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Kids feel economy's pinch on Christmas external link

Instead of asking for more expensive items like in past years -- such as a $200 Nintendo Wii video game system or $350 robotic dinosaur Pleo -- some ... and more »
Wed, Dec 23 |  from DetNews.com

 

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Mon, Nov 30 |  from vimeo.com

 

Pleo Roars Again! Lovable Pet Dinosaur Returns for the Holidays with ... - Earthtimes external link

Pleo Roars Again! Lovable Pet Dinosaur Returns for the Holidays with ... The Pleo robot dinosaur is back, in time for the holidays. The website is back up, there's a new 2009 Pleo model, and Pleo's new owner Innvo Labs is set to ... Pleo Robot Dinosaur Is Back For The HolidaysI4U
Mon, Nov 23 |  from Earthtimes.org

 

The Inside Story Behind Pleo’s Rise, Fall, and Resurrection external link

The Rise of Pleo DD: The fixes in the new Pleos now sold online at the Pleo World online store are: RO: Will you transfer the personality too? (Pleo’s learned behaviors and traits). DD: Absolutely. You can download it off the Pleo World web site.
Mon, Oct 26 |  from robotsrule.com

 

Attack of the Show CES 2008: Toy Robots external link

Thumbnail Kevin and Olivia play with the WowWee Tribot and the Ugobe Robot Pleo. More Gaming Videos Comments: 0 Added: Unknown Get More Attack of the Show ... movieweb.com
Fri, Sep 25 |  from MovieWeb

 

Pleo lover and former Ugobe CTO John Sosoka separates robo-mind and robo-body with two new companies external link

Thumbnail Why did Pleo-maker Ugobe fail? There are many reasons, but former CTO John Sosoka thinks one of them is that the one company tried to do too much, working on both hardware and software for the lovable little paleolithic guy. Live and learn, as they say, and so his next venture is not one but two...
Tue, Sep 1 |  from Engadget

 

Techies flock to new robot center external link

Thumbnail  Japan Tokyo's only major store devoted to robots, it sells robots of all shapes and sizes, including not only Vstone products but also the tiny scuttling Robo-Q from Tomy Co. and the Pleo animatronic dinosaur toy from the now bankrupt Ugobe Inc. of the US ...
Tue, May 5 |  from The Japan Times

 

Roomba, Terminator Named Robot Hall of Fame Inductees external link

 NY While Hall of Fame organizers see this as an encouraging sign, the announcement comes just one day after one of the more promising consumer robots, Ugobe's Pleo robot dinosaur, disappeared from the market for good.. Selected by a team of scholars, ...
Tue, Apr 21 |  from Gearlog

 

Opinion: Pleo-maker Ugobe not totally dead, not totally okay external link

Thumbnail It certainly seemed like Ugobe was dead-forever a few days ago when we noted that the company's website was seemingly gone and no one was answering the phones, but it's apparently not all bad: the site's back up, and CEO Caleb Chung told the Idaho Business Review today that the company's wi...
Fri, Apr 3 |  from Engadget

 

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Wed, Apr 1 |  from YouTube

 

Pleo Party (The Sequel), Price Drop, and Quotes from Owners external link

The extremely cool part is that Pleos belonging to other party attendees started mooing along with my Pleos, even though they were hundreds if not thousands of miles away from where I live! Apparently they had their Pleos listening in to the broadcast and when my Pleos let loose with a baby...
Sun, Mar 29 |  from robotsrule.com

 

Help Save Pleo From Being Fed To The Dogs! external link

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 |  from robotsrule.com

 

Pleo V2? Coming Soon external link

So what next for Pleo? Well I doubt they'll be able to make significant review streams from accessories and updates so the only option left to them would be to build a new model of Pleo with advanced features. My belief is that we'll have a new Pleo ready for next Christmas.
Sun, Sep 21 |  from Pleo Toy Dinosaur

 

Patch: Ugobe releases 1.1 update for Pleo's software external link

Ugobe, Inc. has released a new version of software for Pleo, their baby robot dinosaur. This update adds several new behaviors including singing, the ability to sit on his hind legs, a new high stepping gait to accommodate difficult ...
Wed, Apr 2 |  from robots.net

 

Podcast: Unboxing Live 027: Pleo DinosaurVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Thumbnail In this episode, we unbox one of the hottest wish-list items for the 2007 holiday season - the Ugobe Pleo robotic baby dinosaur!
Fri, Dec 21 |  from blip.tv

 

Podcast: Geek Brief Radio #0274 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV external link

Since I started the holiday season, I've wanted to do a robot Brief, but I'm disappointed in robotics right now. There are some fun robots available and there are some practical robots available, but it seems like we're a long, long way from the robots of our dreams. I've had a Roomba for more t...
Wed, Dec 12 |  from mevio.com

 

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