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从当年的电子宠物鸡到后来的Q宠、现在的多猫（更不必说那多如牛毛的养成游戏），日新月异的科技在我们的电脑及各种游戏平台上不断推出千奇百怪的虚拟宠物。你厌倦虚拟宠物了吗？但又缺乏时间和精力照顾真动物？不如关注Pleo吧！今年年初，这只高智能的机器恐龙宝宝终于在国内全面登陆了哦！
It hails from[来自] the Jurassic[侏罗纪的] period, but there’s
nothing remotely prehistoric[史前的] about this robotic[机器人]
baby dinosaur[恐龙]. Even to call it a robot is somewhat misleading, say its American designers Ugobe Life Forms.
Pleo, a loveable one-week[-old] Camarasaurus[圆顶龙]
has something other robots don’t have – a personality.
And that, says Ugobe’s Martin Hitch, makes Pleo
different.
Hitch: A lot of the robots that we’ve seen before have been controlled by remote control, which gives the user a lot of command on what it does. Pleo is completely autonomous[自动的]. He’ll make his own decisions and he’ll decide what he’s gonna do and how he’s gonna react to how you interact[互动] with him.
Beneath his rubbery skin, Pleo is crammed[填满] with clever technology. There’s close to 2,000 parts, more than 100 gears, 14 motors, and a complex sensory[感应的] network for detecting touch, and an infrared camera[红外线摄像机]-based vision system. But the real magic that brings Pleo to life is the unit’s Life-Operating System.
Hitch: And that’s one of the main differences between robots we’ve seen on the marketplace to date and something like Pleo that seems very much alive. And it’s the Life-OS software that really helps him interact and…and react to the way that he’s treated.
A hackable operating system allowing others to create programs that can be downloaded directly into Pleo’s underbelly, via a USB port[端口] and a memory card slot[槽]. New programs are being developed that will enhance Pleo’s personality, including voice recognition.
The evolution[发展] of this new specie[s] of life-form robotics is still very much in its infancy[幼年]. The field has seen plenty of disappointments along the way. But it seems that, at last, a new generation of sentient[有感知的] robots is taking its first few baby steps toward a future where man’s best friend may not be his dog. Household pets, you’ve been warned.
这只机器恐龙宝宝来自侏罗纪，但它身上其实没有任何远古史前的东西。据其美国设计商优酷比（Ugobe）生命形态公司说，连把它称为机器人都有误导之嫌。
Pleo是一只可爱的圆顶龙，出生才一个星期，拥有其它机器人没有的特点——个性。优酷比公司的马丁·希契认为，正是这一点使Pleo与众不同。
希契：我们之前见过的机器人大多都是受遥控的，用户需要通过很多指令来操纵其活动。Pleo却是全自动的。它会自己拿主意，决定自己要做什么，还会根据你如何与它互动来决定如何回应。
在橡胶皮肤下面, Pleo是充满智慧的科技结晶。它身上有近2000个零件、100多个传动装置、14个马达、一套复杂的传感网络（用于检测触觉），和一个带红外线摄像装置的视觉系统。但是，真正使Pleo焕发生命魔力的关键在于其部件的“生命操作系统”。
希契：而那就是目前在市面上见到的机器人和栩栩如生的Pleo之间的重要差别之一。“生命操作系统”软件能真正帮助它进行互动，以及……让它根据自己受到的对待作出反应。
该操作系统可以修改内容，帮助人们创建新程序，只要通过Pleo腹部的USB端口和记忆卡插口，人们就可以将新程序下载到小恐龙身上。商家正在不断开发新程序以增强Pleo的个性, 包括声音识别功能等。
这种新物种的生命形态机器人还处于发展初步阶段。该领域在发展过程中也经受过多次打击。但现在看来，情况似乎终于有了起色。新一代的感官机器人已经向其未来跨出了宝宝学行的第一步——到那时，人类最好的朋友或许不再是狗狗。家庭宠物们，小心失宠哦。
相关链接： Pleo小恐龙十大萌点！
能感受到喜悦、悲伤、生气和烦恼
饿了会跺脚
害怕时全身发抖，甚至哭喊大叫
累了会打哈欠，进入睡眠状态可能还会打呼噜
有见到强光就喷嚏连天的“Achoo综合症”
挨骂时会委屈地低头垂尾
温柔抚摸时会高兴得摇尾巴；搔它的背时，它会回过头来看是谁在跟它玩
刚接回来的Pleo“智商”很低，要经常抚摸其背部、腿部、尾巴、脖子（这些部位都有传感器）以激活它的功能，“智商”才会提升
两只以上的Pleo能辨认同伴，互相交流。但也得当心，因为甚至连感冒都能在它们之间传播
Pleo的行为模式有“刚刚出生”、“幼年时期”，然后进一步切换为“少年时期”，每个时期维持40分钟到一个小时。“性格”会因在相应期间受到的刺激而变化，让玩家从中体会到养成的乐趣
It hails from[来自] the Jurassic[侏罗纪的] period, but there’s
nothing remotely prehistoric[史前的] about this robotic[机器人]
baby dinosaur[恐龙]. Even to call it a robot is somewhat misleading, say its American designers Ugobe Life Forms.
