Pleo the Dinosaur from Ugobe
Nov 26th, 2007 by Gary
Back on 21 June 2007 Ugobe launched PleoWorld.com to continue ramping up interest for their interactive dinosaur to be released late this year.
Pleo is a realistic robotic dinosaur that will evolve through life stages and and develop a unique personality based on your interaction with him.
He is modeled after a one week old Camarasaurus sauropod, or long necked dinosaur and incorporates the basic traits of artificial life. He expresses his emotions through his actions and sounds.
Pleo includes two 32 bit microprocessors for central and image processing, four 8 bit subprocessors for motor control, 14 motors, over 100 gears, infrared and camera based vision, two microphones for hearing, eight skin sensors, four feet switches, fourteen force feedback sensors, a tilt sensor and an infrared mouth sensor (for food detection).
He also includes a mini USB port and as SD card slot (for add ons), and an infrared transceiver.
“First Hatch” 30 Day Shipment Notices were sent out to pre-orders on 8 November 2007, so Pleo is expected to be on the street, at least in limited numbers quite soon.
Amazon is taking orders for sale right now for a December 18th release.