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Sunday, December 10, 2006

Pleo Update

November has come and gone with quite a bit of new news relating to our cute robotic dino-pal, Pleo. You can check out all of the coverage on our sister site, . We've learned that Pleo really does exist and that (ha! Our suspicions are confirmed!). He'll be selling for around $250 and displays a wide variety of actions, like getting sick with a cold, limping, pretending to be scared, making sounds, and even responding to his name. Pleo will also come with a SD card slot and a USB port for donwloading new behaviors (and all sorts of hackery!) There's also several , and vidoes - from and . Pleo's NiMH battery will allow him to run for about 2 hrs, with a 4 hr charge time, however, there are currently no plans to make it replaceable.
PleoBot.com
he's pretty cute and cuddly




new
pictures
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Pleo
PC Magazine
SciFi blog










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Friday, December 01, 2006

RB2000 Robot Does Gymnastic Manuevers

The RB2000 robot from JR Robotics and VStone is able to perform some impressive acrobatic feats. Our friend, Lem, of the . However, Even so, the demonstrations of this robot's abilities has generated quite a bit of press for JR Robotics. You can find out and on .
over at Robots Dreams captured some video
RB2000 twirling about on the highbars




... since the robot doesn't have any hands, the bar was passed through openings in the robots arms - so it's impossible to fall off. It does, however, demonstrate the considerable torque available from the JR servos used in the arms.



more about the RB2000 here
JR Robotics' website











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