Pets come with their own charm and responsibilities but if you want to get a pet for your child, you would prefer something which will offer more enjoyment and lay less responsibility. After all, you do not expect your three to five year old child give right care to the pet when he cannot properly care for himself or herself yet. Well, the resolution to this problem is the PLEO robotic pet by UGOBE.
Unlike other robotic pets, there are a number of reasons which make Pleo a remarkable choice. First of all, this is not a robotic dog or a cat. In fact, it is not shaped like any common animal at all. Ugobe decided to go all the way and designed Pleo like a dinosaur, Camarasaurus. Imagine a pet for your child that not many people can have and none can have in a real life form!
The second thing that makes Pleo robotic pet so remarkable is that Ugobe is mass producing it to keep its price as affordable as possible. Unlike the ASIMO and other robotic pets by Sony or Honda, the Pleo does not cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. It comes within the price range of a real life pet and not a high performance super car. Ugobe has used some remarkable technological and production innovations in developing Pleo which have allowed it to remain affordable.
The most important thing about Pleo is that out of the box, it is just as capable as a week old dinosaur. So, it can walk around and do pretty much all the basic things. The best part is that Pleo grows with your child. As it interacts with your child and the things around the household, the programming of Pleo shapes its behavior and personality. Ugobe have also made it capable enough to express its emotions.
To make the Pleo a true robotic delight, Ugobe has also come up with a complete Software Development Kit for Pleo. Using this SDK, any person who has basic knowledge of computer programming can program the device and make it behave in the manner he wants to. So, you have full control over the working and behavior of your pet dinosaur.
Ugobe has also laid a lot of stress on articulation in the mechanical design of Pleo. The company has installed over one hundred custom designed gears and a set of 14 specialized motors in this small robotic pet to make it as independently mobile and maneuverable as possible. As expected, Pleo uses a battery which you can easily recharge by using the included wall adaptor.
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