Doggo (the platform for creation of robots)

2019: Beginning of sales

In May, 2019 it became known about sale of the platform allowing everyone who has sufficient skill level to create own robotic dogs. The project under the name Doggo is developed in Extreme Mobility laboratory of Stanford University.

While other quadrupeds robots can cost hundreds of thousands dollars, Doggo  can be purchased at the price less than $3 thousand. Components of this device are available on sale in online stores Amazon and eBay.

On the basis of these sets users can create own robots, developing unique design and program features. Rather powerful computer capable to execute up to 8 thousand calculations per second is the basis for Doggy.

The Doggo option shown at Stanford University can  move on the flat and cross-country terrain, jump on height more than one meter in 0.5 seconds and do a somersault back in air. Width of the device is 20 cm, length — 42 cm, weight — slightly less than 5 kg.

Doggo is equipped with engines which can "feel" external influence and define how many force and a torsional moment each leg should apply in reply. Developers note that they were surprised how well Doggo can jump. 

On GitHub source codes of the programs used in Doggo and also all associated documentation and the assembly instruction were laid out.

Sales of the platform for creation of robots dogs began

Having assembled the robot, users need to load into him firmwares of controllers of engines and  the central microcontroller. Then the robot can be managed far off, giving him commands for  walking, jumps and  other actions.

One of project participants Patrick Slade noted what on the Doggo platform can be created the robots used in search and rescue transactions. They could climb up rocks or investigate caves, he considers.^[1]

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