Maker I, PLEO
How Caleb Chung went from street mime to toy-robot maven.
Can a machine have a soul? Can it think? Can it laugh and cry, bug you for a snack, tease you, or curl up on your couch and dream robotic dreams? Can you build such a machine? And can you sell it for $250?
It’s alive! Puppet master and puppet — or rather, Caleb Chung and his autonomous robot companion, Pleo.
A. Pleo is the size of a week-old baby camarasaurus, a dinosaur from the late Jurassic period.
B. A camarasaurus’ naturally stocky ...
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