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Kota the Triceratops was an
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made by
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. It is modeled after a
triceratops ''Triceratops'' ( ; ) is a genus of herbivore, herbivorous Chasmosaurinae, chasmosaurine Ceratopsidae, ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period (geology), period, about 68 m ...
, and intended for children aged 3 to 6. The toy debuted at Toy Fair New York in February 2007, building on the reception of Ugobe's earlier
Pleo PLEO is an animatronic pet dinosaur toy manufactured by Innvo Labs, a company located in Hong Kong and Nevada. The toy has the appearance and (imagined) behavior of a week-old baby '' Camarasaurus'' dinosaur. It was designed by Caleb Chung, th ...
robotic dinosaur toy, and went on sale in October 2007 for approximately
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300 as listed by the company website. A review by
IEEE Spectrum ''IEEE Spectrum'' is a magazine edited by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The first issue of ''IEEE Spectrum'' was published in January 1964 as a successor to ''Electrical Engineering''. The magazine contains peer-revie ...
indicated that it had 11 sensors over its body to sense touch and pressure, and made appropriate noises (like roars) or movements (like tail-wagging) in response. It had some functionality to accept a folded "leaf" food and move its jaw and make appropriate chomping noises.


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