It's just not fair.
It's just no fair!

*sniff, sniff*

Pleeeoooooooooooooooooooooo!

[threefingeredlord @ May 8th 2008 1:41PM]

Call me a pussy, but I really didn't feel comfortable watching that.
I did however lol at the "GO PLEO!".

[zapot8 @ May 10th 2008 2:51AM]

Yeah, im usually pretty sadistic, but that made me feel kinda bad inside.

[OneLove @ May 8th 2008 1:37PM]

some people have money to burn

[tekdroid @ May 8th 2008 1:42PM]

the cost of killing Pleo is nothing compared to the free coverage / advertising the Pleo guys are getting from it.

Sad but true.

[teej @ May 8th 2008 3:04PM]

@tekdroid,
this is negative PR. who's gonna wanna buy a dinosaur that gets its ass handed to it? i'm want my dinosaur to be a bamf.

[mlody11 @ May 8th 2008 1:41PM]

Pfft. WowWee Roboquad would have owned him.

[Ethan @ May 8th 2008 1:41PM]

I think they need to make Robot Wars: Consumer Electronics edition.

[clak @ May 8th 2008 1:43PM]

Shocking! I'm calling PETA right now!


I want to put a ding in the universe—Steve Jobs

[Stem $ell @ May 8th 2008 1:45PM]

Completing his sly, posthumous revenge, Pleo's ruptured Polonium 209 power-pack ensures slow, horrifying death to all in attendance...

[Spyvie @ May 8th 2008 1:46PM]

Trouble is, the ComBot isn't a bot at all, it a remote controlled lawnmower/weed eater. Oh, and it outweighs Pleo by 1000% or more.

Give Pleo a weapon, and demand an autonomous opponent of near equal weight.

You Bastards!

[tekdroid @ May 8th 2008 1:49PM]

yeah, very crude appliance :)
Totally mismatched.

[i.shamiq @ May 8th 2008 1:47PM]

One day when robots rule the world...

[Ian @ May 8th 2008 3:47PM]

it will be a human in there not pleo.. and all robots will be watching on tv laughing at our struggle to survive

[carlosmbernal @ May 8th 2008 1:48PM]

Everybody Loves Pleo

[Mredria @ May 8th 2008 1:54PM]

Dont let the hippies see this. It'll be the new 'bloodsport'.

[Duodenum @ May 8th 2008 1:57PM]

That was pretty pointless. The "combat robot" wasn't a robot at all, just a remote controlled vehicle with a spinning blade on it. This really wasn't any different than if they'd just gone after the thing with a chainsaw.

Not sure what they were trying to prove with this, other than "hur hur, Pleo is cute, let's destroy it with something that's freakin' awesome."

[Matt @ May 8th 2008 6:35PM]

Poor Pleo. After that first hit was Pleo's tounge hanging out like a poor animal that really got smacked? Sorta sad actually.

[apeguero @ May 8th 2008 2:11PM]

Not like there's anything wrong with this but, there were kids in that area. I know I wouldn't have allowed my 4 and 5 year olds to see this.

[Low Ranked @ May 8th 2008 3:42PM]

I'm willing to bet you let them play Super Smash Bros: Brawl.

[apeguero @ May 8th 2008 4:11PM]

@Low Ranked: I'm waiting a couple more years before I start getting them into the Console thing (handheld and regular). Frankly, it's hard enough to get them to do their homework instead of watching Noggin' or Sprout.

What I wanted to get across is that I don't think it's a good idea to allow ones kids (8 and under I'd say) to see something like this. It's pretty disturbing to watch. Specially since kids would build a bond with something like a Pleo. That's all.

[Neoprimal @ May 8th 2008 2:13PM]

Aww. That was kinda sad.

Now put the owners of 'Vicious' in the ring with it.

[Andrew @ May 8th 2008 2:15PM]

One day our robot overlords will look back at this video and shudder at how primitive they once were...

[FTY @ May 8th 2008 2:26PM]

I see people still think everything R/C is a robot. Sad and a mockery of robotics.

[JR @ May 8th 2008 2:28PM]

I think I died a little inside watching that. Years of research and development, mechanical and software engineering, all to bring a $300 plastic lizard to life. And all it took was an RC lawnmower from hell to dash the dreams of many into rubbery little chunks of quivering dino detrititus.

I need some slow-mo shots of the pleo with the terminator 2 soundtrack in the background. He can raise one dino nub in approval as he is slowly lowered into a gas station garbage can.

[Maurizio @ May 8th 2008 4:03PM]

That is the funniest thing I've heard this week!! lol

Awe.....wait for it.....some!

[IT-Accountant @ May 8th 2008 2:39PM]

For some unexplainable reason, I felt genuinely saddened by this lame video. I see Pleo as a prophet of doom, a brave individual who faced our rising robotic overlords alone and died in an attempt to warn us of the real dangers that remote-controlled lawnmowers could pose should they ever rebel against their creators. Let not Pleo's death have been in vain!

Be warned- WE ARE NEXT!!!!!!!!!

lol

[phez @ May 8th 2008 2:57PM]

I don't even know why you guys posted this.

This is so sad.

Graphic warning please :(