The Dingo | A Low Cost, Open-Source Robot Quadruped
This video details the creation of the Dingo, a low-cost robot quadruped designed and built by:
Alexander Calvert / calvert-alex
Nathan Ferguson / nathan-ferguson1
The Dingo was created as a capstone engineering project for the Bachelor of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at Monash University.
This video was created as part of the project's formal assessment and hence has been framed in a manner to suit those requirements, however, it gives a good overview of the whole project and what was achieved.
Code for the Dingo:
github.com/Yerbert/DingoQuadr...
3d CAD: (Solidworks)
grabcad.com/library/dingo-rob...
Total cost is ~$1300 AUD. Full BOM can be found in the GitHub
Facebook Group for the project:
/ 1244354326278347
Special thanks to the open-source designs that helped inspire aspects of this project:
- Stanford Pupper V1: pupper.readthedocs.io/en/late...
- Stanford Pupper V2: pupper-independent-study.read...
- Notspot: github.com/lnotspotl/notspot_...
- SpotMicro: www.thingiverse.com/thing:344..., spot-mini-mini.readthedocs.io...
- Nova SM3: novaspotmicro.com/
- Mini Pupper: minipupperdocs.readthedocs.io...
- Kangal: • Diy Robot Dog : Kangal
If you would like to reach out to me feel free to email me at:
natheferguson@gmail.com
Пікірлер: 472
What amazing robots. They still feel a bit robotic, so there's room for improvement. I'm just blown away at how human they look when talking.
@leo_pi
Жыл бұрын
that took a humorous turn...
@zaidakhtar3093
Жыл бұрын
Still no black robot
@xxbatman69xx98
Жыл бұрын
@@zaidakhtar3093 yes there are lol.
@Aquillyne
Жыл бұрын
You legend
@nathanferguson6248
Жыл бұрын
😂😂
This is the best quadruped that I've seen in years and it's OpenSource!! It will improve with the community's work, this is amazing!
@nathanferguson6248
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@raguaviva
Жыл бұрын
Is this the best??? Really??
@theDude9750
11 ай бұрын
errr ok
@justanerd414
6 ай бұрын
@@raguavivanaah
Thank you for all your supporters and for your hard-work to make this available to everyone
Dual motor limb leg design is absolutely brilliant . Good works guys .
All jokes for the somewhat rehearsed presentations aside (that by the way greatly handle the amount of details and were professionally talked through and produced), congratulations on this amazing robotic platform and thoughtful details. Flipping the fans, carrying handle, emergency stop, simultaneously simulating while operating the robot, just three servos per leg, expandability.. it just blows my mind how many things you have achieved. Well done!
@nathanferguson6248
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou very much!
@Marlosian
Жыл бұрын
@@nathanferguson6248 No dig at you guys, but you might want to consider hiring a talent to do the presentation next time. You're obviously amazing developers for this product, but there are other people who I bet will be just as amazing presenting it to the public.
@nathanferguson6248
Жыл бұрын
This was made primarily for a university assessment and the video was uploaded here as an extra. If we got someone else to present we would fail the assesment😂
@Marlosian
Жыл бұрын
@@nathanferguson6248 Well that makes perfect sense, thanks for explaining. In that case, you guys totally crushed it. Kudos!
@umaikakudo
2 ай бұрын
Never trust a skinny cook; or an engineer who isn't socially awkward.
Thank you! This is by far the best (low cost) open source quadruped I have seen to date. Just because a robotic platform is low cost doesn't mean it has to skimp on software features. Oddly enough I have been cobbling together various open source ideas into something that can actually run ROS Noetic with simulation, trainability and firmware extensibility in mind. IMO there's two main camps in robotic design which are the mechanical and computational aspects and this project didn't skimp on either. Wonderfully executed, thank you so much!!
This is really impressive. Great work guys.
I don't know much about robotics, but it's cool to see you guys filling a niche for student researchers. Great work, and love how detailed you are about specs and limitations!
Excellent job! I'm excited not only for this initial release, but all subsequent releases in the open-hardware community built on this fantastic platform. Great job team, and thank you for supporting open hardware.
Simply awesome, exactly what i was looking for since years. Many thanks for Sharing.
@GeorgeSukFuk
Жыл бұрын
I am years old
@nathanferguson6248
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou!
"Boston Dynamics wowed the world with the first commercially available robot dog, Spot." Sony AIBO enters the chat
@error.418
Жыл бұрын
Heh, yeah, they forgot the key detail of "industrial robot dog"
@timaidley7801
Жыл бұрын
@@error.418 I just realized AIBO probably came out before they were born
@error.418
Жыл бұрын
@@timaidley7801 Sure did! Although Sony tried to be hostile to tinkerers for the first couple years. They filed a DMCA complaint against people who had open sourced software for it back in 2001. Luckily they backpedaled, but oof. Nice to see open-source first mentality.
