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!

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!