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Pleo Has Been Reborn
We all know the saga of Pleo, invented by Caleb Chung. Great innovative robot company that went belly up. Then along comes Jetta Company to buy up the pieces, promising to bring Pleo back. Pleo did come back last year and now Pleo has been reborn! The new Pleo will come in either blue or [...]
Is Pleo Back?
Is everyone’s favorite robotic dinosaur Pleo coming back? Jetta Company Limited is the company that originally produced all of the parts for Pleo. They recently bought all of the intellectual property rights to Pleo when Ugobe had it’s bankruptcy sale. Below is part of the original press release. Jetta Company Limited acquires Ugobe out of [...]
Is Pleo Dead?
Ugobe, the company that created Pleo has just filed for bankruptcy and all of the employees have been let go. I wonder if Pleo will soon go the route of the Sony Aibo. Aibo is currently only available on Ebay at a hefty price. Or will Ugobe be resurrected and Pleo revived? Pleo is currently [...]