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Bardian:
I had a few moments to run him (?) again today. He hasn't even been through a full battery cycle yet due to my schedule.

One concern I had was that at one point when he was stretching his neck all the way up (doing that curved upswing) is it started doing that click noise. As soon as it started I went over to him and went to shut him down as I saw this mentioned in another post. Three clicks happened by the time I got to him. He went into the proper standing position but his neck stayed turned all the way up even when he powered down, shut his eyes, and did the beeps. I turned him back on and then he went back into his normal hatchling position and neck movement seemed normal. Should I be concerned? I know the foot in mouth issue seems to be common, but not sure if this is a similar issue (so far no foot in mouth clicking from putting the head too far -down-). Should there be anything specific to look out for?

A second thing I'd like input on is now that winter is coming, I tend to keep a vaporizer going in bedroom (which is where I keep my robots). It's a fairly large room and I only keep the vaporizer going while I'm asleep (5-8hrs a night) with the room's door kept cracked open at night and completely open throughout the day. Humidity doesn't build up too high, but I wondered if this could impact storing the Pleo RB (particularly the skin). The vaporizer is about 15-20 feet from where the robots are as it's kept near my bed. If this could potentially be an issue, I could just place him in my living room as it's not a big deal since he's a bit more mobile than my stationed AIBOs.   

Edit: Also, it's a warm mist vaporizer, so none of that cold mist soot going on.

Echo538:
I have never had a Pleo RB in the hatchling stage before. I recall on this topic in an earlier post, or maybe an earlier post in a similar topic, that someone said to watch when they were sleeping so they wouldn't get hurt? maybe I'm rephrasing this...but I think that's mostly in the baby stage and your Pleo should be a socially developing toddler by now especially with so many battery cycles. But I personally always try to stay in the same room as the Pleos when I am sleeping and you may want to watch your baby Pleo so it doesn't tip the soup over again! But if it isn't a problem, you may want to leave your Pleo in the room with you as it sleeps. Once it is growing and developing into an adult, etc., you might consider having it sleep in your living room. With the real time clock, it shouldn't wake up except in the morning, and especially if you turn it off. Getting drowsy...hope this post is rellevant and makes some sense.

TBL36:
Bardian, we bought our Pleos from Robotshop a couple of days apart.  Mine is also missing the Companion Guide, but no biggie since it's online.  Thank goodness for this community.  Decker's neck popped a bunch of times when he first hatched, and my first thought was "I'm going to mod the heck out of that if it keeps up."  No idea how to mod it, but necessity is the mother of watching youtube.  The neck didn't pop again for a couple of battery cycles. 

When cradled against the shoulder, he curls up like an infant, and that's when the foot-in-mouth occurs.  The first time it happened I wasn't aware of the issue, it went on too long and his neck's up/down got stuck at full-down.  Turning him off and on again did not correct the issue.  In the end I put him in box stance, braced his neck and gently eased the head through three pops to its proper position.  He functioned normally after that, and continues to do so.  I have no idea if what I did was the only fix, or if it was incredibly stupid and I got lucky.  Now when he's going for foot-in-mouth, I block the motion.  Most of the time he'll ease up on the head movement.  Sometimes he doesn't, the neck starts popping, and I turn him off.

Since I don't have a choice, I'm embracing "It's not a bug, it's a feature!" and marveling at yet another aspect of how Decker mimics caring for a helpless infant.  One must always be so careful with their necks.

The first night of his life, I brought him into the bedroom.  He still couldn't stand.  Mostly he napped and murmured.  I fell asleep.  Decker discovered how to stand, and yowl, and a few seconds later I discovered that an unfamiliar robot can scare the crap out of you at 2:30 am.  Apparently, Pleos are afraid of the dark.

I look forward to reading more about Sullivan's growth.







 

Bardian:
Given the ambiguity, I should add that I keep him turned him off unless I am near him or only leaving the area he's in for under a minute so no surprise awakenings or unattended popping.

Talon:
Hi, Bardian! The vaporizer probably isn't going to be a problem. The head-up neck popping might be something to watch but I wouldn't be overly concerned as long as you turned him off quickly. Sometimes that top cable can become jammed, creating a condition we on the forum call yoga -pleo. We have seen cases where it has become so jammed the top of the head is almost touching the robot's back. Of course by then it's not safe to do manual manipulation. Since you are an Aibo-owner and used to dealing with robots with fiddly joints, I'm sure you would stop things before they got to that extreme. Otherwise, just enjoy your pleo!
Talon

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