Kota the Triceratops, the 3 foot tall plush animated robot dinosaur that your child can ride (if they are 60 pounds and under), is now available in the USA and Europe.

The 37-pound Triceratops robot wags his tail, opens and closes his mouth, wiggles his horns, makes dinosaur sounds and plays songs and sound effects for your child.

Watch the video to see Kota’s impressive movements and facial expressions:

Kota the Triceratops has been spotted at these major retailers:

USA

• Amazon ($299.99)
• Hammacher Schlemmer ($399.95)
• Target ($299.99)
• Toys R Us ($299.99)
• Sears ($299.99)

United Kingdom

• Amazon UK (£289.90)
• Firebox (£299.95)

For pictures, videos, technical specifications and more, please visit the Kota the Triceratops section over at the Robots Rule website.

If the Alien Stress Reliever doesn’t do the trick for you, maybe this video clip of Pleo visiting Sea World will do a better job to relieve you from stress:

The Pleo in the video is Pixie (which also happens to be the name of one of the cats watching as this is written), who belongs to Pleo World member Siren.

Thanks to Robert Oschler at RobotsRule.com!

The design of this radio controlled flying prehistoric creatures is inspired by ITV’s Primeval – a British science fiction drama television programme.

Primeval Flying Rex flies, flutters, soars and glides indoors and outdoors, thanks to its dual-wing design. Take control with the user-friendly digital proportional remote control and launch this fun flying dinosaur into the air; select between beginner and expert flying settings for an easy or challenging ride and off you go!

A durable carbon-fibre structure and flexible body and wings are impact absorbing too should your landing be less than perfect, while the ultra light design protects your home interiors from kamikaze-like crashes. Just place this RC flier onto its controller to charge; 20 minutes charge time is enough to deliver around 7 minutes flying time.

The Primeval – Flying Rex is available from Gizoo for £39.95 (about $80 USD).

A brand new section specifically geared toward Pleo robot dinosaur developers has just been launched over at the PleoWorld website.

Here are some of the things you will find at PleoWorld – Developers:

• A “Pawn Scripting in Life OS” document that provides experienced C programmers information about Pleo’s architecture.
• A diagram of Pleo’s joints and range of motion.
• An FAQ sheet on Pleo’s hacking possibilities for developers.

In addition to this, a new technical forum called TechTalk has been added to the PleoWorld Forums. This is a place for community members to “chat about hardware and software topics on a level above and beyond that which a general community can understand and appreciate”.

The AIBO super hackers have entered the Pleo party full strength by porting one of their most powerful and fun AIBO performance tools over to Pleo.

“Skitter”, a full featured skit creation tool for the AIBO designed by the AIBO wizard known as DogsBody, has now been reincarnated as “MySkit”. It allows Pleo owners to create their own performances giving them control over Pleo’s various motors including the ability to import existing animations from the original Pleo library, with the added capability of adding and synchronizing sounds to movements. Skits are then assigned to the various touch sensors on Pleo’s body allowing them to be triggered by a touch to that location, or they can also be run automatically on startup.

In this video, I show Digger, Claire, and Pendragon, my 3 Pleos, doing a skit that involves a short bit of dialogue followed by a song complete with synchronized lip movements. Each Pleo is running a skit designed just for their part with it’s own animations and sounds.

I’ll be releasing the files that comprise the skit so all Pleo owners can perform the skit for their friends and family and be the star in their own Pleo show. I’ll also include instructions on how to set up and perform the skit along with an alternate Claire script for the ladies out there that has Claire saying “Mommy” instead of “Daddy”.

These skit files and performance instructions will be available at the Robots Rule Pleo blog in two weeks. Meanwhile, you can download and read about the MySkit Performance Editor for Pleo over at dogsbodynet.com.

You might also want to check out YAPT (Yet Another Pleo Tool). This tool allows Pleo skitters to attach skits created with “MySkit” to more advance triggers such as Pleo’s sound and tilt sensors, etc.

Thanks to Robert Oschler at RobotsRule.com!

This R/C T-rex might be small in comparison to the replica we saw a few days ago, but it’s still impressive with its 81 cm (31.9 inches) in length.

This remote controlled dinosaur comes with three different moving modes: walking, running and predatory. It also features movable arms, a swiveling head, a sweeping tail, a chomping jaw full of pointy teeth, and it’s loaded with a bunch of dinosaur sounds. The infrared vision makes sure he doesn’t bump into any obstacles on the way.

The R/C Robot T-Rex ($45, currently sold out) measures 81 x 37.5 x 30 cm (31.9 x 14.6 x 11.8 inches) and requires 8 x AA batteries for the creature and 3 x AA batteries for the controller.

