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NathanKau
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Comment #23072805
Martin's robot was definitely an inspiration. As far as I know he was the first one to figure out how to make cheap, nonbackdrivable servo motors work for dynamic quadruped movemen…
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Comment #23062563
We're actually working with some people who are interested in selling the kits as a side project. Stay tuned. With double the BOM cost, we'd use torque-controllable servos. We're t…
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Comment #23062559
Great feedback! Will definitely incorporate those features into future revisions.
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Comment #23062551
There's blackbird, but not sure of its current status. https://hackaday.io/project/160882-blackbird-bipedal-robot
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Comment #23062547
We've found you can actually do a lot with dumb servos and orientation feedback and get visually similar results to Spot. For instance, we get hopping, trotting, strafing, turning …
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Comment #23061362
Hey all, my group in Stanford Student Robotics made Pupper. Happy to answer any questions!
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Comment #23061343
Just for fun I uploaded the top and bottom body panel DXFs to jlcpcb and they're only about $2 each. That's compared to about $30 to have them cut out of carbon fiber, and of cours…
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Comment #23061309
You can buy the CLS6336HV servos from JX-Servo directly for about $25 each. Usually a much better deal than on Aliexpress, Banggood etc and it's pretty easy to do. The $600 price p…
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Comment #23061285
The SpotMicroAI project has a great community on its Slack, but the project is a bit more in its infancy than Pupper. For instance, spot micro doesn't have the software right now t…
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Comment #23061215
You can buy the carbon fiber parts here! https://great3d.com/stanford-pupper-robot-carbon-fiber-parts...