Pleo, a loveable one-week[-old] Camarasaurus[圆顶龙]
has something other robots don’t have – a personality.
And that, says Ugobe’s Martin Hitch, makes Pleo
different.
Hitch: A lot of the robots that we’ve seen before have been controlled by remote control, which gives the user a lot of command on what it does. Pleo is completely autonomous[自动的]. He’ll make his own decisions and he’ll decide what he’s gonna do and how he’s gonna react to how you interact[互动] with him.
Beneath his rubbery skin, Pleo is crammed[填满] with clever technology. There’s close to 2,000 parts, more than 100 gears, 14 motors, and a complex sensory[感应的] network for detecting touch, and an infrared camera[红外线摄像机]-based vision system. But the real magic that brings Pleo to life is the unit’s Life-Operating System.
Hitch: And that’s one of the main differences between robots we’ve seen on the marketplace to date and something like Pleo that seems very much alive. And it’s the Life-OS software that really helps him interact and…and react to the way that he’s treated.
A hackable operating system allowing others to create programs that can be downloaded directly into Pleo’s underbelly, via a USB port[端口] and a memory card slot[槽]. New programs are being developed that will enhance Pleo’s personality, including voice recognition.
The evolution[发展] of this new specie[s] of life-form robotics is still very much in its infancy[幼年]. The field has seen plenty of disappointments along the way. But it seems that, at last, a new generation of sentient[有感知的] robots is taking its first few baby steps toward a future where man’s best friend may not be his dog. Household pets, you’ve been warned.
这只机器恐龙宝宝来自侏罗纪，但它身上其实没有任何远古史前的东西。据其美国设计商优酷比（Ugobe）生命形态公司说，连把它称为机器人都有误导之嫌。
Pleo是一只可爱的圆顶龙，出生才一个星期，拥有其它机器人没有的特点——个性。优酷比公司的马丁·希契认为，正是这一点使Pleo与众不同。
希契：我们之前见过的机器人大多都是受遥控的，用户需要通过很多指令来操纵其活动。Pleo却是全自动的。它会自己拿主意，决定自己要做什么，还会根据你如何与它互动来决定如何回应。
在橡胶皮肤下面, Pleo是充满智慧的科技结晶。它身上有近2000个零件、100多个传动装置、14个马达、一套复杂的传感网络（用于检测触觉），和一个带红外线摄像装置的视觉系统。但是，真正使Pleo焕发生命魔力的关键在于其部件的“生命操作系统”。
希契：而那就是目前在市面上见到的机器人和栩栩如生的Pleo之间的重要差别之一。“生命操作系统”软件能真正帮助它进行互动，以及……让它根据自己受到的对待作出反应。
该操作系统可以修改内容，帮助人们创建新程序，只要通过Pleo腹部的USB端口和记忆卡插口，人们就可以将新程序下载到小恐龙身上。商家正在不断开发新程序以增强Pleo的个性, 包括声音识别功能等。
这种新物种的生命形态机器人还处于发展初步阶段。该领域在发展过程中也经受过多次打击。但现在看来，情况似乎终于有了起色。新一代的感官机器人已经向其未来跨出了宝宝学行的第一步——到那时，人类最好的朋友或许不再是狗狗。家庭宠物们，小心失宠哦。
相关链接： Pleo小恐龙十大萌点！
能感受到喜悦、悲伤、生气和烦恼
饿了会跺脚
害怕时全身发抖，甚至哭喊大叫
累了会打哈欠，进入睡眠状态可能还会打呼噜
有见到强光就喷嚏连天的“Achoo综合症”
挨骂时会委屈地低头垂尾
温柔抚摸时会高兴得摇尾巴；搔它的背时，它会回过头来看是谁在跟它玩
刚接回来的Pleo“智商”很低，要经常抚摸其背部、腿部、尾巴、脖子（这些部位都有传感器）以激活它的功能，“智商”才会提升
两只以上的Pleo能辨认同伴，互相交流。但也得当心，因为甚至连感冒都能在它们之间传播
Pleo的行为模式有“刚刚出生”、“幼年时期”，然后进一步切换为“少年时期”，每个时期维持40分钟到一个小时。“性格”会因在相应期间受到的刺激而变化，让玩家从中体会到养成的乐趣