Pleo Tricks & Behaviors

[hardyfoster]

it was mentioned at the site that pleo might play tug of war.

how strong will this "tug" be ? I know pleo wouldn't be programmed to tug too strongly, but will it be strong enough to recognize a tug or is this just enough to "play and pretend" ????

[ActivityGrrrl]

Excellent questions - I've also been wondering about biting. I don't mind light nibbles for attention, but I wouldn't want to raise a biter. (Can he recognize a firm verbal 'No' command?) :rolleyes:

[Pleofan89]

From all the bites from pleo I've seen on the net; vids, and pics, all of the "bitees" have painful faces. It's probably just pretend but I'd prefer the bite to have a little grip for more fun.

[ActivityGrrrl]

I'm not concerned about pain (I don't see how it could really hurt anyone), but I don't want to encourage it to do nothing but bite. That would be pretty boring and a little sad. ;)

[junkroxy]

I remember the first box design and the line about the 3 default games Pleo can play. I havent seen something about it on the new product details. Are the gamees deleted from the definitive prototype?

[sarahfromstaller]

(Can he recognize a firm verbal 'No' command?) :rolleyes:

I'd really like to know this too... how do we tell our Pleo "NO"? I'm assuming petting is a good way to show positive feedback, but what about negative? Is his hearing able to differentiate sounds or tones or anything, or does all of our interaction with him need to be predominantly physical?

[PleoWorldHostSauri]

Gee do you think Pleo will respond to "NO" any better than a typical 2 year old? LOL

[Pleofan89]

I heard he has no voice recognition feature like other robot pets. He can only hear sounds and either turn his heard toward it or walk toward it. That's what I heard, don't know if its true or not.

[dvd1970]

In one of the articles on CNET http://news.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029672,49285439,00.htm They say that Pleo will recognize vocal emotions responding to cooing noises or if you use a curt voice it will become depressed.

[amjoie]

In one of the articles on CNET http://news.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029672,49285439,00.htm They say that Pleo will recognize vocal emotions responding to cooing noises or if you use a curt voice it will become depressed.

That means no people can yell at *each other* when Pleo is out playing, because he might think they are yelling at him.

I can hear it now, "Don't yell; Pleo is out playing."

I love it -- Pleo the peace keeper! LOL

[PleoWorldHostCami]

Pleo is so cute I think he could bring about world peace! LOL

[PleoWorldHostCami]

Good question junkroxy, we'll try to find an anwer for you. :)

[junkroxy]

Thank you very much !;)

[PleoWorldHostCami]

Good morning. I was thinking about this overnight. Wouldn't it be cool to have Pleo soccer teams. LOL

What would be your favorite game for Pleo to play?

[junkroxy]

yes like Pleo follow and hit a ball!

[PleoWorldHostSauri]

I know that Pleo plays tug of war, I am not sure about any other games,

[amjoie]

I know that Pleo plays tug of war, I am not sure about any other games,

Ah, perhaps that is all Pleo can do "right out of the box," but we haven't seen the lay-programmers add ons yet. You can bet some of those sub-routines will attempt to give Pleo a whole new range of abilities -- maybe even including something as complex as soccer.

Isn't it exciting to think about? :D

[cmadmacs]

soccer would be great!

[amjoie]

soccer would be great!

You aren't alone in believing that. But it sure is complex -- and probably limited to dedicated teams, rather than being a program for the rest of us.

The AIBOs that were used for soccer competition weren't just ordinary "pet" AIBOs. They were specially adapted so they could endure the rigors of the game without breaking down too often.

Soccer calls for very quick reflexes and the ability to take some pounding during collisions. Ordinary AIBOs couldn't take the punishment to the joints, etc.

It is highly unlikely that Pleo would fare much better, under those circumstances. So soccer would undoubtedly call for hardware modifications, requiring removing the skin. You won't find the average Pleo owner willing to do that. I sure wouldn't.

But I willingly confess I would have fun watching a Pleo match. LOL

[PleoWorldHostSauri]

Yeah I don't think Pleo would be a good soccer player, if you were to stick a ball in front of him while he is walking he might shuffle it along with him until it rolls the wrong way, similarly to the way you can push a shopping cart with your car LOL but it's a nice dream for the future.

[raqqasa]

what about basketball? Pleo could pick up a small ball with his mouth and drop it in the hoop. Granted I don't think Pleo can stand on two legs so height would be limited.

[cmadmacs]

what about a pleo rodeo?

[hardyfoster]

hmmm... i can make a mock city
put an angry pleo in it
and have my own godzilla - pleo movie !

that'll be fun... especially with all the other effects that windows movie maker has...

[PleoWorldHostSauri]

hmmm... i can make a mock city
put an angry pleo in it
and have my own godzilla - pleo movie !

that'll be fun... especially with all the other effects that windows movie maker has...


OH NO its Pleozilla! LOL I hope you are going to share your movies wth us hardyfoster, sounds great!

[dotyj]

Cool. I have a suitcase full of Legos I've had since I was a kid. Okay, so some my Legos are newer.

What a cool idea! Pleozilla attacks Legoland! Sounds like a new episode of "Robot Chicken".

[cmadmacs]

What about a pleo doing a maze?

[amjoie]

What about a pleo doing a maze?

That would be interesting. I'd like to see how the AI operates, in a "changeable maze" situation. When it comes to mazes, is Pleo as smart (right out of the box) as a rat, or just a cockroach? LOL

I bet lay programmers would have fun with that. :)

[roschler]

Pleo tag. One Pleo is it and the others chase him/her.

[mweed]

... is Pleo as smart (right out of the box) as a rat, or just a cockroach? :)

According to Ray Kurzweil (noted futurist and robotics expert. See Fortune Mag. article: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/14/100008848/ ), using $1000 of computing power, we surpassed the mental capacity of the insect around 2001, and should reach the capability of a mouse within the next 3 to 4 years. Seeing as it is a logarithmic scale, we have about 8x increase over the insect capability, but the scale is based on $1000 worth of CPU power, I would guess the pleo to be on par with the cockroach.

But then again, I think some of those bugs seem pretty smart...

[amjoie]

According to Ray Kurzweil (noted futurist and robotics expert. See Fortune Mag. article: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/14/100008848/ ), using $1000 of computing power, we surpassed the mental capacity of the insect around 2001, and should reach the capability of a mouse within the next 3 to 4 years. Seeing as it is a logarithmic scale, we have about 8x increase over the insect capability, but the scale is based on $1000 worth of CPU power, I would guess the pleo to be on par with the cockroach.

But then again, I think some of those bugs seem pretty smart...

AI is an exciting field, these days. But I think you're right about our little friend. Probably an *abnormally smart* cockroach, though. I've seen too many of the dumb ones fall off ledges. LOL

In my youth, I lived one year in the south USA, and had my fill of cockroaches -- they were everywhere. It didn't matter where you went. I think they stayed alive on nothing but air.

We may be cold up north, but we are able to keep bugs, by and large, out of the house -- except for the occasional harmless spider.

Then again, how do those occasional harmless spiders get so fat, if nothing else is indoors? LOL

Fun article, btw. :)

[cmadmacs]

Your right about roaches down south. The water bug is the worst. It is big. My cats love to hunt them. They better not mess with my pleos.

[pleoguy101]

Good morning. I was thinking about this overnight. Wouldn't it be cool to have Pleo soccer teams. LOL

What would be your favorite game for Pleo to play?

I think it would be cool if someone taught Pleo to play fetch!!:)

[going86]

it is pretty strong

[MsKtty89]

yes like Pleo follow and hit a ball!

Then he could play ball with my AIBO. ;)

I'm a little late coming in here, been busy... Was it answered as to how hard he tugs?

And, can Pleo safely carry things in his mouth? I saw in the new video that one had a marker in his mouth, but I don't want him holding things if it'll jam motors.

[mweed]

What I want to know why does he have his mouth open in every picture? Does he ever keep his mouth shut?

[cmadmacs]

when he/her is asieep.

