Stanford Pupper
Open source servo driven quadruped derived from Stanford Doggo and designed as a teaching kit for legged robotics courses.
| Maker | Stanford Student Robotics |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| First shown | 2020 |
| Status | Research platform |
| Degrees of freedom | 12 |
| Actuation | Hobby scale servo actuators, three per leg |
| Power | Lithium polymer battery |
| Sensors | Inertial measurement unit |
| Autonomy | Python gait controller on a Raspberry Pi with game controller input |
Pupper is much smaller and cheaper than Doggo, using twelve hobby scale actuators, a Raspberry Pi and a small motor controller board. Its published bill of materials, printed parts and Python control stack let students build a trotting robot in a weekend and then modify the controller. It is used in university courses and workshops, and later revisions moved to brushless motors for more dynamic behaviour.
Of note
- Designed as a low cost teaching kit and used in university legged robotics courses
- Design and software published openly, spawning many derivative kits
Maker: www.stanford.edu