Some of you were pretty upset when DVICE found ways to get under Pleo's skin, but, hey, we didn't literally get under that skin. We even took Pleo out for a well-deserved walk around town.

The video features a pair of hands from PleoDreams meticulously skinning Pleo's outer layer and exposing the innards that make the extraordinarily life-like 'bot work, set to music that sounds like it'd play in an evil genius's parlor. If you've got 24 minutes to spare and are curious about what goes on inside a complex robot (and have the stomach for extensive robo-surgery), it makes for very educational viewing.

Click Continue to begin the operation.

PleoDreams, via Engadget