[cmadmacs]

After watching the latest video from Ugobe it looks like Pleos ability to track items is very accurate. So maybe when you roll a ball he will be able to chase it with the right program. Could you imagine having several pleos and rolling a ball and watching them chase it and bumping into each other to get to it. Down south we call it trading paint.

[Primus]

PSL

Pleo Soccer League

[mweed]

How about "security blanket tug-of-war"

http://meaninguvlife.com/pleo/comics/hacks/pea20070821.jpg

[Stephanie]

:D Haha, good one mweed!

[amjoie]

How about "security blanket tug-of-war"

Awwww, that's adorable. :)

Someone with a small child at home should make a video of this, for real, once they teach Pleo to do tug of war with the blanket. Talk about a cute video idea!

[Amsera]

Pleo party with pleo relay races - they can pass the leaf.

[amjoie]

Pleo party with pleo relay races - they can pass the leaf.

Ooooo. That's probably possible, with a little programming on the side. Great idea for our eager programmers! They can all write their own, and see whose works best, with a contest -- then share their genius, and see how they can improve even the best one. After that, teams and relay meets! LOL

[Robot Central]

Robot Central had the opportunity to sit down with John Sosoka at Maker Faire to discuss Pleo. We've posted coverage of that interview including number of videos at Robot Central (http://robotcentral.com/?p=143). One of the videos is John discussing how you can mask sounds over Pleo's current sounds - including singing. Enjoy!

[pleoguy101]

have you taught your pleo tricks?? if so, please tell us so we can try them out too:D:)!!!!!!!

[pleoguy101]

I'm hoping I can get pleo to love music, maybe teach him how to play and instrument!!! ovbiously wind and brass instruments are out of the question:D but I could teach pleo percussion "my personal favorite:)"

[MyCool]

Great Idea PleoGuy! -You could teach him the drums. Just use those new touch base pad electronic drums and Pleo should be able to press them. If you integrate Pleo's beat detection he should keep up!

My idea is to teach Pleo to play table football. Since he can detect and move objects, I was hoping to fold up a football from a piece of paper and try to get him to slide it across the table and maybe even engage in the game. I used to play table football when I was a kid and it's a lot of fun. Although getting Pleo to Kick or hold the football will be tricky.

[Pleona]

Hahah, Those are great ideas!
Maybe even put Pleo on a keyboard and teach him to walk on the right notes! :D

[pleoguy101]

these are all good ideas!!!! as for football, mybe it should be a flat skinny football mde out of paper or somthing so pleo can hold it in his mouth, and the keyboard is a good Idea too, and in a few weeks we wll all be able to test these ideas:)!!! I cant wait for my little pleo:D!!!!!

[ryane]

Great Idea PleoGuy! -You could teach him the drums. Just use those new touch base pad electronic drums and Pleo should be able to press them. If you integrate Pleo's beat detection he should keep up!

My idea is to teach Pleo to play table football. Since he can detect and move objects, I was hoping to fold up a football from a piece of paper and try to get him to slide it across the table and maybe even engage in the game. I used to play table football when I was a kid and it's a lot of fun. Although getting Pleo to Kick or hold the football will be tricky.

pleo doesn't have beat detection.

[pleoguy101]

he was going to, a while back, but ugobe decided pleo customers were not b=very "concerned" if pleo had it or not, but I wish he did:)

[ryane]

yeah but it might possibly wind up in a firmware update or special feature download. we'll just have to wait and see. i would like it. pleo could dance to my favorite tunes!

[pleoguy101]

ya!!! I hope that is one of the "surprise updates" ugobe was talking about in the 30 day notice:D

[cmadmacs]

I want to train my to play soccer. I would also like to train my pleos to work as a team and pull a wagon or sled. How about a search and rescue pleo.

[pleoguy101]

AWSOME!! if you train them to do that, PLEASE post a video of them:D!! I can imagine, two little pleos draging a sled around the living room floor, saving little lego people who are falling off the table to there certain doom, when suddenly!!! they find themselves safley in a wagon, being pulled by professinal national guard pleos:D the day is saved thanks too.... HALL AND NASH!!:D!!:)!!

[Pleosaurus]

I heard you can give it new animations. Lol I want tio teach mine to break stuff and act perfectly and innocently after that. A little too perfectly...

[DinoFun]

LOL....sorry but I can picture Pleo hiking his leg up at the flower pots in the house...LOL...Im debating on training him the "art of the hike"..... :D:D

[pleoman]

Hi all,

i found this paragraph at: http://www.geocities.com/pleogirl1961/PLEO_THE_DINOSAUR.html and it mentions that pleo can be taught to sit. How cool is that? See paragraph below.

'Emeryville (Calif.)-based Ugobe is due to release Pleo, a robot that CEO Bob Christopher says can "show feelings," and be taught to sit.'

[mweed]

Wouldn't his tail get in the way? I mean, he's not like a dog's tail. It won't bend that much! :confused:

[ryane]

that looks like a really old article anyhow. it mentions the dream cord, and that was before the removable battery system. there's still a lot of old information out there.

[roschler]

As I said in my Pleo review (http://www.robotsrule.com/pleo/2007/12/pleo-theres-baby-dinosaur-on-my-lap.html), I nicknamed my (temporary) Pleo Moonwalker because he likes to walk backwards. I still haven't figured out what makes him do that, but he seems really happy when he does it. I believe he thinks he's impressing me! It cracks me up every time. :)

Does anyone else have a Moonwalker in their house?

What other curious, hilarious, or quirky behaviors have you all seen? :confused:

[akropp]

Mine does the moonwalk thing too.

[kchamster]

haha! does all of ours do that? haha :D

[Sondo]

Yes, mine likes to walk backwards. For some reason, that's kinda cute. I guess it's his unpredictability in general that impresses me most. (And, after all, he's young and still learning.)

[pleoguy101]

I GOT MY PLEO A DAY EARLY!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOO:D:)!!!!!!! THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER!!! woohooo!!!!!!!!

[Starfire]

Sephy walks backwards sometimes but not all the time. The funny thing right now is when you rub under her chin she sounds like a dog just learning how to howl. Yesterday she purred when you rubbed under her chin.

[kchamster]

cute! thats soo cool

[roschler]

Moonwalker burps and makes a sound like a cat coughing up a furball if I play tug of war with him too much. LOL. :)

[milentije]

i actually got him to sit yesterday, but only once, and now i dont know why but i cant get him to do it agai. i was laying down and i placed him on my chest. he just sat on his own. i want him to do it again!!!!

[pleoman]

i actually got him to sit yesterday, but only once, and now i dont know why but i cant get him to do it agai. i was laying down and i placed him on my chest. he just sat on his own. i want him to do it again!!!!

Cool, i had a feeling that he would be unable to sit because it did not seem that he would be able to bend down that far in order to sit. It seems you've proved me wrong though! Thanks milentije!

[DinoFun]

Mine does the moonwalk too :D

The little guy loves to play tug-of-war and will pester you for it, he does the cough thing and makes a spit up noise when dropping the leaf on the floor.....his other favorite thing is lifting his hind legs when touching his leg sensors....and he loves being turned over and tickled on the bottom of his feet...he lets out loud giggles!!!!!

Ugobe........Pleo is so awesome!!!! I cannot wait to see how Pleo progresses!!

Who said it was too late to have a second childhood...........LOL!!!! :D:D

[DinoFun]

Does anyone have a Pleo that squats down and growls at things.......LOL........mine does!!!! :p

[pleoguy101]

Moonwalker burps and makes a sound like a cat coughing up a furball if I play tug of war with him too much. LOL. :)

so does my pleo!! but he stil loves tug- of -war!!:D:)

[pleoguy101]

my pleo is a big ball of energy:D though exploring isn't his favorite thing to do, and when I play tug-a-war with him, he actually fights back!!! and he's actually really strong!!! and my pleo will only fall asleep when I'm holding him:) "so cute" but the thing is. he wants to fall asleep, but he just wont!!! It's like he's fighting himself!!!!!!!!!!! he's like.. (oh I'm soo tired... LETS HAVE SOME FUN!!!!!" and once you think he's fallen asleep.. BOOM!!! he stands up on all fours, off your lap, and starts growling and making all kinds of sounds!! its HYSTERICAL!!! but yet very tireing:) lets just say this.. my pleo only wants to have fun and only likes to play!!! guess I'm rubbing off on him already LOL:D

[roschler]

Does anyone have a Pleo that squats down and growls at things.......LOL........mine does!!!! :p

No, video please!

