PleoBot.com – Pleo The Dinosaur

watsonw posted a photo:

Wild West Jerry.

This shot from sarahcebulski show’s a detailed shot of Pleo’s head without the skin. Scary, or hackers paradise?

Check out this cute shot from yutasugiura showing a biped robot riding Pleo.

If you having trouble seeing innocent Pleo’s killed, you don’t want to watch this video. Otherwise, check out David Letterman attacking a Pleo with a beefy (and expensive) RC monster truck. Dinosaur vs. Truck, who wins?

Reuters features a video of Pleo taken at CeBIT:

HowStuffWorks.com has a great article on “How Pleo Works.” The article gathers information from publicly available information and from exclusive interviews with the designers of Pleo. The article discusses Pleo’s sensors, behavior and movement, his processors, and his motors.

They also have a good discussion and neat applet that lets you see how (and play with) Pleo’s tail works.

Great read!

Pleo Dreams.com has been busy taking apart their Pleo and taking videos of his guts! Check out his Brain Surgery and Thoractomy videos. Brain surgery after the jump.

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ifixit.com has completely disassembled their Pleo and posted pictures of how they did it. It’s pretty amazing the amount of stuff that’s inside of Pleo. I doubt that their Pleo will work again. Sacrificing Pleo for the sake of science.

Poll results for December:

Are you going to purchase a Pleo in time for Christmas?

* Yes, for me!: 45% (21)
* Yes, for someone else: 21% (10)
* No, I’ll wait: 13% (6)
* No, too poor: 15% (7)
* Not sure: 6% (3)

There is also a new poll up. Happy voting!

Big news from UGOBE tomorrow. Stay tuned!