I appreciate you keeping this thing a reasonable size and made from smashable materials. Excellent work on the robot bits too!
Open source is awesome. Well done 👍 ...... Good work 🙂
This is amazing, I can't wait to see a larger one with a bigger carry capacity once it is worked out in the future!
@Mysda_
Жыл бұрын
I still believe in a future with farmer robot dogs
You did a great work! I'm pretty sure it's gonna inspire a lot of people and be used as a learning framework. Thank you.
Congrats on a brilliant project and a well-produced presentation! This is some inspiring work, I hope you’re recognised accordingly both academically and professionally.
This project is awesome and it would be so cool if a community built up around it. I can imagine people contributing sdks, add-ons for things like more weight capacity, self re-charging, etc. Nice job!
What a great looking build!! Now I have another project that I absolutely don't have time for LOL. That being said, I've already downloaded the CAD and cloned the repo so we'll see where it goes. Congrats Alexander and Nathan on knocking it out of the park on your studies and publishing your work. This is so much more accessible than the whitepaper, tucked away in some some conference proceedings, of old. Contribution to the art and science achieved!!
Great work guys! This is better than the alternative out there and it's open source. Simply incredible! Thank you!
Well done! That really is a big contribution to the OS Robotics community. It even looks cool!
Great work team, awesome contribution to the open source community.
Thank you so much for releasing this project. I’ve started mine and it’s early stages but can’t wait to get it assembled and start exploring the software side of this. The idea that anyone can download the CAD files, 3D print, order a few parts and start working on this is incredible. Plus expanding would be easy since you can quickly and easily make your own top plates. The design of the servo carries and inboard dual servos with the linkage is equally impressive. Thank you so much!
@nathanferguson6248
10 ай бұрын
Awesome! Excited to hear how it goes
@kdemotorsports
10 ай бұрын
@@nathanferguson6248 the one question I have is about the shoulder carriers. In the CAD there’s a heat insert on the side without the servo horn, but no bolt. Is there supposed to be a bolt that threads into there to support the opposite side of that carriage? If so there is a gap is that gap intended to have a spacer? Or is it just held in position directly by the servo horn on the opposite side? Also I agree with others this project needs a community. Facebook group, forums, or discord something to allow all of us to communicate about builds, enhancements, and questions. Again thank you so much.
@nathanferguson6248
10 ай бұрын
@@kdemotorsports You are right, there should be an M4 x16mm (or it may be 20mm I can't remember atm) bold that goes through here, I may have neglected to add it to the model, but it should screw into an M4 heat set inset that is mounted in the motor hub on the other side. THis should be tightened enough to provide a solid pivot point but not enough to provide lateral force. Thread-locking glue is essential here. Not a great part of the design tbh I'm sure it could be improved.
@_Chad_ThunderCock
Ай бұрын
@@nathanferguson6248hey! You guys have any plans for a open source humanoid robot project?
I am a bad sci fi writer, because I did NOT see open-source robots coming. Great job, folks!
@error.418
Жыл бұрын
open source robots have been around for decades now... that's not to detract from their work, that's mostly to drive home the point that, yeah... you're out of touch.
Well done Nathan and Alex!
You guys are amazing. Thank you for making this available to us.
Truly amazing product, thank you for making it open source and all the best for your future!
Such a fascinating robotic project. I'm impressed by the leg linkage design.
Open source the future! Love it, great work people!
You have indeed done something significant. Excellent work.
Outstanding work gentlemen. Sure to be used by many going forward.
Nicely done! Thanks for making all those files available!
Great project! I love the fact you not only thought of the higher principles (keeping the weight off the legs - much like on an off-load buggy or F1 car you take the brakes (weight) inboard and make the wheels as light as possible to be able to react faster) but also the smaller principles, ease of use, access to ports, use of magnets to make parts easy to move and accessible, and safety with the cut-off switch (also does anyone actually code in Asimovs 3 laws of robotics so they cant kill us? or do they forget or just assume someone else puts them in there?!?!?) - its often the little touches that make a great design, well done and congrats
WOW! Great job guys!!! Amazing project.
Very impressive design. Nice work!
Awesome work guys! Genuinely interested how this evolves in the future. :)
That's some really neat design, I love the fact that you used off the shelf parts.