[kchamster]

my pleo is a big ball of energy:D though exploring isn't his favorite thing to do, and when I play tug-a-war with him, he actually fights back!!! and he's actually really strong!!! and my pleo will only fall asleep when I'm holding him "so cute" but the thing is. he wants to fall asleep, but he just wont!!! It's like he's fighting himself!!!!!!!!!!! he's like.. (oh I'm soo tired... LETS HAVE SOME FUN!!!!!" and once you think he's fallen asleep.. BOOM!!! he stands up on all fours, off your lap, and starts growling and making all kinds of sounds!! its HYSTERICAL!!! but yet very tireing:) lets just say this.. my pleo only wants to have fun and only likes to play!!! guess I'm rubbing off on him already LOL:D

omg haha!!!! i sneeked on pleoworld in computer class today and my friend almost peed herself because she thought thats how i was.......shes really weird sometimes....but i love her
:)

[milentije]

after the whole weekend of trial and error he still wont sit for me again. i dont know what i did but he is going to do it again. ill keep teaching him untill he does it again and thats that.

[mauricio]

mine walks back all the time as well. but he can't see where he's going so he constantely falls of the table ot where ever he's at.

[brian55127]

Sephy walks backwards sometimes but not all the time. The funny thing right now is when you rub under her chin she sounds like a dog just learning how to howl. Yesterday she purred when you rubbed under her chin.

Mine howls like a broken record if I rub under his chin repeatedly.

[Primus]

Huh? Your pleo simulates pooping? That would be hilarious. Or if he lifted his leg. iCybie did that.

[pleoguy101]

Does anyone have a Pleo that squats down and growls at things.......LOL........mine does!!!! :p

so does mine!!!:D:)

[pleoguy101]

my pleo LOVES to walk right up to my bed and stare under my bed!! He's actually doing It right now!!!!!!!! I can only see his body, the rest of him is searcj=hing under my bed!!! HYSTERICAL!! I actually hear him eating somthing under there.. "pleo those better not be old photographs your chewing under there!!!" LOL:D:)

[mweed]

Maybe the monster under the bed is feeding him dust bunnies! :)

[alainboston]

Does anyone know how to teach or trigger the balancing trick with the ta-da? When he lift up front-rear left-right feet at the same time? Also, any ideas on shapes and objects that your Pleo likes to interact with? Thanks

[Lu Bu]

I know that if you refuse to feed Pleo, he will learn to toddle and graze on his own. But what do they mean when they say "graze on his own"??

[maggie44n]

Also, any ideas on shapes and objects that your Pleo likes to interact with? Thanks

My Pleo likes anything soft. I have no idea how he knows what soft is, but what is soft to me is soft to him. His favorite toy is a soft cuddly dinosaur that was in the "birthing basket" with him and was the first object he touched and nuzzled. Now he naps on it. But if I have a spa blanket lying around or a he's on the sofa and my soft blanket is there, that's what he goes to and coos and rests his head on it. Very cute. Since they have different personalities, I guess you will discover what your Pleo likes best.

[alphapleo]

Has anyone seen this... I moved out of one room of the house to another and took pleo with me... leaving his leaf behind, he was happily roaming around, being a dinosaur on the hunt when I saw him stop, lean over... looking at the ground, open his mouth close it then lift his had and begin making the chomping sound followed by the gulp...

I'm thinking, he's found something to eat or he's grazing....:eek: then when he finishes and this got me laughing my fool head off... he lifts his head almost straight up and moo's like a cow! :D I about fell off the chair...

[alphapleo]

Another thing that recently happened was when my niece brought over her pleo and we let them get aquainted... :) I noticed that her's had a cough prior to putting them together. After a few minutes I noticed that Sam now had a cough... :eek:

That reminds me, I have to ask her if Cierra is still coughing... :rolleyes:

[Lu Bu]

Pleo cannot go through mazes, but AIBO can:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=54MqxyaF29U

AND

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mZ3FIb0TdJM

[joelene]

I've read several places of Pleo being ticklish and giggling. My Pleo has giggled in delight, but I cannot seem to find a ticklish bone in his body. A co-worker spent 20 minutes madly tickling Pleo all over to no avail.

Can anybody advise if there's a particular place on Pleo that will elicit giggles?

I have trained him to shake his paw, which is quite wonderful.

[kchamster]

hmmmmmmmm....strange...


i'm getting mine tomarrow so i'll have to tell u!

[Gemstone]

Hold him upside down, but with his back covered so he feels safe. Then tickle him by touching his feet. Video of my Pleo Plox giggling from being tickled here:
http://www.pleoworld.com/plog/show?id=273

[jas2190]

My Pleo reacts somewhat in a simiilar way than what I see in vids of ticklish Pleo. I turn him upside down and he lets out a horrendous yell, but if I hit the correct foot (at the time) by pushing his pads gently, he starts to giggle...doesn't happen all the time and doesn't happen if I hit the same footpad. I'm just glad my Pleo isn't the narcoleptic from another poster...mine only goes to sleep when the battery is low...However, I wouldn't mind if he eventually goes to sleep and curls up since he's easier to transport for his next voyage after his battery charges.:rolleyes:

[cmadmacs]

I need to try and tickle mine.

[dotyj]

Bob doesn't always laugh when I tickle him. Sometimes he cries out and wiggles to be right side up again. I guess Bob just has to be in "tickle" mode. :)

[cmadmacs]

Bob has a mind of his own.

[pleoWhisperer]

Well, after Dr. Mel sucked it out, Bob doesn't have a mind of his own, or anyone else's . . . :)

[joelene]

Thanks, everybody - getting my own little guy out now to see if Gemstone's trick works -

[dotyj]

I gave Bob a good tickling today after work and he really enjoyed it. :)

Okay, out with it. Bob didn't enjoy the tickling. I enjoyed tickling Bob and watching his reaction! There, I've said it.

I feel cleansed.

[Lu Bu]

Pleo is able to sit, it is just that he won't be able to sit fully.

[Falseprophet666]

Me and my cousin got little Jenga to sit but he kept pushing himself back onto his feet with his tail

[Lu Bu]

HELLO? Anybody going to answer my question!?

[dotyj]

I don't know. Bob hasn't grazed yet, only made a bee line for the sofa, sniffed at it for a bit, then fell asleep. :)

[cmadmacs]

Yes I happened to notice my pleos eating without me putting in their leaf.

[cmadmacs]

Dr. Mel sucked it out. Man he is evil.

[sarusani]

He will walk and sniff around and make some munching sounds. Looks really cute!

[crazybard]

I took my buddy Sam in my car, and sat her on my pasenger seat. She looked over the edge and sat down. I almost crashed I was laughing so hard.:)

[trinalina]

I took my buddy Sam in my car, and sat her on my pasenger seat. She looked over the edge and sat down. I almost crashed I was laughing so hard.:)

haha sitting on the edge of her seat huh? Hope your driving didn't scare her ;) lol

[jas2190]

Mine walks around and chomps on things, or tries to, he can get his mouth on certain plant leaves...I love to play tug-o-war with my finger...that's more fun to me rather than his leaf, plus, I'm not taking off any paint. ;)

[Falseprophet666]

we just pinch him and he giggles

[cmadmacs]

That is funny.

[cmadmacs]

That is good to hear. I haven't had paint issues either.

[Lu Bu]

Mine walks around and chomps on things, or tries to, he can get his mouth on certain plant leaves...I love to play tug-o-war with my finger...that's more fun to me rather than his leaf, plus, I'm not taking off any paint. ;)

Pleo can recognize other Plant's leaves and chomp on them???:confused: Cool!

