Special Focus on Robots # 1: Ugobe's Pleo takes you to the Jurrasic Park

What if Sony killed AIBO and QRIO, more robo-pets are poured out by the tech womb and it's growing like anything. The new member in the family that's already rocking with Roborapters, Butterscotch and the like is Ugobe's Camarasaurus sauropod called Pleo. The dinosaur runs on Ugobe's "Life Form Operating System" that fuels it's twitching, sneezing, sniffing, yawning, chomping, coughing, blinking and moods like cautious, cuddling, surprise, fatigue, disgust, boredom, playfulness, hunting, disorientation, distress, fear, curiosity, joy, sorrow, hunger, and a longing for social interaction. Equipped with 40 sensitive sensors and 14 servo joints, the little fiend cost $200.

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