Uber-cute robot dino Pleo is back in business with a new owner and a second generation robot called the Pleo rb. Sadly, that meant the leaf-munching bot has to be put through its paces by the FCC in the US in the digital equivalent of a living autopsy.
If your memories of the Land Before Time allow it, you can see Pleo rb’s electronic guts in all their glory in the gallery above. Read on for details on what they do…
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…
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We’re most definitely seeing more action from both developers and owners of late, Ugobe offered the playful mode for the baby dino a few weeks back and it’s gone down well, this download is almost certain to be the biggest as you transform your cute prehistoric plaything to a Godzilla impersonator!
It has been a pretty slow start for additional downloads to become available with PLEO but momentum appears to be building. The forums are getting busier and owners are discovering some pretty nifty new tricks such as getting their pet into watchdog mode so he’ll bark or growl when he detects movement.
