Researchers from Stanford University’s Extreme Mobility Team has created an inexpensive, four-legged robot that can jump up to 3.5 ft in the air. The robot is named the Stanford Doggo.
Stanford students have developed Stanford Doggo, a relatively low-cost four-legged robot that can trot, jump and flip. (Source: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service)
Before creating Stanford Doggo, the team set out to make an easily reproduced quadrupedal robot. The researchers wanted a robot made of easily attainable supplies that other research teams could build without robotics experience. The Stanford Doggo was born from this idea. Stanford Doggo costs around $3,000 to produce, including manufacturing and shipping costs.
Along with jumping, Stanford Doggo traverses difficult terrain, trots, dances, hops and backflips. Stanford Doggo has motors that sense an external force to determine how much force and torque each leg needs to apply. The motors recompute 8,000 times per second. It also has a signature dance called the bouncy boogie, in which software controls the robot motors and gearset to performing bouncing action.
The research team set out to create a baseline system for people to build off. They are currently working on creating an even bigger Doggo, named Stanford Woofer. The plans, code and supply list for Stanford Doggo are available for free online.
