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I Want Another Robot

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I find the "naked" one rather scary

They had these in the GDC exhibition. They are called Pleos and are actually rather neat. Very like an Aibo, but with a much more organic feel to their movements and behaviour. You can get them in the UK, but they are of course at rip-off prices compared to their American cousins. Ebay beckons......

Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 08:26PM by Registered CommenterRob in | Comments4 Comments

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Saw one in red5 yesterday, quite pricey at £250
February 27, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMathew S
PLEO :D - I've wanted one for ages! Did you know that their created by the guy who came up with the Furby?

You can program them in C++ from visual studio.


Phil.
February 27, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterPhil
Rob - did you get to 'play' with one? What did you think? As a fellow Aibo owner I've been watching these develop for the last 2 - 3 years, I just wonder how much of what they intended has actually made it to fuition - esp as they released them with less than 1/2 the 'brain' capacity they intended (Hoping to fix by updates later this year) and the self charging went out of the window...
February 27, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterZoe
I've managed to pick one up at a much reduced price off ebay. When it arrives I'll bring it in to the department and we will have a play. It does look interesting, we will have to see how easy it is to write code for it. And yes, it does seem as good as the Aibo.
February 27, 2008 | Registered CommenterRob

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