The original Pleo was made extinct not by an ice age but by a financial tsunami at its creators. But now Pleo is back in the form of Pleo Reborn (aka Pleo RB for short). The digital dino is not on sale here yet but it seems the Hong Kong parent company is already selling Pleo Reborn to happy robot fans in Asia…
Pleo Reborn comes packing a battery with enough juice for two hours of pottering around, RFID built in for sensing and smelling accessories and a new bunch of sensors – four additional touch sensors, a temperature sensor, a gravity sensor and an internal clock so it knows what time of day it is – super-charged servo motors and basic voice recognition. Basically it’s the iPhone 4 with a cute face and some limbs.