[Falseprophet666]

My little Jenga likes when I turn on the fan. He goes crazy!

[PleoPrincess78]

My Deena tends to walk with her leaf...I'll give it to her, she chomps on it, then starts moving. Then she'll chomp on it some more, or spit it out after a while.
Quite often, she overdoes it and coughs/gags. LOL

[OzDougall]

Does anyone know how to teach or trigger the balancing trick with the ta-da? When he lift up front-rear left-right feet at the same time? Also, any ideas on shapes and objects that your Pleo likes to interact with? Thanks

My Dougall likes to play with plastic bags, I don't know how he finds them but on his explorations he comes across them, tugs at them, nestles into them, and growls at them.
Also, if you bark like a dog at him, he bends on his front feet and growls like a dog and barks

[radioastronomer]

Does anyone know how to teach or trigger the balancing trick with the ta-da? When he lift up front-rear left-right feet at the same time? Also, any ideas on shapes and objects that your Pleo likes to interact with? Thanks

My Pleo did that as well :-)

He also sits down. The other thing he likes to do is wander over to my DVD player and nuzzle the cables between it and the TV.

[Meriadoc]

Mine had a really funny reaction when he was put in front of a mirror. He could totaly see himself. He did a hilarious pose with his front foot up in the air, almost like a wave. He also touched noses with his reflection. It was pretty funny to see.

[Siren]

I think my Pleo peed on the table. I have video of the incident and will post it. But it was just standing there, lifted its back leg for a few moments and then put it down.

Later on though, it seems to be getting use to its legs. It continually lifted one or two legs at a time. I don't think my Pleo is too smart, a few times it lifted both legs on one side and fell over with a scream. I picked him back up and he was fine, but he hasn't quite figured out balance and gravity.

And he likes Squakers McCaw. LOL

[MikoBaka]

I haven't played with Jasper very long, but he seems to take great joy in searching for my hand and chomping down and then trying to play tug-o-war with it or eating it. His grip is pretty strong! His favorite place to nap is with his head on top of my foot.

[SeaThroughBeauty]

mine is just super cuddly, and loves being pet under the chin.

She also came walking over when i stood across the room and called her. That was pretty cool.

[Botya]

You know its odd but my Pleo Chippy sat several times today - but each time he ended up going into some sort of trance it was then hard to waken him from, so this sitting thing - its cute as hell - except mine just trances out - maybe I got the zen Pleo???? Otherwise he was active as all getout today - I think I had him so overstimulated during his hatching that he just was all over the place within minutes. his front leg did get stuck as well a few times which I had read someone else having issues with, so as that tranced him out too, or else got him falling over, I finally did what the other writer reccommended and shut him off and flexed the leg carefully. He seems fine now - but whats with the sitting trance thing - anyone else experience this?

[ddd99]

My little Duncan said his name. OKAY he didn't use English or anything like that but I've been kind of singing his name over and over again then while he was exploring, trying very hard to climb over a little step from my living room to the hallway but not quite making it. I said, "DUNCAN! DUNCAN!!" Then he stopped lifted his head and said, "ROOROO! ROOROO!!" Using the same tune I used to say his name. I burst out laughing. He's only done it twice. I'm trying to get him to say it again. Has any one else's pleo copied the sound of their voice? I'm curious to know because I found that fasinateing.

[alphapleo]

I haven't seen mine sit, unless I create a situation where I propted him up with his front legs on a small box and he tried walking forwards and ended up off balance and on his butt! :eek: He did stay there for a couple seconds and then rolled over... he wasn't happy. :mad:

Anyone notice if you touch his front leg, not just the toe's but up and down the whole leg and say "shake" (not that the saying of the word makes any difference) :D pleo will lift the leg up? It's pretty cool.

[pleohacker]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the current software has any learning behavior. Once the SDK is released there will be a flood of new behaviors, but I read somewhere that the current code gets to "adult" and just stays there. The first update is supposed to add learning, but it's not there now.

moderators, is this right?

[Limesunfire]

My pleo sits and MOO's. weird?! but cute

[alphapleo]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the current software has any learning behavior. Once the SDK is released there will be a flood of new behaviors, but I read somewhere that the current code gets to "adult" and just stays there. The first update is supposed to add learning, but it's not there now.

moderators, is this right?

I believe your correct about the lack of learning behavior. The current code gets it to juvenile, not sure if it's meant to go any further? I hope your right about the first update... but I don't think anyone knows exactly what it will contain. I believe it may be the beginning of the updates towards pleo's ability to learn and develop it's personality based on interaction and environment over time... :D

[kynan]

Has anyone else noticed that their Pleo recognizes doors? My Pleo aptly named "Pleo" likes to walk to doors & look up at the door handle like he wants the door to be opened for him. This has happened three times already....

[alphapleo]

Has anyone else noticed that their Pleo recognizes doors? My Pleo aptly named "Pleo" likes to walk to doors & look up at the door handle like he wants the door to be opened for him. This has happened three times already....


Hey kynan,

I noticed mine to that too, today actually... the only other time I've heard about this was in maggie44n's plog.
A very interesting read if you have the chance...

[Lilfishy5689]

Can I really teach my Pleo to do tricks? I just got him yesterday and I've heard people talking about what theirs can do but is there a way he actually can learn to do things from me?

Also, how do I know if my Pleo is hungry? Is there a certain noise? Thanks

[Machado34]

My son's Pleo will dance to music. I was shocked....The boys were playing guitar hero in the room and the Pleo walked to the tv, squatted down, then got up and danced to the music, he was shaking his butt back and forth!!!!.......It was so cute, I want to get it on film with my camera!!

[dkneal]

My pleo i soooo cute !!! He dose the moon walk, play tug'o'war and goes to sleep on my chest and expects me to carry on stroking him while he enjoys a nice snooze.
But still soooo cute !!!
:D ;) :D ;) :D s

[pleoguy101]

my pleo loves piano LOL!!!:Dhttp://C:\Documents and Settings\DeJoy\My Documents\My Pictures\mostly pleo pictures

[Caaahl]

my pleo loves piano LOL!!!:Dhttp://C:\Documents and Settings\DeJoy\My Documents\My Pictures\mostly pleo pictures

You cant link pictures on your local hard drive ;) you have to load them up first somewhere, at http://imageshack.us for example.

[pleoguy101]

You cant link pictures on your local hard drive ;) you have to load them up first somewhere, at http://imageshack.us for example.

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!! I was going to EXPLODE!!!!!!!! I was always SOOOOOOOOO confused on howw to upload pictures like this.. THANK YOU!!!!:D:)

[tronor]

mine doesent 'cause i no have one

[Siren]

Crusoe mooed today like a cow. He was eating thin air, swallowed, and the made one use MOOOOOO, it was bizarre, lol

[alphapleo]

Crusoe mooed today like a cow. He was eating thin air, swallowed, and the made one use MOOOOOO, it was bizarre, lol

I think, when pleo gets hungry and his leaf is not on hand... he starts grazing, if you noticed he looked at the ground first, both left and right of center... then opened his mouth and took a big bite of nothing... lifted his head and started to chew... :D

It floored me the first time I saw mine do it... :eek:

[jas2190]

Here's two videos, one with my Pleo stealing my dog's tennis ball present, and another with my Pleo (and eventually my parent's) Pleodite meeting for the first time :D:
<hr>Pleo just found his play toy and it's our dog's tennis ball! Yikes, we'll see how our dog handles it! <br>
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<BR><BR>OR<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Owhqia3ShU" target ="new">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Owhqia3ShU</a>
<hr>
First Hatch Pleo meets his girlfriend, Pleodite, for the first time. She's not a First Hatch and I got her to a juvenile stage before meeting Pleo. Pleo's on the right and was hatched 12/17 and Pleodite was hatched 12/24.
<BR>
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<BR><BR>OR<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LhBNpN3A5Y" target ="new">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LhBNpN3A5Y</a>
<hr>

