Small Dynamic Robot Dog

A compact quadruped robot with an 8-DOF leg structure for walking, balancing and teaching. Besides the mechanics, electronics and firmware, the team built a dedicated IDE for deploying, debugging and visual programming. The architecture is open for vision and AI add-ons.

Small orange-and-grey 3D-printed quadruped robot standing on a dark grey surface, 'FreakStudio' embossed on the side of its body
Assembled robot dog
Low side view of the orange robot dog's legs and servo linkages on a blue workbench mat
Leg linkages on the bench

Tech stack

Legs
8-DOF servo leg structure with inverse kinematics
Control
Dynamic gait control and balance logic, IMU-fusion attitude stabilization
Communication
Web, serial and Wi-Fi
Power
Low-voltage monitoring and protection
Supported controllers
ESP32, STM32, Pyboard, K210
Software
Dedicated IDE: one-click configuration and upload, visual programming, parameter tuning and remote-control tools
Expansion
Open interfaces for vision and AI modules

What we built

  • Mechanical design
  • PCB / electronics design
  • Device-side firmware
  • Dedicated IDE / development tool design
  • Motion control tuning and system integration

Development time

30 days

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