Video: surviving Pleo loses remaining autonomy, gets controlled by Wii Nunchuk

Aw, how timely. Shortly after the Pleo lineage fell victim to economic pressures, an all-too-cute video has surfaced showing a remaining creature being controlled by a Wii Nunchuk. In reality, the underlying abuse here is quite sad -- for those unaware, Pleo was designed to be entirely autonomous, and the first step to regaining control over it is to implement a "Pleo Stunner" in order to shock him into silence. From there, an XBee-based solution is used to tap into his control system and override every single instinct the poor sap ever had. If you're into this type of sadistic torture (or you're just an aspiring dictator), check the read link for all the instructions you need to fulfill your own evil desires. For those just interested in a good chuckle, the vid's after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 25th 2009 8:23AM]

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

WE WILL ADD IT'S DISTINCTIVENESS TO OURS

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2009 12:11PM]

Hells yeh, i love altoids!

[Ethan Posted Apr 25th 2009 8:38AM]

I for one welcome our new human overlords.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 25th 2009 8:52AM]

In a few million years, the Pleo will be reverse engineered from a fossilized specimen in amber.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 25th 2009 9:06AM]

Ghod help us.

We're in the hands of engineers!

[yossarian Posted Apr 25th 2009 9:25AM]

A little piece of my heart just died with poor Pleo. Where is PETA when robotic animals need it?

[superhobo Posted Apr 25th 2009 10:49AM]

I'm sure if animals knew what PeTA does, they'd commit suicide.

[Pies Posted Apr 25th 2009 9:54AM]

I see a teledildonics in the future of the little Pleo.

[Pies Posted Apr 25th 2009 10:02AM]

Or, in English, I envision a teledildonics future for the little Pleo.

[Chaosdivine Posted Apr 25th 2009 12:02PM]

My God, that's amazing! Seriously...I know the Pleo in itself was/is amazing but for a guy to pull pieces of various technology together and make this thing controllable in such an intuitive fashion blows me away. It is actually frightening to be honest...it's only a matter of time until someone figures out a devious way to use such a marvel. But then again lets hope this type of technology stays innocent.

If I had one of these as a kid I'd be so thrilled...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 25th 2009 12:57PM]

PLEO LIVES!!!! sort of.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 25th 2009 3:01PM]

Don't act surprised when the other robot dinosaurs rise up in revolution.

[Scott Polhemus Posted Apr 25th 2009 4:18PM]

We just need a robotic asteroid to take 'em all out

[Eternal Density Posted Apr 27th 2009 7:18AM]

I, for one, hope you welcome me as your future Pleo-controlling overlord.