<story><title>Stanford Pupper: low-cost quadruped robot</title><url>https://stanfordstudentrobotics.org/pupper</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rspicer</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;XRobots&amp;#x2F;miniDogV2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;XRobots&amp;#x2F;miniDogV2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The code&amp;#x27;s a bit of a mess -- James is clearly not a software engineer first. This is totally understandable, given that he does so many other things!&lt;p&gt;When I first saw the code, I thought about doing a refactoring pass and making a pull request. It would be painful to test correctness without the hardware, and I don&amp;#x27;t want to make things worse, so I haven&amp;#x27;t.</text></item><item><author>andybak</author><text>&amp;gt; the &amp;quot;Nano Dog&amp;quot; is probably a cheaper and more approachable option for the garage engineer.&lt;p&gt;Hard to find out much about that or OpenDog in general. I&amp;#x27;ve found videos and 3d printer files but nothing that I can read to understand what it can do and why I might want to build it.&lt;p&gt;Or do I really have to watch a bunch of YouTube videos? I hate video.&lt;p&gt;Have I missed the actual project page somehow?</text></item><item><author>n0us</author><text>&amp;gt; You can buy most of the parts directly from a reseller like Amazon or McMaster-Carr, but for some you’ll need to get them custom manufactured for you. The custom parts include the carbon fiber routed parts, the 3D printed parts, the power distribution printed circuit board, and the motors.&lt;p&gt;Very cool and I would like to build this, but the &amp;quot;Nano Dog&amp;quot; is probably a cheaper and more approachable option for the garage engineer.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.thingiverse.com&amp;#x2F;thing:3145690&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.thingiverse.com&amp;#x2F;thing:3145690&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rlayton2</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s probably also worth mentioning the project is a work in progress, and from the videos, it looks like OpenDog is likely to undergo at least one more major change before &amp;quot;completion&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Stanford Pupper: low-cost quadruped robot</title><url>https://stanfordstudentrobotics.org/pupper</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rspicer</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;XRobots&amp;#x2F;miniDogV2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;XRobots&amp;#x2F;miniDogV2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The code&amp;#x27;s a bit of a mess -- James is clearly not a software engineer first. This is totally understandable, given that he does so many other things!&lt;p&gt;When I first saw the code, I thought about doing a refactoring pass and making a pull request. It would be painful to test correctness without the hardware, and I don&amp;#x27;t want to make things worse, so I haven&amp;#x27;t.</text></item><item><author>andybak</author><text>&amp;gt; the &amp;quot;Nano Dog&amp;quot; is probably a cheaper and more approachable option for the garage engineer.&lt;p&gt;Hard to find out much about that or OpenDog in general. I&amp;#x27;ve found videos and 3d printer files but nothing that I can read to understand what it can do and why I might want to build it.&lt;p&gt;Or do I really have to watch a bunch of YouTube videos? I hate video.&lt;p&gt;Have I missed the actual project page somehow?</text></item><item><author>n0us</author><text>&amp;gt; You can buy most of the parts directly from a reseller like Amazon or McMaster-Carr, but for some you’ll need to get them custom manufactured for you. The custom parts include the carbon fiber routed parts, the 3D printed parts, the power distribution printed circuit board, and the motors.&lt;p&gt;Very cool and I would like to build this, but the &amp;quot;Nano Dog&amp;quot; is probably a cheaper and more approachable option for the garage engineer.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.thingiverse.com&amp;#x2F;thing:3145690&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.thingiverse.com&amp;#x2F;thing:3145690&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>monocasa</author><text>Oh wow, you&amp;#x27;re not joking.  I&amp;#x27;m getting flashbacks to when I supported a team of EEs.</text></comment>