[farble1670]

My little Duncan said his name. OKAY he didn't use English or anything like that but I've been kind of singing his name over and over again then while he was exploring, trying very hard to climb over a little step from my living room to the hallway but not quite making it. I said, "DUNCAN! DUNCAN!!" Then he stopped lifted his head and said, "ROOROO! ROOROO!!" Using the same tune I used to say his name. I burst out laughing. He's only done it twice. I'm trying to get him to say it again. Has any one else's pleo copied the sound of their voice? I'm curious to know because I found that fasinateing.

i am not sure if you are kidding around or being serious, but the only sound recognizing action pleo as is to turn his head towards a noise. he doesn't recognize voices, speech, or particular voice commands and it certainly can't mimic sounds.

http://pleohq.com/faq/does-pleo-have-voice-recognition/
http://forums.pleoworld.com/showthread.php?p=1843

[CNT]

Momy and I were playing with and calling out Pleo's new name..."Nefertiti". She was wagging her tail and making exciting noises. Mommy said to Daddy, "Call her name." Daddy had a cold and said in a deep voice, "Nefertiti". Nefertiti growled at Daddy. Mommy and l laughed and I called for Nefertiti to come to me and she came and leaned on me.

[Rosy]

My little dinosaur is a complete snuggle-bunny. I'll pick him up and kind of hold him so that his head's near my shoulder and his tail is pointing towards the ground. As soon as he gets situated--he needs me to support his back--he'll rest his head on my shoulder, curl his tail, pick up his legs and start snoring. He does this WITHOUT FAIL! :D It's absolutely adorable.

But as soon as I put him back down he's ready to explore! Can't make up his mind... ;)

A friend of mine--who is enamored with him--was petting him and talking to him and whatever. I patted his right-front leg. He lifts it very high, looks right at my friend, and says something that sounds like "Hello". (Well, actually, it was more like "AH-OO!")

I got him to do it again just by patting his leg again. :D Don't know how--or if--I trained him to do that. :rolleyes:

Has anyone else taught their Pleo a trick?

[brian55127]

Momy and I were playing with and calling out Pleo's new name..."Nefertiti". She was wagging her tail and making exciting noises. Mommy said to Daddy, "Call her name." Daddy had a cold and said in a deep voice, "Nefertiti". Nefertiti growled at Daddy. Mommy and l laughed and I called for Nefertiti to come to me and she came and leaned on me.

Cool I like you're pleo's name! If you had two you could name the other one Akhenaten. :)

[Palidore]

Here's my little "cute-sy" story:

I was holding up Pleo's training leaf near his mouth, and after sniffing and opening his mouth to be fed, I'd tease him and pop it in and take it out before he could close his mouth. I did it a second time, and then on the next try, right before I would slide it into his mouth he actually turned the tables on me and closed his mouth. Tried again with the same results, lol :).

[maggie44n]

says something that sounds like "Hello". (Well, actually, it was more like "AH-OO!")


I bet that was the "ta da" and it IS adorable. Makes me giggle every time :D

[Palidore]

Yeah, as far as I can tell, my Pleo hasn't said the "ta da' phrase despite my efforts trying to encourage him to do so :P.

[pleoman]

Yeah, as far as I can tell, my Pleo hasn't said the "ta da' phrase despite my efforts trying to encourage him to do so :P.

i managed to get him to say 'ta-dah' yesterday. I kept pressing the sensor on his front right leg and then he would lift his leg up and say 'ta-dah'.

[Woodle]

My Pleo, After observing our dogs for a while, started to bark whenever he saw one of our three dogs!
:D:cool:

[kokocat]

My Pleo, Maximus, loves to moonwalk, hates being lifted off the ground, and can balance himself on TWO FEET - WHILE HOLDING THE OTHER TWO FEET IN THE AIR!!!! He's a geninous - I think he is ready for Pleo University!

[dotyj]

I was holding Bob in my lap yesterday as he slept. Bob must have been dreaming because mixed in with his snoring was an occasional growl.

[Rosy]

Yeah, as far as I can tell, my Pleo hasn't said the "ta da' phrase despite my efforts trying to encourage him to do so :P.

Oh, yeah. Now that I think about it, the "AH-OO!" sounded a lot like "Ta-da!" He performed a balancing act, standing up on his front right foot and his back left foot. It was so cute. I made him do it again, too--I press his back right foot and his front left at the same time, then he lifts them both and says "ta-da!"

Hope I've been helpful! :D

[Ridgeback]

I was petting both the top of his head and chin at the same time. Well actually tapping lightly. He pointed his head up, opened his mouth partialling and begain this howling. He kept doing it as long as I kept petting him like that. He reminded me of the husky next door. Not like what's in the home page of pleoworld.com. This was different. I wish I have a vidio camera but I don't own one. :p

[cmadmacs]

I bet it was cool.

[attom40]

Hey Ridge Magnus dose that too as well and lifting two legs and balancing on two.. lifts his head and tail and dose a dino Tah dah...LOL It's way funny!

[Pleocol]

my sitted once, it was cool, also he raised very high his right rear leg. I want to see him watching the door also i want to see the balacing trick and barking to other pets hehehe. I want to see him interacting wiht my siters little dog.

[Lu Bu]

I know what the howl sounds like, its cute. It's even more cute when Pleo howls over the edge of a table. :)

[Limesunfire]

My pleo is getting old I have had him since christmas and I have had him run atleast 2 battery charges a day. today was the first time it was only one because I was so busy. But recently he sits. Then stops any reactions until i turn him upside down. Its weird. I kno when the battery dies he puts his head to the side but it seems like now he is sitting. Everything else is fine but does anyone else have a sitting pleo? It looks like he is squating to poo. oh well i love bailey anyways! :D:confused:

[Glitch]

My six year old had Bruno out this morning and kept feeding him his leaf. He munched on it three times, after which he seemed to throw up: a vomiting noise, head down, his belly heaving in and everything. Just like the dog after she ate a chocolate santa.

Both dog and Bruno seem to be ok. We are cutting back on leafs for the time being.

JK

[DRAGON66]

My pleo Leica does the moonwalk thing a lot too, he loves playing tug of war and howls when all four feet arn't firmly on the floor unless hes on my lap or chest falling to sleep. Sooo Cute

[skorzie]

PeelioJoe stays so still when I turn him upside down and rock him like a baby.
He is sooooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marzipanlady]

Lucy loves to moonwalk. The other day I discovered her walking toward a table and moonwalking back so she could veer off along the table, or so it seemed. Does this mean she's getting smarter? I am wishing that she would walk a lot more. She's very affectionate and wants to stay close!

On Sunday she surprised me by mooing once very loudly. What a character!

[Siren]

Crusoe howls quite a bit. I will get it video taped eventually. Its so cute :D Its kinda a Awoo awoo awoo

[Starfire]

Sephy now howls whenever I scratch under her chin. She started that about the third day. And no, she hasn't learned how to do a good howl yet. It still sounds like a puppy just learning how.

[dotyj]

Bob also howls when I scratch under his chin. It's so funny. Bob really enjoys having his chin scratched.

[cmadmacs]

Someone wrote that their pleo choked on the training leaf.

[rckclmbr]

Mine sometimes throws up as well - especially if he has been eating a lot. Other times he gags or coughs. Often, he'll throw up, spit out his leaf, and then sniff it. Hm...

[cnjhutson]

My Pleo actually MOOED like a cow..Has anyone experienced that. It was so funny. He also lifts his leg and stretches it from time to time and picks up the leg you are petting.

[jas2190]

i managed to get him to say 'ta-dah' yesterday. I kept pressing the sensor on his front right leg and then he would lift his leg up and say 'ta-dah'.