Great work fellas! Dingo is the perfect name for it too
Bill of materials: $300 of printable parts, $100 for servos and $1100 for the rpi
@SchoolforHackers
11 ай бұрын
😂 Ouch, but too true 😂
Incredible engineering guys! Well done 👏
Awesome and good job. This needs more attention!
Thats a beautiful machine. Nice job guys
Nice work guys and thanks for sharing the project!
This is some cool stuff guys. Well done!
That sht's dingo! Congrats guys!
Outstanding! Fantastic work! Thank you for sharing this.
Great job fellas, amazing use of the tools available.
Awesome project, a vlog during the dev process would've been a gold mine of details for students.
That is a great little robot! Well done
Applause! Applause! Plenty of optimization and flexibility. Those leg movement optimizations are fascinating.
what an amazing step on democratizing robotics research and usage amazing feat! 👏👏👏
Thank you for releasing your files publicly!
this is such a big step forwards. Great work!
i hope later on this project wont die nice work , GOOD JOB
Impressed man!! Amazing Work.
Dingo looks cool
This is amazing! I would love a build guide if possible and a further breakdown of the costs.
@nathanferguson6248
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou! Unfortunately, there won't be any more videos on this project because we have handed it to the next students to work on as we have graduated, however, I've added the bill of materials and cost breakdown to the GitHub repo now.
@tristancoffin
Жыл бұрын
@@nathanferguson6248 real quick question does the BoM have any parts drawings or something?
@bzipoli
Жыл бұрын
@@nathanferguson6248imho you guys should consider expanding into the research/academic field after such an awsome feat ❤
@justinbeck9764
11 ай бұрын
@BOA2 do you have interest in diving more in here? I do as well. I'd like to start to 3D print the parts @nathanferguson6248 Any tips on finding the instructions for 3D printing the parts. Do you model files already stl exported with material instructions anywhere you could place, or I didn't find them so far. the BOM is wonderful there which is nice for all the other components.
@thefatmoop
11 ай бұрын
@@nathanferguson6248 paper launch. "We made this great thing!" someone asks "great can i learn anything more" response "Nope sorry we dropped it" lol
Amazing work ! Gg to the team ❤
Awesome work fellas, that's really cool!
Amazing accomplishment! I can tell you put in a lot of work into this, and really appreciate when work like this is available for others to use as well. As a robotics software engineer that's worked on tracking and SLAM I would worry about a raspberry pi having enough compute to be useful for robotics algorithms, and I didn't hear anything about sensors to understand the environment. This is definitely a great start point though for others to build on, great work!
@kdemotorsports
10 ай бұрын
I was already thinking about adding cheap sonar to the front of mine. All kinds of possibilities.
They did a great job designing the Dingo.
That gazebo addition is a nice bonus also.
Great work guys 👍
I'm impressed. And thankful for the YT algo to have pushed this vid to my stream.
amazing work! and good on yous for open sourcing it :) cheers from UoN
That's really nice! The high entry cost is what kept me away from dog robots. The other researchers in my lab are gonna love this
Good to see Aussies keeping the country in the technology game.
awesome work lads!
Some people talk, you guys do. Well done and thank you.
Amazing work!
Super cool! Well done.
That was great! Nice work.
Great work!!🎉
looks awesome, looking forward to tinkering with this
Awesome work guys
Awesome work this is so cool!!
I liked the name, even more for the projects... proud to be a Monash
Nice Work!!!! Very Impressive
Awesome project
Incredible work
You guys have turned my dream into reality. ❤❤❤❤
Great work making it.
Awesome!! Great work
Congratulations! This is really useful.
Great work, guys. I hope your linkedin is on fire right now.
Awesome job guys
Great work guys. This will speed up work on walking robots.
Amazing work! Would love to make my own someday
Great job guys!
Its best feature is the capability to be manipulated with a Play Station controller. One of the smartest moves I've seen in Product Development.
Great Job!!
Totally grabbing one of these!
Impressive, thanks for sharing!
Well done guys.
Cool stuff..Giving Clearpath Robotics and others a bump..We would love to see this enter the commercial markets for end-users to utilize.Great work Alexander and Nathan!💪🙏..The Mining industry are now seeing the importance or Robotics to use in underground environment and seeing varying products entering the Industry turns heads wit WOW..This product has ptential to bid there too!
@raguaviva
Жыл бұрын
You are joking right? This thing cannot even walk
Great work!
That's no dingo! It didn't take my child away and eat it! :P Cool effort and hats off team!
@SchoolforHackers
11 ай бұрын
I think the dingo ate your robot...
Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for share your work. I hope build this robot in my university, looks very impressive 👏
Good job, Man!
Well Done!