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I honestly think there's a huge market for a consumer grade "pet" robot. Would love to have one of these running around, then I can just turn it off when I leav

I honestly think there's a huge market for a consumer grade "pet" robot. Would love to have one of these running around, then I can just turn it off when I leave

steve_adams_86 3y ago
This is already happening, though I’m not aware of any bipedal pet robots.
- nextworddev 3y ago
  Any recommendations?
  - squarefoot 3y ago
    The Unitree Go1 seems the most promising among the affordable ones. https://www.unitree.com/en/go1 https://www.unitree.com/en/go1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdfmhWQyp_8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdfmhWQyp_8
    - nextworddev 3y ago
      Would you know whether it’s feasible for hobbyists to make one of these at home by assembling components
      - Teever 3y ago
        Probably, but not at the price point of $2700. It would probably be $25k-$50k and 1-3 years of development time depending on your skill set.
      - NalNezumi 3y ago
        If you're interested in making one by yourself, you should check out Josh Piper[1] [1] https://jpieper.com/2020/11/09/mjbots-november-2020-update/ https://jpieper.com/2020/11/09/mjbots-november-2020-update/
      - nulld3v 3y ago
        Kind of, see: https://odri.discourse.group/ https://odri.discourse.group/ It is indeed pricey though, IIRC the cost of a Boston Dynamics Spot-like robot came down to around $6-7k. There is still room to drive the price down though.
  - rwmj 3y ago
    The ones they used are Robotis OP3, a snip at $14,199 each (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35812475 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35812475)
  - numpad0 3y ago
    Bunch of servos in human shapes is not too expensive, available from about $1000-1500.
  - NalNezumi 3y ago
    I'd recommend XGO-mini2. It just finished it's Kickstarter funding for the version 2, which runs on raspberry pi. (disclaimer, I did contribute to their Kickstarter) and optionally also comes with an arm.
Animats 3y ago
Those are consumer-grade robots, with much better software. (They probably upgraded the motor controllers, too. But those are only crappy because hobby servo technology is stuck in the 1970s.)
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- sitkack 3y ago
  Those little OP3 robots are using 250$ each dynamixel digital networked servos. http://en.robotis.com/shop_en/list.php?ca_id=202020 http://en.robotis.com/shop_en/list.php?ca_id=202020
  - Animats 3y ago
    Yes, those things cost too much due to low demand.
spaceman_2020 3y ago
Maybe it's their size or "drunk" motion, but these remind me of toddlers. I would totally get one to just walk around the house doing nothing.

I honestly think there's a huge market for a consumer grade "pet" robot. Would love to have one of these running around, then I can just turn it off when I leave

steve_adams_86 3y ago

This is already happening, though I’m not aware of any bipedal pet robots.

nextworddev 3y ago
Any recommendations?
- squarefoot 3y ago
  The Unitree Go1 seems the most promising among the affordable ones. https://www.unitree.com/en/go1 https://www.unitree.com/en/go1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdfmhWQyp_8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdfmhWQyp_8
  - nextworddev 3y ago
    Would you know whether it’s feasible for hobbyists to make one of these at home by assembling components
    - Teever 3y ago
      Probably, but not at the price point of $2700. It would probably be $25k-$50k and 1-3 years of development time depending on your skill set.
    - NalNezumi 3y ago
      If you're interested in making one by yourself, you should check out Josh Piper[1] [1] https://jpieper.com/2020/11/09/mjbots-november-2020-update/ https://jpieper.com/2020/11/09/mjbots-november-2020-update/
    - nulld3v 3y ago
      Kind of, see: https://odri.discourse.group/ https://odri.discourse.group/ It is indeed pricey though, IIRC the cost of a Boston Dynamics Spot-like robot came down to around $6-7k. There is still room to drive the price down though.
- rwmj 3y ago
  The ones they used are Robotis OP3, a snip at $14,199 each (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35812475 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35812475)
- numpad0 3y ago
  Bunch of servos in human shapes is not too expensive, available from about $1000-1500.
- NalNezumi 3y ago
  I'd recommend XGO-mini2. It just finished it's Kickstarter funding for the version 2, which runs on raspberry pi. (disclaimer, I did contribute to their Kickstarter) and optionally also comes with an arm.

Animats 3y ago

Those are consumer-grade robots, with much better software. (They probably upgraded the motor controllers, too. But those are only crappy because hobby servo technology is stuck in the 1970s.)

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sitkack 3y ago
Those little OP3 robots are using 250$ each dynamixel digital networked servos. http://en.robotis.com/shop_en/list.php?ca_id=202020 http://en.robotis.com/shop_en/list.php?ca_id=202020
- Animats 3y ago
  Yes, those things cost too much due to low demand.

spaceman_2020 3y ago

Maybe it's their size or "drunk" motion, but these remind me of toddlers. I would totally get one to just walk around the house doing nothing.