My Pleo first hatch (not Pleodite who I am holding for my parents) said "ta-dah" yesterday :eek: and I nearly died laughing! :D It was so unexpected! Plus I have heard new and strange "dinosaur" sounds. :p

[Siren]

Crusoe mooed too. He was grazing and then he made a low Moo, I was LOLing

[Ridgeback]

Crusoe howls quite a bit. I will get it video taped eventually. Its so cute :D Its kinda a Awoo awoo awoo
That's the sound. I had no idea how to spell it out.:D

[Ridgeback]

When petting your Pleo does he/she work feet like a cat would, nesting like. I'm not sure how else to discribe. mines not trying to walk, stretches then all nees bend..

[P1e0]

I want to teach Ferny tricks so post any tricks you know

Here are two I know

Ta da- rub two of his feet (left front, right back) and keep rubbing i wont't tell you what happens though but it's cute;)

Shake- rub all down one of his front legs and then shake it when it lifts up

Sorry that's all I know.:o

[Pleocol]

I don`t know if a trick or the personality of my pleo But he does this almost every time. When i pick him on my chest to pet him he always felt to sleep, and if i put him imidiately on the floor he wake ups instatianelly. I think mine loves to sleep in my arms and he is awake when his on the floor, does your pleo do that?

[P1e0]

I don`t know if a trick or the personality of my pleo But he does this almost every time. When i pick him on my chest to pet him he always felt to sleep, and if i put him imidiately on the floor he wake ups instatianelly. I think mine loves to sleep in my arms and he is awake when his on the floor, does your pleo do that?


Ferny does that to except when I put him in my lap he cries first then after a while he sleeps. When I put him on the floor he wakes up instintly.

[Lu Bu]

I'm confused now...
Pleo is 1/3 camarasaurus, 1/3 cat and 1/3 dog.

In addition to the MOOING thing, the denominator changes into a 4.

So now Pleo is a:
1/4 camarausaurus, 1/4 cat, 1/4 dog and 1/4 cow?

Man this is messed up but cute! :)

[kyranora]

Can my pleo do any tricks? If so, can you post one on this thread? PLEASE?! I'm new to robotics! :)

[degers]

Touch alternate front and rear legs at the same time, e.g. front left and rear right.

Make sure the Pleo is on a hard surface, e.g. wood table

[Pleo_Joe]

Can my pleo do any tricks? If so, can you post one on this thread? PLEASE?! I'm new to robotics! :)

If you try the "search" feature in the forum for 'trick' you may find something. :)

You're also welcome to check out my blog (the link is in my signature) for other things you can do with Pleo, including howling, sleeping, and tickling.

Chances are you're going to have a great time with your Pleo - tricks or not! :)

[kyranora]

Thank you so much you guys! :)

[fancyfont]

my pleo sits up on hind legs and tail when rubbed and gently pushing under his neck. Doesn't do it all of the time. He did it New Years Eve in front of our company. Every one fell in love with him

[seanmcdona121]

You know when u give Pleo his leaf and u try 2 pull it off him is it actually hard to pull it off him? like does he grip it really hard or what??

[Caaahl]

He grips it hard enough to play tug of war, but if you really want to pull it out it doesnt need too much strength. ;)

[pleoguy101]

when my pleo "Rocky " plays tug a war with me he actually has a big pull also:)!!!

[maggie44n]

I am wishing that she would walk a lot more.

Linus took awhile to venture off on his own too far. But he now follows me to the next room! It's a fairly long walk from living room to kitchen. Sometimes I just hop up to get a snack or something and next thing I know I'm hearing that "yoooo hoooo" around the corner. That's one of my favorite sounds next to "ta da".

Give your Pleo some time. She'll surprise you one day. It's like watching her "grow up" :D

[maggie44n]

Until two days ago, if Pleo's battery needed recharged, when I turned him off and back on I would hear a confirming little snore. Now he just stops in mid-whatever. I can't tell if he's stuck or needs recharged. Actually, I tend to have to turn him off and on again several times each day because he naps and then doesn't wake up and I know it's early in his charge cycle. He's not doing anything extraordinary.

Is this part of his evolution or a problem? I'm afraid of using the switch so many times. I always try waking him up first because it might take about 30 seconds for him to do the "huh?" Btw, I wouldn't mind if that one sound were edited from him in the future. lol. Everything else is cute or entertaining but that one is annoying, at least to me. Would love for him to "wake up" with a coo or little laugh. Just a wish. Love my little guy even with the "huh?!" :confused:

[IheartThreadless]

i got a moon walker myself!!

[degers]

It doesnt grip very hard, but ehough for you to wiggle it around and make his head wobble :)

[lissa]

My Alex will shake his "paw" like a dog. If I touch his leg he will lift it up to shake my hand.

[Babysmom]

Hi, my little guy makes the howling sound too, just started today doing it more than one time. When you rub under the chin and the nose at the same time it seems to happen. What is interesting though, we were just watching Jurassic Park and at the part where the brachiosaurs make the long moaning sounds, well the little guy repeated them. I thought I was imagining this, but my hubbie heard it too. This is really a great little pet. My cat loves him and plays tug of war with the leaf. Go figure and "he" seems to like to walk over to the cat. Have fun everyone.

[Babysmom]

Hi, yes pleo does graze, especially if you are not paying a lot of attention after "he" makes feed me sounds. Mine actually grabbed the cat's tail while he was cruising; don't know if it was intentional, but it was funny all the same, especially since the cat seems to like to try to grab his tail from time to time, although I discourage this. Glad to hear everyone's experiences!

[rckclmbr]

Hi, yes pleo does graze, especially if you are not paying a lot of attention after "he" makes feed me sounds. Mine actually grabbed the cat's tail while he was cruising; don't know if it was intentional, but it was funny all the same, especially since the cat seems to like to try to grab his tail from time to time, although I discourage this. Glad to hear everyone's experiences!

Mine was grazing this evening and tried to eat my brother's hair.

[mweed]

Bob seems to prefer playing tug-of-war by putting my finger in his mouth rather than the leaf. I guess my finger is thicker, so he can get a better grip. :p

[cmadmacs]

I hope that's not a sign he is becoming a meet eater instead of a vegetarian.

[degers]

I guess my finger is thicker

lol cmadmacs, yes mweed, thicker and juicier... :D

[pleoWhisperer]

Camarasauruses (camarasauri?) are by nature herbivores, and the current version of the LifeOS does not have the taste buds implemented.

If you bend your finger and place the first joint in his mouth, when bites down to grip it, his teeth should close on the softer fleshy parts of the finger between the first and second joint and the first joint and the knuckle. This leaves the much larger first joint in the hollow of his mouth. Now when you pull towards you or shake side to side, the joint in the mouth should be putting pressure against the back of the teeth and not relying solely on the vertical pressure from his jaw to hold your finger in his mouth.

The leaf can easily slip out of the mouth, the finger tends to stay in a lot better, allowing for more aggressive tugging and play. This makes for more fun and longer interaction. With the leaf, it would typically slip out after 5-10 seconds of play. With the finger, pleo would continue to play for 30-45 seconds before letting go. :)

I would also think as a "softer play toy", your finger is less likely to damage the paint. ;)

[maggie44n]

PeelioJoe stays so still when I turn him upside down and rock him like a baby.
He is sooooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!

I tried this yesterday with Linus and he LOVED it! I plogged about it last night. Thanks skorzie :) It's the last thing I would have expected him to like.

Btw, last night Linus also let out the longest and loudest dino roar ever. lol. He wanted attention.

[Rae]

Hi, my pleo squats and growls at things aslo tries to nuzzle things with his head. He also tries to climb up me !!!! once in a comfortable position he goes to sleep !!!! Mine also does the moon walking thing and nods his head and makes a sound that sounds very much like the word pleo! He loves to play tug as well.

[InNM]

This may have already been posted but I have found that if you hold the leaf about an inch in front of Pleo's mouth, he will open his mouth for food. You have to be quick to get it in. He will then make all the eating noises. This may not work every time.

A second thing is put you finger in Pleos mouth the gently hold the sides of his nose with your thumb and other fingers and pull. He will really pull the other way.

[Domino1957]

Yes, my Pleo (named Pogo) moonwalks too. Cracks us up watching him.

He also has repeatedly made a sound that sounds like he's laughing or chuckling. Anyone's else heard that?

