Meet Trevor

Trevor is a Pleo. That is a computer controlled robot dinosaur. He's been through a few changes since we got him, since you can upgrade his firmware using an SD card. He has a couple of processors, a camera in his nose, 20 motors and over 100 gears. And he can't walk in a straight line as one of his back legs seems a bit gammy. And some of the white has come off his teeth because the paint sticks to the leaf that we got to feed him with.

But we like him anyway.

Update on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 11:09AM by Rob

You can find a really good guide to how a Pleo works here:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/pleo.htm

Comments

[IgnorantPom]

Worth the purchase?

[JDog]

What are its dimensions ?

[IgnorantPom]

jdog, I'm sure you'll be able to find that out on the official Pleo website here.

http://www.pleoworld.com/

[Rob]

He is around 8 inches or so high. I really should try and take a picture that makes him look huge. You can see inside one here:

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Pleo

I quite like him, but I'll like him a lot more when the programming interface is released.

[JDog]

Looks very interesting indeed. Very characterful and abstract, great for allowing more people to become connected with it. The walking system does look a trifle unnatural. I just can't wait till they do the next Aibo using the technology from the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww