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Ugobe Dinosaurs Battle For Survival
blog.wired.com - 2/3/2009
Ugobe Dinosaurs Battle For Survival
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Just about a year ago, the green, scaly, rubbery Pleo dinosaur became a robotic sensation. More life-like than the Furby and more fun than the Roomba, Pleo was seen as the first consumer robot that could evoke those warm, fuzzy feelings usually reserved for Fido or Fluffy. But now ...

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Gearlog:  Pleo and Ugobe Struggle to Survive

Engadget:  Has Pleo-maker Ugobe folded?

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Pleo and Ugobe Struggle to Survive
Gearlog — ... list for these and other reasons). Now Wired's Gadget Lab reports that the company's situation may have gone from bad to worse. Liz Gasper, who took over for Christopher and spent most of her time cutting costs, left the company in January. ...

Has Pleo-maker Ugobe folded?
Engadget — ... We don't have any official word on this as of yet, but as our main man Ryan Block noted in a tweet earlier (and Wired speculated on back in February), it looks like Pleo-maker Ugobe may -- in fact -- be extinct. As of this writing, the company's site was offline, and calls to the dino-bot factory have gone unanswered (though their voicemail system seems to be humming along just fine). While we haven't heard a peep one way or another from the folks in charge, Wired reported in its article that the company was struggling months ago to stay ...

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