(Via Gizmo Watch)

So you want to outcool your neighbors Camarasaurus replica? No problem, that plant eater doesn’t stand a chance against this creature.

It says Available Soon under the dimensions part of the product description, but the info from Wikipedia should give you a good idea of what to expect:

…it was the largest known tyrannosaurid and one of the largest known land predators, measuring nearly 13 metres (43 feet) in length and up to 6.8 metric tons (7.5 short tons) in weight.

The impressive Life-Sized Tyrannosaurus Rex Dinosaur Replica is available from Drinkstuff for £28,999.99 (about $60,427 USD).

It’s hand built by the supplier, which means 3-4 months for delivery.

In a announcement sent out to those on Ugobe’s mailing list for official Pleo news and updates, Ugobe stated that Pleo is now officially in production.

More importantly, those who place orders with any retailer in the United States or directly with the Ugobe store, will receive their Pleos by the holidays.

Ugobe store customers should be getting their 30 day shipment notification before Thanksgiving. Enhancements are being made to the Pleo World web site to allow Pleo owners to hook up with each other and share stories and content. They also mentioned that there will be a surprise behavior mode that Pleo owners can try out on their Pleos.

Here you can find the full text of the email that was sent out.

Thanks to Robert Oschler, PleoDinosaur.com!

Here’s the first professionally shot video that shows tons of people petting, cooing, baby talking, and losing their composure over the adorable baby blue eyed dinosaur we call Pleo.

Finally you get to see how people really feel about Pleo as they pet him uncontrollably and treat him like a real pet. There’s plenty of footage that includes Pleo walking about, being cuddled, chin scratching, tail wagging, balancing on one leg and even playing with a dog.

Visit Robots Rule for many more videos of the Pleo robot dinosaur.

Thanks to Robert Oschler, RobotsRule.com.

Some Ugobe folk wanted to see if a fully furry Pleo would still function properly (respond to touch, fuss & fidget, etc.).

Apparently it did so they decided to show it off in the Ugobe booth at last weekend’s Maker Faire. More photos at Flickr.

Over at Robots Rule you can read an interview from Maker Faire where Ugobe’s John Sosoka answers questions about the Pleo robot dinosaur.

Thanks to Robert Oschler, PleoDinosaur.com!

The day before yesterday we had a post about this cute little Dinosaur Webcam. If you add plush and a portion of extra cuteness you will get the Cam Buddy Dinosaur Plush Webcam ($10).

Cam Buddy allows you to enable video chat with your friends via MSN Messenger or Yahoo Messenger. With built in microphone that lets you chat all day without lifting a finger. It is the ultimate way to save your phone bill. Sharp video resolution lets your friend see you clearly.

Inter-Changeable plush toy also allows you to swap between different characters that express yourself.

(Via The Red Ferret Journal)

If you don’t like futuristic looking webcams like the wireless R2-D2 and the Robot one, then here’s a chance to get the pretty much the opposite.

The Dinosaur Webcam ($25) features a built-in microphone, USB 1.1 interface and a 350K pixel resolution camera with a frame rate of 30 frames per sec.

At a recent SAAG 2007 meeting (Sacramento Area Aibo Gathering), YouTube videographer and SAAG member EllysDogHouse took this beautiful high quality video of a Pleo, fresh out of the box, taking his very first baby steps.

You get to see Pleo squirming about being held in the air by his tail by the Ugobe spokesman, and numerous close-ups of the baby dinosaur batting his big blue eyes. In a related thread on the AIBO-Life forums, there is also a fantastic high quality picture of Pleo in an open box, which gives you a great crisp view of Pleo’s packaging.

Check out the Baby Pleo takes his very first steps at SAAG 2007 news entry over at pleodinosaur.com for more information.

Thanks to Robert Oschler, Pleo Dinosaur.

Monster Dino is the name of the latest addition in the LEGO Creator family. A total of 792 pieces is used to build the small dinosaur, which can be rebuild into a spider that crawls or a moving crocodile.

Monster Dino ($90) has moving parts, a glow-in-the-dark spine, and the kit includes remote control, battery box, receiver, two motors and a sound brick.

Here’s a short video demonstration of the LEGO creature:

(Via Coolest Gadgets & Prylfeber)

Discover the ancient world of dinosaurs with the Inflatable Dinosaur World Globe with Stand ($7). It measures 12 inches (30.5cm) in diameter and includes dinosaur images with names, geological period of their existence, and their habitat locations on the globe.

PC Magazine has published a list of the Top 10 Strangest R/C Toys.

A lot of good stuff in there but I think some of them easily could have been replaced with these weird R/C toys:

• Tarantula ($25)
• Pterosaur ($101)
• Pteranodon ($50)

(Via Gearlog)