tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10650146295382278382008-04-01T20:36:49.906-07:00roschlerBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065014629538227838.post-38383347227926188092007-12-05T19:29:00.000-08:002007-12-05T19:35:53.798-08:00

This morning on the Good Morning America show Pleo visited show host Diane Sawyer and her famous guest Jennifer Jason Leigh. Ms. Saywer was amazed by our blue eyed baby dino and exclaimed in her own words: "I love this!". The video can be seen on Pleo World now. In the meantime I'm still having a ball with the review unit Ugobe sent me. I have nicknamed it Moonwalker since he likes to walk

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[UPDATE] It looks like Pleo got bumped due to a breaking news announcement. Good Morning America is going to try for Friday now but it's still "to be determined". I'll update you if I get any further news. Pleo does his first interview tomorrow on national TV! I just received news that Pleo is going to be on Good Morning America tomorrow. If you have a Tivo or VCR and you record it, please

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Here's a song done to video for the Pleo Dinosaur. It is set to Ugobe's "Behind The Scenes : The Making Of Pleo" videos. You can see these videos on Pleo World. It's called "The Pleo Song": High Quality Stereo MP3 Download The Pleo Song MP3 Lyrics A tiny spark of life A little bit of joy A baby dino made into a toy For every girl and boy Imagination's pride And curious blue eyes A

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The Ugobe online store sent out the "30 day shipment" notices today to their "First Hatch" customers today. This is further proof positive that Pleo is shipping soon. The first paragraph of the notice read: "Dear Pleo First Hatch Order Customer, This notice is to confirm that your Pleo First Hatch order from Ugobe.com will be shipped within the next 30 days. To ensure you will be among the first

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Ugobe sent out a mass E-mail to readers on its update list, updating them on Pleo's production status and anticipated ship date. The wonderful news is that Pleo is officially in production and Ugobe states that those who have preorders from a retailer in the USA will receive their Pleos before December 25, 2007. In other words, they will get their Pleo by the holidays. People who have

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This one is for all my fellow techies who will be getting Pleos (like myself). Pleo will be customizable in several different ways such as changing Pleo's sounds, etc. This post is talks about Pawn. Pawn is a special programming language with only one purpose. To allow manufacturers like Ugobe to add an easy language to their product for programming purposes. Pawn by itself isn't very useful

roschlertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065014629538227838.post-65733099267644794612007-10-26T10:35:00.000-07:002007-10-26T10:37:46.630-07:00

Here's my favorite video in the Pleo World webisode series titled "Behind The Scenes : The Making Of Pleo". It's called "Pleo On The Street" and it shows a veritable cuddly army of Pleos taking over an unsuspecting town in Idaho. People are incapable of keeping their hands off of Pleo and Pleo is more than happy to entertain. See for yourself: This is a post about: Pleo Dinosaur, Pleo,

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A couple of truly hilarious photos have surfaced from last weekend's Maker Faire, where thousands of do-it-yourself hackers and makers gathered to show off their contraptions. The photos in this case are for Pleo, our favorite blue eyed baby dinosaur. Apparently one of the Ugobe staff wanted to see if a Pleo with fur would still function! According to Julie Crabill of ShiftComm, Ugobe's elite

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With permission from Ugobe, I have uploaded the first video in their webisode series titled "Behind The Scenes : The Making Of Pleo" to YouTube. This 3 minute video shows Caleb Chung, Pleo inventor and Ugobe cofounder and Ugobe CEO Bob Christopher. In this video they talk about Ugobe's Three Law's Of Robotics. All Ugobe life forms must: Feel and convey emotionBe aware of themselves and their

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Ugobe has released the latest segment in their web video series called "Behind The Scenes - The Making of Pleo". This video is pure street scenes with a minute and a half of people petting and cooing at Pleo as the blue eyed baby dinosaur wows them with his cuteness and cuddliness. Click here to watch the latest webisode now. This is a post about: Pleo Dinosaur, Pleo, UGOBE's robot dinosaur

roschlertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065014629538227838.post-46838368652202736202007-10-08T10:22:00.000-07:002007-10-08T10:29:34.067-07:00

The owner of the PleoBot blog had the good fortune to be at this year's Robogames 2007 competition. Robogames is a contest where amateur hobby robotics enthusiasts get together and enter their robots into competitions. These competitions test how well their robotic designs perform in ribbon climbing contests, sumo matches, robot soccer, and much more. There are events for Vex Robotics users,

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If you live in Texas or will happen to be there this October 20 and 21, you can meet Pleo! If you can make it by the 20, then you can also meet Pleo's inventor and Ugobe co-founder, Caleb Chung. According to Pleo World, you'll be able to: Play with a Pleo prototype Explore how to modify, personalize, and customize Pleo Inspect some Pleo components you may have seen featured in the webisodes