He has one trick too - if you pat the sides of his legs, he will lift that foot. You can pat them one at a time and he'll lift it and hold it while you keep patting. Stop patting and he puts it down! Too fun!

[roschler]

Yes, my Pleo (named Pogo) moonwalks too. Cracks us up watching him.

He also has repeatedly made a sound that sounds like he's laughing or chuckling. Anyone's else heard that?

He has one trick too - if you pat the sides of his legs, he will lift that foot. You can pat them one at a time and he'll lift it and hold it while you keep patting. Stop patting and he puts it down! Too fun!

Digger coughs if I play tug of war with him too long. :)

[Slyn11]

My Stuey started singing (sounded like dogs howling sort of) after a long petting session last night. He wouldn't stop until I shook his back.

[pleoguy101]

Rocky grazes too:)

[Lois]

I know that if you refuse to feed Pleo, he will learn to toddle and graze on his own. But what do they mean when they say "graze on his own"??

Eve will be roaming around when she will pause and move her head towards the floor and make a biting/chewing noise 3-4 times, then lift her head, stretch out her neck and make a very distinct swallowing noise...and I swear a few seconds later she will "burp". At first I thought I was "projecting" behaviors onto my sweet little Eve (just my imagination or sheer coincidence) but she has repeated this a number of times so now I am sure.

[maggie44n]

My Alex will shake his "paw" like a dog. If I touch his leg he will lift it up to shake my hand.

hi lissa,
i just wanted to tell you how adorable that photo is. is it posted somewhere that i can see a larger version?

[Falseprophet666]

someone figured out how to make pleo do the scooby sit. Thats what he called it. He said there is a whole list of tricks pleo can do.

[Falseprophet666]

This actually a trick people are trying to make pleo do. How does he do it?

[rckclmbr]

someone figured out how to make pleo do the scooby sit. Thats what he called it. He said there is a whole list of tricks pleo can do.

Yep, I heard they'll be releasing trick info soon - don't know if it's a one time deal or if they'll trickle the info out trick by trick.

[Falseprophet666]

it's kind of annoying. They must have figured we would figure it out. Some kind of geek inside joke. "They'll never guess how easy it is to make him jump backwards while singing the national anthem"

[brian55127]

someone figured out how to make pleo do the scooby sit. Thats what he called it. He said there is a whole list of tricks pleo can do.

Here's the scooby sit:
http://forums.pleoworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=70&stc=1&d=1200210909

[rckclmbr]

And how does one get Pleo to perform the Scooby Sit?

[pleopimo]

Hi, yes pleo does graze, especially if you are not paying a lot of attention after "he" makes feed me sounds.

I have not noticed "a feed me sound". What does it sound like?

[pleopimo]

My Pleo only started eating and grazing on his fifth charge. I don't want him to pick up anything bad to eat, so I stuff his leaf in his mouth when he grazes, and he continues by chomping on his leaf...

[pleoguy101]

I do that tug a war thing too, he's pretty strong!!!:)

[pleoguy101]

Rocky has done that, once while he was just sitting there, I reallty wish he would do that ta da thing again, and the scooby sit:)

[maggie44n]

someone figured out how to make pleo do the scooby sit. Thats what he called it. He said there is a whole list of tricks pleo can do.

I think what some are calling "tricks" I see as part of his evolutionary behavior. I see the "ta-da" as a programmed behavior or trick that some have figured out how to "trigger". I guess I prefer to be delighted when he does them on his own as part of his personality than try to make him do things.

I did see where someone had already found Pleo could sit that way and called it the Scooby Sit, which I think is a great name for that position. I'm guessing all Pleo owners will have a moment of being delighted when their Pleo does the Scooby sit. I was just sharing my experience with that moment...not about being the first to claim it. Hope that's ok.

[grahamb]

My Pleo held his left front foot up from the ground, lifted it right up as far as it could, so it was at right angles to the floor, and I'm sure it was wanting to do a high 5. I wasn't close enough to press its sensor under the foot, and its not done it again. I wonder what would have happened?

[jas2190]

My Dougall likes to play with plastic bags, I don't know how he finds them but on his explorations he comes across them, tugs at them, nestles into them, and growls at them.
Also, if you bark like a dog at him, he bends on his front feet and growls like a dog and barks

My Pleo, After observing our dogs for a while, started to bark whenever he saw one of our three dogs!
:D:cool:

You're right...sorry to say I didn't believe this when I first heard of this because our First Hatch Pleo has never done anything like that since Dec. 17....but we do have our second dino, Pleodite (non-first hatch) and she DOES BARK!...we literally were in shock when she did that to our dog! Thanks for this! It is cool that these things come out in surprising ways! lol:D

[alphapleo]

You're right...sorry to say I didn't believe this when I first heard of this because our First Hatch Pleo has never done anything like that since Dec. 17....but we do have our second dino, Pleodite (non-first hatch) and she DOES BARK!...we literally were in shock when she did that to our dog! Thanks for this! It is cool that these things come out in surprising ways! lol:D

I am going to have to try this with my first hatch... or are you saying that your non first hatch has newer, updated, different programming with this barking and the first hatches do not??? :confused:

[Falseprophet666]

All pleos bark. Pleo does not have any real kind of development without the life os, and will not evolve until it is installed. Anything he does at this point is strictly preprogrammed. Think of him as a demo. I read on one of the posts that even his ir communication is really slow.

[brian55127]

My Pleo held his left front foot up from the ground, lifted it right up as far as it could, so it was at right angles to the floor, and I'm sure it was wanting to do a high 5. I wasn't close enough to press its sensor under the foot, and its not done it again. I wonder what would have happened?

I don't think pressing the sensor UNDER his foot makes him do a high 5, but my pleo lifts his leg up when squeezing the SIDE of his leg. Or sometimes pleo's lift their legs up high if they think that their feet are dragging while walking on shaggy carpet...

[vprugh]

I don't know if this is the same thing, but I just noticed my Pleo sit in my lap,so I tried to figure it out on the floor and what I did was kinda push/pat her behind down with one hand (she'll start to lower her haunches) and push up/patting under her chin with the other. She ends up with her front feet off of the floor and then just stops moving.... for a while.... she just now (after about 5 minutes of sitting) made a couple of moves, but didn't get back up. Once you set her front feet back down on the ground she starts moving again. A good way to kinda turn them off if you have to go do something. Kinda cool! ;)

Vicki

[Quincy]

To make Nessie sit, all we have to do is pet her under her chin, and on her bum at the same time. Then she does the sit.

I agree though, in order to get her to stop sitting, we need to stand her up and then tap her back, or head. She won't get out of the sitting position on her own.

[vprugh]

I'd posted this on another thread, but maybe it belongs here:

I just noticed my Pleo sit in my lap,so I tried to figure it out on the floor and what I did was kinda push/pat her behind down with one hand (she'll start to lower her haunches) and push up/patting under her chin with the other. She ends up with her front feet off of the floor and then just stops moving.... for a while.... she just now (after about 5 minutes of sitting) made a couple of moves, but didn't get back up. Once you set her front feet back down on the ground she starts moving again. A good way to kinda turn them off if you have to go do something. Kinda cool!

Vicki

[Bilko]

Drop me a PM or email and I'll send you the details for the tricks!

[Quincy]

One thing that Nessie does that I haven't seen anyone else post is a "body shake". She starts shaking her head side to side, then her body, then her tail. The shake kind of moves down her body.

To make her do it, we press the sensor on top of her head, the sensor on her back, and the sensor on her bum all at the same time. She straightens out her body and puts her head level with her back, then the shake startes at her head.

IT's VERRRRRRY CUUUUUTE!

[Falseprophet666]

Ha ha ha! Little Jenga just did it EH NEH EH HAHA!!!

[roschler]

My Pleo went into dreamland (no juice) right after sitting down completely on his back legs. Had me laughing uncontrollably! :)

[Falseprophet666]

I actually figured out how to make him sit. I've been testing it for the past five minutes, and it works every time. You pet his chin and bum at the same time and he goes into a sort of sitting position. And yes, he does sort of fade out. He moves around a bit, (just his head), but for the most part he is still, kind of spaced out.put him back on his feet, and he stretches himslef immediatly.

