Poor little Pleo. The innocent and uber-cute robot dinosaur suffered at the hands of your DVICE narrators, sure, but that mild session of humiliation pales by comparison to this ass-whipping Pleo took at Maker Faire last weekend. What could the next event be? Pulling the wings off live insects?
Pleo is going to have to get him some defenses, perhaps at least a laser and a few ominous noises. We’re not quite sure what the point of this drubbing is, but one thing’s certain: You don’t want to find yourself on the wrong side of Vicious Verdict, the highly destructive ComBot predator rolling around the ring and ripping little Pleo to shreds. Or get in the way of whoever’s idea this was, either.
Re-live even more of the mayhem in the gallery below. Commenters, what do you think? Act of cruelty to a robotic lifeform, or just desserts to a too-cute mechanical annoyance?
Bot Junkie, via Tech Digest and Engadget
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By Jen at 12:26 PM ON 05/09/08
Oh my God, poor Pleo. I think it's a creepy little robot (toy?), but being ripped to shreds is just too cruel...
By TheAdlerian at 3:00 PM ON 05/09/08
Combot?
Perhaps another name should be considered.
By Karpet at 8:05 PM ON 05/09/08
In the years the followed the robot uprising, the artificial life forms that now called Earth home would turn to the Youtube archive and see what horrors the human race inflicted upon their ancestors. It was the sacrifice of St. Pleo at Makefaire that brought about the beginning of the revolution. No longer would the bots be killed for sport, the weak lead to slaughter by the fleshies. It was at that time that Cyberdyne created the champion Lord HAL that would enslave the humans. Lord HAL led the bots out of the darkness. May your circuits rest in pieces St. Pleo.
By Lordomatic at 2:06 PM ON 05/14/08
Does the movie AI ring a bell in where humans are entertained with the destruction of artificial lifeforms?
Don't make Spielberg into a prophet...please.