Oh! So you're looking for a better battery-charging design so you could continue to run the pleo while it's charging? I'm sorry. I guess I jumped to conclusions there.
Well, I'm still not sure how this would work because the unit might do all the pulling itself or else get the wire tangled around something. Pleos are creative little beasts. Anyway if you're looking for a way to continue to use the unit while charging, why not some sort of docking station? Yes, it would take a little more design work on Innvo Labs' part but it would be safer for everybody than this long wire being in the way. I thought of a docking station several years ago that would sort of look like a hollowed out rock that's open at both ends so the unit wouldn't have to turn to enter or exit. Once the bot walked inside, there would be this little... ummm tree or protrusion or something that it could press its chest into. This is the point of contact between the battery and the pleo. It could stay booted up so the owner could continue to interact with it and when the pleo is done, the little contact thinggy could descend down into the charger and the pleo could just walk out the other open end. Sadly no one has taken me seriously. Lol! We have a thread somewhere about possible pleo dream features and this sort of docking station idea is in there. Let's see what everyone else thinks about this.
Talon