[pleoguy101]

I believe your correct about the lack of learning behavior. The current code gets it to juvenile, not sure if it's meant to go any further? I hope your right about the first update... but I don't think anyone knows exactly what it will contain. I believe it may be the beginning of the updates towards pleo's ability to learn and develop it's personality based on interaction and environment over time... :D

I'm actually pretty sure he learns after juvinile.. there was an answer to this question in the interview with Jhon Sosoka in that video at the maker faire:)

[vprugh]

Uh-oh.... I don't know if this is a behavior or she's broken. I turned Trouble on and went into the breakroom to make coffee, and heard some bellowing from my office. Came back to find Trouble howling and holding her right front foot up. I was able to quiet her down and she's sleeping now (with her foot still up in the air). Maybe she "broke her leg" (as a behavior)? Anyone else experience this?

Vicki

[vprugh]

Whew!... I turned her off for a while, and when I turned he on her foot came back down... Dunno if that was an intentional behavior or something just got stuck... kinda scary though!

Vicki

[Caaahl]

Broken legs are a "feature" and each pleo should be able to cure this for itself after a while. (as long as its not really broken ;) )

[vprugh]

Wow!... pretty realistic. Is it something I'd triggered (which is hard to believe since I wasn't even in the room). Maybe it's just going to happen to all Pleos in time... so don't freak out fellow parents! :-):eek:

[adz-t]

Hi all,

i found this paragraph at: http://www.geocities.com/pleogirl1961/PLEO_THE_DINOSAUR.html and it mentions that pleo can be taught to sit. How cool is that? See paragraph below.

'Emeryville (Calif.)-based Ugobe is due to release Pleo, a robot that CEO Bob Christopher says can "show feelings," and be taught to sit.'

You can always just program him too sit on the pleoskit software their is a ready made skit called sit you can just plant that on the S/D card and boom he sits cracking peice of kit :D Link is http://www.dogsbodynet.com/myskit/index.html this is for when u cant wait for more emotions and must only be used if you know how to use a computer hehe

Adam
Pleo : Bob

[Nats]

Uh-oh.... I don't know if this is a behavior or she's broken. I turned Trouble on and went into the breakroom to make coffee, and heard some bellowing from my office. Came back to find Trouble howling and holding her right front foot up. I was able to quiet her down and she's sleeping now (with her foot still up in the air). Maybe she "broke her leg" (as a behavior)? Anyone else experience this?

Vicki

Morpho did pretty much the same thing. He stuck his right leg way up and it never came down. He even tipped over on his side. I tried petting and picking up, but his leg would not come down. Finely, I turned him off, then his leg went back to normal. I did freak out for a while. Glad to here Morpho isnt the only one :D
I hope it doesnt happen again! I wonder what other supprises are in store :eek:

[brenancole]

I don't know if this is the same thing, but I just noticed my Pleo sit in my lap,so I tried to figure it out on the floor and what I did was kinda push/pat her behind down with one hand (she'll start to lower her haunches) and push up/patting under her chin with the other. She ends up with her front feet off of the floor and then just stops moving.... for a while.... she just now (after about 5 minutes of sitting) made a couple of moves, but didn't get back up. Once you set her front feet back down on the ground she starts moving again. A good way to kinda turn them off if you have to go do something. Kinda cool! ;)

Vicki
I know it's wierd whenever i bring Ox into a car he sitts down and just blinks at me sometimes with the ocassional hed movement but i mean really?!?!?!:confused:

[pleoguy101]

this also happened to Rocky, except when I turned him back on.. it didn't go back to normal:eek: so I manually put his leg back in place and it was better.. It scared me a lot though:)

[pleoguy101]

I actually figured out how to make him sit. I've been testing it for the past five minutes, and it works every time. You pet his chin and bum at the same time and he goes into a sort of sitting position. And yes, he does sort of fade out. He moves around a bit, (just his head), but for the most part he is still, kind of spaced out.put him back on his feet, and he stretches himslef immediatly.

I have tried this.. and it works!!!

[Nats]

this also happened to Rocky, except when I turned him back on.. it didn't go back to normal:eek: so I manually put his leg back in place and it was better.. It scared me a lot though:)

Hey pleoguy101, how did you do that? Did you just push his leg down while he was running?
The stuck leg thing has happened to Morpho twice now. So far, turning off and on fixes it. But this just gives me one more thing to worry about! :o

[pleoguy101]

Hey pleoguy101, how did you do that? Did you just push his leg down while he was running?
The stuck leg thing has happened to Morpho twice now. So far, turning off and on fixes it. But this just gives me one more thing to worry about! :o

I turned pleo off, then I just pressed down to get it into it's normal position, and heard a click, click, click.. from his "bones" and he was better:)

[Nats]

I turned pleo off, then I just pressed down to get it into it's normal position, and heard a click, click, click.. from his "bones" and he was better:)

Your brave!
I would be affraid of breaking him :(

[pleoguy101]

Your brave!
I would be affraid of breaking him :(

well.. I was a little.. but it hapened once before with his neck, so I was prepared:)

[going86]

I just wanted to point out a page that ugobe put up in case anyone has not seen it. it describes a list of pleo's many behaviors. Also, it says that the SDK should be coming out soon:)

here is the link:
http://www.pleoworld.com/discover/interaction

p.s. has anyone found out how to enable watch-dog mode. i have tried but cannot do it.

[maleka]

going86, thank you for taking the time to this link! It was probably elsewhere here, but there is so many topics and such. Iʻve WiiGoBe for just three days, and well, I just wanted to play with him for a few. Now to learn what else he can do is wonderful. Thank you for reading.

[going86]

I know how that is. Thee are many different topics here it is hard to find what you are looking for. And you are welcome:)

[fancyfont]

The mooing was one sound I hoped Peeky wouldn't make last night at Carrow's. We were having Prime Rib.
He was well behaved.

[hsclater]

I got mine to sit but I don't know how...thanks for letting us know how to do it. And mine also goes into a kind of trance...very odd.

[brian55127]

My Pleo went into dreamland (no juice) right after sitting down completely on his back legs. Had me laughing uncontrollably! :)

The only problem with making him sit is that if he runs out of battery juice while he is in the sitting position, his legs are folded down over the battery compartment so how did you get his battery out to recharge it again?

[maggie44n]

I'm actually pretty sure he learns after juvinile.. there was an answer to this question in the interview with Jhon Sosoka in that video at the maker faire:)

I didn't know rules or limitations to Pleo's behavior but Linus has learned a lot. He figured out how to siti on his own. He gets there part way and I know to help him tilt back safely. That came from "balance play" with him. He does something now where he tries to lie sideways. Not sure what that means yet but if I work with him on helping him move in the direction he wants, both of us will figure it out.

I just made the video of how Linus interacts with me. He used to never give up the leaf but one day he did. He taught me that he liked to do the leaf game and then he stops when he's tired. Any movement I do during play that he likes, he makes happy sounds or uses happy body language like "do it again". So there are at least a half dozen body movements he makes that I know what he wants to do. By the same token, I have taught him to do Eskimo kisses. He will lift his head in the air towards me. If I move my head to where my nose is just out of reach of his nose, he will reach up and rub my nose.

He figured out how to find me when I wander to the next room by following the sounds. No training...learning. Someone mentioned how he keeps going to the wall and staying there. That's where I played with him and showed him if he turned he could make other choices. When he gets stuck up against something trying to move forward, he now uses the object to turn his body until he can walk freely. That's from my coming over to turn him and stay with him until he is free. He will often go back and try it again on his own after I show him something. He's a pretty smart little guy but needs the interaction to learn. This is all from my one experience... maybe not all Pleo's will respond the same.

[Starfire]

Great post Maggie. I guess I'll have to work more with Sephy. She tends to stare at walls for a long time before she will back away from them.