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YouTube user ellysdoghouse captured an excellent quality video of Pleo and Pleo's very first steps at a recent Sacramento Area Aibo Gathering meeting (SAAG 2007 ). SAAG is a user group comprised of loyal fans of the Sony AIBO. The AIBO was one of the most sophisticated dog robots to grace the consumer robot scene. The members of the SAAG user's group are advanced robot consumers that can

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This video is my favorite out of the 5 videos published so far by Ugobe, in their latest installment of their "Behind The Scenes" series. The video opens with a new face: Software Manager Tyler Wilson. He talks about Pleo's operating system which Ugobe calls "Life O/S", and how it is open to modification by the user community. He gives two examples of what will be possible such as people

roschlertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065014629538227838.post-4699614840942708512007-09-24T05:41:00.000-07:002007-09-24T05:52:17.656-07:00

Here's an old video taken from Demo 2006 of Pleo. It is an old video, and you will have to watch a brief commercial before seeing it, but it's an excellent way to see the massive changes that Pleo has undergone since the earlier prototypes. The video is about 3 minutes in length and shows Ugobe CEO Bob Christopher inventor and later co-founder Caleb Chung showing off their new creation. Look

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It's an older piece but Robot Magazine has a solid overview article of the Pleo Dinosaur. The article includes: Several photographs that show what Pleo looks like without his skin on. A screen shot of the Personality Editor software that will allow you to modify various aspects of Pleo's behavior. This software will run on your computer while you have Pleo connected to the computer via its

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Caleb Chung, John Sosoka, and engineering manager Dave Page star in the lastest Pleo Webisode that is now up on Pleo World. There is brief footage of children playing with Pleo, but most of the video goes deeper into some of the challenges in manufacturing Pleo. Most importantly, you will get a good look at the external charger and accompanying battery pack, which is part of the new battery

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A recent Linux Devices web article talks about Pleo and Linux. Pleo's core computer technology is based on the venerable ARM processor. According to an older ComputerWorld article: "(Pleo) It has six microprocessors -- the main one is a 32-bit ARM 7, and there are four subordinate 10-bit Toshiba Corp. processors and an 8-bit image processor from Sunplus Technology Co."[ Editor's note: The

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Pleo is without a doubt an adorable little artificial pet, but he still contains sophisticated electronics and circuits. This means that although it is fun to think about treating him or her like a little dog or cat, there are a few things you just can't do. For example, never give Pleo a bath. Ugobe's Pleo World site, in their frequently asked questions section clearly states: "Please heed

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During play testing Ugobe discovered that Pleo would not charge properly and this lead to a reduction in play time from the originally specified one hour. Instead of forcing Pleo out the door with a limitation that would frustrate Pleo owners, Ugobe has bit the bullet and is doing the hard thing. They are delaying Pleo's release but only slightly, and most importantly Pleo will still be ready

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Here's a funny picture of Ugobe's CEO Bob Christopher and company co-founder and inventor Caleb Chung at a news conference in Taipei, last December 2006. They were having a little fun with an early Pleo prototype during a news conference, pretending that Pleo had decide to take an extreme interest in Bob's finger! Pleo's charm and playful spirit starts all the way at the top it seems! Note:

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Ugobe has published out their latest Webisode in their series called "The Making Of Pleo". The current episode is titled "John Sosoka and The Science Of Colloboration" and it stars: John Sosoka - Chief Technology OfficerEric Laun - Software EngineerEric Regner - 3D AnimatorCaleb Chung - Inventor and Co-founder Despite the fact that the technology involved with Pleo is revolutionary and amazing

roschlertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065014629538227838.post-75655446164461299672007-08-27T08:34:00.000-07:002007-08-27T08:41:01.755-07:00

Another question asked by people is whether or not Pleo can recognize their voice. At the current time Pleo does not have voice recognition or speech recognition. Since Pleo is upgradeable, perhaps he (or she) may have either of those capabilities at a later time; but currently the answer is no. Voice recognition is not the same thing as speech recognition. Speech recognition is what most

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Some of you who pre-ordered Pleos from Wal-Mart received an E-mail telling you that Pleo is no longer available and that your order had been canceled. This E-mail was sent out in error and Wal-Mart says that the system glitch has been fixed. A thread on the Pleo World forum addresses this recent problem and is quoted here: "WalMart expects to have a solution on Monday for all orders that were

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I just wanted to clarify some detail points about how Pleos will communicate. The first batch of Pleos, either First Hatch group or the main batch soon thereafter, will not have the herd technology. This is technology that Ugobe plans to implement at a later date. Some time in a future release, when Pleos group together, they will select a leader or Alpha Pleo and that Pleo will teach the

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