Raspberry Pi Quadruped Provides Low-Cost Research Solution

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Abstraction: Open-source Raspberry Pi 4 quadruped robot for low-cost research

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Dingo quadruped built by Monash Engineering students Alexander Calvert and Nathan Ferguson; forked from Stanford's Quadruped project
Controlled by a Raspberry Pi 4 B plus an Arduino Nano; runs Ubuntu with ROS Noetic and custom Python scripts
Supports pitch, roll, yaw, speed adjustment, crouching, weight transport, and PS4 remote control
Total parts cost exceeds $1,300 USD; 12 servos at $44.49 each account for over $530 of that
Body is 3D-printable and fully open-source; CAD files available on GrabCAD
Intended as a modifiable research platform with interchangeable components

Connections: Raspberry Pi · Monash University · Robotics · Embedded Systems