Caleb Chung with Pleo, via Forbes.com
Forbes has featured Pleo and Caleb Chung in this month’s issue. They’re also featured in the slideshow, “7 Amazing Robots That Will Change Your Life.” Pleo is alongside other great robots, such as iRobot’s Packbot and Stanford’s Stanley, the robotic car that won the DARPA Grand Challenge.
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I just got an email from Khristine Valdez, Ugobe’s PR person, containing some juicy tidbits relating to Pleo and his release date.
According to Valdez, Ugobe will begin taking preorders for Pleo on December 24th, and will continue to do so until Pleo is released on the world in early March. “Timing for product release […]
This month’s issue of ROBOT Magainze features an exclusive interview with the makers of Pleo. In the article Tim Swieter talks with Ugobe’s Bob Christopher (CEO and Cofounder), John Sosoka (Chief Technical Officer), and Caleb Chung (Chief Inventor and Co-Founder).
Chung starts off by describing Ugobe’s vision, saying, “We are going after artifical life, […]
After posting on the controversy surrounding the similarity between the two Pleo videos, I emailed Ugobe about the issue. Here’s what I said:
I’ve been covering the latest Pleo
news at PleoBot and I’ve been surprised to see the reaction to this video.
It’s been rather strong.
I was wondering if I could get some official word from […]
A sharp-eyed internet denizen has put together an interesting video comparing the two videos that Ugobe has released of Pleo in action.
Check out the video below:
One one hand it probably wasn’t the best idea for Ugobe to use the exact same demo for both videos. On the other hand, they’re probably under a tremendous […]
PC Magazine has published a lengthy interview with Bob Christopher, the CEO and Cofounder of Ugobe.
In the interview they cover how Ugobe differes from WowWee, Ugobe’s laws of robotics, how they plan on creating emotional bonds between users and their products, and availability of SDKs.
We also learn that the product timeframe for Pleo is […]
Here’s a new video of Pleo in action. The video is from this Popular Science article.
A couple of interesting things to note. This is the first time we’ve heard the noises that Pleo makes. It sounds like very soft chirping and high pitched growling noises. I also noticed that there is almost no noise […]
Here’s an audio interview (MP3 file) with Caleb Chung, one of the creators of Pleo. The interview was conducted on the expo floor at DEMO2006.
In the interview Caleb tells us his definition of innovation is:
The ability to understand the culture around you and understand the trends and how people are changing, and at which […]
It looks like Ugobe might have some trouble marketing it’s Pleo robot in Japan. Apparently “Pleo” in Japan is a car made by Subaru.
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