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Linux AI programmable robot baby dinosaur.

• chaosmachine 17y ago
  When I was a kid, toys were powered by imagination. Today, they run linux.
  • tbeseda 17y ago
    Imagination to the power of Linux.
  • rbanffy 17y ago
    In Soviet Russia, toy powers imagination ;-) In a couple decades, toys will be smarter than kids. A couple more, and they'll be smarter than us.
• statenjason 17y ago
  The last time I saw a Pleo story, it was about the robotic dinosaur getting mauled by a battle bot. It gave me rather mixed emotions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95MAyWE0ERk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95MAyWE0ERk
  • froo 17y ago
    If we armed pleo with missiles and lasers (think of the 80's cartoon dino riders) I'm sure he could hold his own.
• steveklabnik 17y ago
  I actually have two Pleos. I never get around to playing with them, though. It's unfortunate.
• wvenable 17y ago
  Anybody here actually hack a pleo? I've never seen this before but it looks cool. Any reviews by HN users?
• jff 17y ago
  Imagine a beowulf cluster of these...
• sown 17y ago
  The Pleo is convincing enough to at least attract the attention of dolphins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i_HN_Twdds#t=1m46s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i_HN_Twdds#t=1m46s
• apphacker 17y ago
  I'm feeling an uncanny valley kind of response when I see this thing. It mostly looks adorable and appears emotive but it's not real. Imagine replacing your dog or cat with such a thing. Your dog actually cares about you and maybe your cat does too (unlikely), but this thing is just a machine. You can turn it off and throw it in the corner. To pretend to care about it, all by yourself (not as some fun among a group of people) just seems really weird to me.
• metachor 17y ago
  "It's a Unix system. I know this."