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Review : Pleo - your very own dinosaur

According to Ugobe, the creator of the Pleo, this is the very first lifo-form they have created. While a claim to have actually created life may be a little bold, there's no denying some of Pleo's life-like characteristics.
Mon, Nov 24 | GadgetSpeak

Robot Stock News -- All about iRobot, Roomba, Scooba and PackBot ...

Get 25% off a new Pleo. You can now get 25% off a new Pleo robot with Free Shipping in our Pleo buyers guide. Deal expires 11/24. Tags: Pleo. at 8:26 AM. Posted by thorn_stevens ...
Fri, Nov 21 | Robot Stock

Popular Science Names 100 "Best of What's New" Technologies

3M MPro 110; Casio EX-F1 Camera; BUG Labs' Base and Modules; Eye-Fi Explore SD Card; Polaroid ZINK; Sleek Audio SA6 Headphones; Vision Research’s V12 Camera; Livescribe Pulse; Ugobe Pleo; Nikon D90; Samsung AIRAVE; iTunes App Store ...
Sat, Nov 8 | Gizmodo

Help Save Pleo From Being Fed To The Dogs!

Please visit her blog and comment on her post about Pleo and her final feelings on him. Let her know why we love Pleo so much and open her heart to the idea of letting little Nathaniel live! She loves pets so somewhere inside her there most be a spark of mercy for our little baby Camarasaurus!
Fri, Nov 7 | robotsrule.com

New Ugobe Lifeforms Next Year (2009)!

Next year we will bring out additional life-forms. I can't say which right now but the new lifeforms don't necessarily have to be for purely entertainment purposes."He also indicates that Ugobe wants to get more software out there for us Pleo owners to enjoy and explore. Bannerman was a bigw...
Thu, Oct 16 | robotsrule.com

Kota the Triceratops ships from the land before time to your home

Playskool's Kota the Triceratops is a robot dinosaur that uses 11 sensors to respond to touch and sound by wiggling its horns, wagging its tail and turning its head. It also plays a few "adventure themed songs." Best of all, it can't stampede or impale anyone; like the animatronic Tricerato...
Wed, Oct 8 | Engadget

Hacking Pleo for face recognition and remote control

GRIP, the Group for Interdisciplinary Psychology at the University of Bamberg have put together a couple tutorials on hacking the Pleo. For those unfamiliar, the Pleo is a small robot shaped like a dinosaur. Their goal was to make it cute and simulate emotion at a higher level than previous...
Thu, Aug 7 | hack a day

Pleo Dinosaur - New 1.1 update available!

Here is a more comprehensive list of what's new in the 1.1 update, as per the E-mail Ugobe sent out. Note, this list is not a complete list so be prepared to find other fun and unexpected behaviors in your Pleo! This is a post about Pleo, UGOBE's robot dinosaur
Fri, May 9 | robotsrule.com

Pleo robot dinosaur review - Pocket-lint.co.uk

Pleo robot dinosaur review UK - 29 April 2008 - Pleo is a friendly looking robot dinosaur Camarasaurus, but is it any better than other robots on the market, or is this just another ...
Tue, Apr 29 | Pocket-lint.co.uk

Opinion: Pleo Dinosaur - Ugobe's John Sosoka answers Pleo Questions at Maker Faire

Julie: Here's one from MonkeyMoo, "Is Pleo going to be able to interact with other robots? Such as AIBO?". UPDATE: 10-25-2007] Here's another Maker Faire video I found where SciVestor Chief of Research Ray Renteria asks John Sosoka "Why A Dinosaur?":
Fri, Mar 28 | robotsrule.com

Pleo - Important (Wonderful) Update On Shipping and Production!

Ugobe sent out a mass E-mail to readers on its update list, updating them on Pleo's production status and anticipated ship date. The wonderful news is that Pleo is officially in production and Ugobe states that those who have preorders from a retailer in the USA will receive their Pleos bef...
Fri, Mar 28 | robotsrule.com

Jurassic Perk: A Dino at Home

This baby dinosaur has reptile-like, rubbery skin enhanced by multiple sensors. Its back is decorated with green patterns, and its large eyes are a beautiful blue. Pleo’s guts include 14 motors, 38 sensors and a microprocessor. Infrared detectors are hidden in Pleo’s nose and mouth, and a...
Tue, Feb 5 | allthingsd.com

Pleo and kids

So what did I see when he began interacting with Pleo? Well, I realized that he was immediately comfortable with the proposition of a life-like dinosaur in the living room. He is, in fact, afraid of it the same way he was afraid of these miniature horses we saw last summer in Greece. He knows it a...
Wed, Jan 16 | CrunchGear

NEWS: Robo-dino toy UGOBE Pleo website live NOW!!

Going to be the best robot slash dino slash RC-type toy ever!!
Thu, Jun 21 | Pocket-lint.co.uk

Ugobe Unveils New Pleo Box and Battery Plan

It's been well over a year since I first... It's been well over a year since I first heard of Ugobe's super-cute answer to the world's personal robot needs. Since then, I've seen Ugobe's Pleo robotics dinosaur in person and been charmed by its smiling face and lifelike motion. I've also met with P...
Tue, May 22 | eWeek

Pleo: The New Robotic "Designer Life Form"

The next big "must-have" toy this year, may be in the form of a one-week old baby Camarasaurus. One of the co-creators of Furby, Caleb Chung, is putting the finishing touches on a new animatronic dinosaur called Pleo.Eight years ago the Furby doll was all the rage, with sales of over 40 millio...
Wed, Feb 22 | Blogcritics

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