Unboxing the Ugobe Pleo

After months of waiting, countless delays, and a multitude of design tweaks, the real, true, shipping, and testable bot is standing on the floor beside my chair, chomping on a fake green leaf.

He's somewhere between his birth and hatchling phase, making all sorts of mewling noises, and just beginning to explore his environment.

As he walks--quite smoothly I might add--he's keeping the "leaf" in his mouth (little tongue clucking sounds indicate that he's still eating).

Every one of his 14 motors, though muffled, can still be heard under the bot's soft, green and beige skin.

Also ever-present are Pleo's motor sounds.

Ugobe's Pleo Robotic Dinosaur is in my office--finally.