Graduation day is always tough on parents. So, you'll have to forgive the growing pains experienced by [TheCorpora][3], whose six years in development labor of cybernetic love, [Qbo][4], is now ready for mass consumption. To make this ever-evolving, endearing bot on wheels easily accessible, the team's divvied up its commercial wares into two distinct offerings: Basic and Complete. For the soldering prone among you, that former kit comes with a chassis, plastic coverings and an array of the cutesy android's mechanic guts, all [at your disposal for assembly][5]. Devs less interested in getting their hands dirty and more concerned with coding can opt-in for the fuller set in either Pro or Lite versions, replete with a fully constructed unit and differing only in the variety of motherboard and CPU configuration used. The outfit's accepting pre-orders on its site now, with the base model running about 500 Euros (about $656) and the higher end packages emptying wallets at 1,700 Euros (about $2,230) and 2,300 Euros (about $3,017) apiece. Those are certainly hefty investments for the at-home hobbyist, but can you really put a price on [synthetic love][6]? We didn't think so.
[Qbo goes legit, now up for pre-order on maker's site][2] originally appeared on [Engadget][7] on Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:45:00 EDT. Please see our [terms for use of feeds][8].
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