Also contained in the press release is a full feature set for Pleo.

14 servo joints (torso, head, tail, neck, legs) with force feedback
38-touch, sound, light and tilt sensors including nine touch sensors (mouth, chest, head,
shoulders, back, feet) and 8 feet and toe sensors
Fluid quadruped motion
Ability to avoid obstacles and not walk off edges
Sound output, stereo sound sensors and music beat detection
Autonomous interaction with owner and environment including coughing, blinking eyes,
chomping, twitching, sighing, sneezing, sniffing, growling stomach, tail drift, and yawning
Distinct moods including anger, boredom, playfulness, hunting, cautious, cuddling,
disgust, disorientation, distress, fear, curiosity, joy, sorrow, surprise, fatigue, hunger, and
a desire for social interaction
Upgradeable, Life Form OS and Personality System
SD card memory expansion
Ability to communicate with other UGOBE Life Forms
Rechargeable battery

I understand Pleo is a development of the Furby guy. Furby had some of the same hype, interact, learn, adapt...Zzzzzz. We found out later that his learning was all just programming released over time.

Is Pleo just a glorified Furby or does he really learn and adapt? And if so, is that only with the optional OS add-on? And this dreaming, sounds like it's only recharging to me. By the way, Roomba can plug itself in, how about Pleo?

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Originally posted by ROBONICK:
SD card memory expansion

Great! I hope he is max capable, ie: ultra fast cards, capacity of 4, 8, 16 GB. While you're at it, put in a USB port so hackers and experimenters can do their marvelous things for your robot. I heard Aibo is gone. One reason, Sony discouraged hacking. Bah humbug! Don't make the same mistake.

By the way, would the SD card let me upload routines of my own to test and play with?

Can we get a Ugobe representative to join the forum? How about having him/her as a guest in a discussion group at some date and time? Now that's a great way to get participation not only for Pleo but for all the systems you have in your discussions.

That is a great idea about having a Ugobe representative to join the forum. We will see what we can do.
Thanks! Keep postin!

does anyone know more about the hunting mode?
can it jump run or do anything other than blink?