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?

Ugobe has posted another video in their “Behind the Scenes: The Making of Pleo” series. This time, Caleb Chung, gives us a tour of Ugobe labs. In it we get to meet 12 of Ugobe’s employees – from the CTO, to the secretary, to Andrea the object regonition guy.
It looks like a fun workplace – [...]

Funny.

Early Pleo prototype without his skin!
The little guy looks a little scary like this!

In the original press release from Ugobe, they announced that Pleo would have nearly 40 sensors. Now, nearly 7 months later, the number has dropped to 34, and that’s *after* the addition of a camera.
So, where have the sensors gone?
Thanks to Thorn for pointing this out.

I thought I’d post this picture that’s been floating around. It has changed a bit, with the addition of the camera, but it’s still useful to look at.

Pleo’s Features

Pleo prototype and John Sosoka
The SF Gate published an article on Pleo recently. In it, they reveal a few new details. For instance, Pleo will weight about 4 lbs. They also give us some help on the perplexing camera problem.
Using a camera installed in its nose, it sees and tracks faces and locations. It communicates [...]