New pupper kit from MangDang
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Nathan
Jun 3, 2021, 10:09:27 PM6/3/21
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Hey all! Afreez from MangDang wanted me to let you guys know about the release of their Pupper spin-off called Mini Pupper. It's a great little robot!
Afreez has been updating me on the progress of this project for a while now, and has incorporated a bunch of my feedback into the project. Not only that, he's also addressed the main pain points of the Stanford Pupper project, mainly the hardware assembly and troublesome software bring-up on the Raspberry Pi. It's got a bunch of cool new features too like a proper on/off switch, a low-battery alarm, a LCD panel for a face, and a compact leg linkage.
To be completely fair, Mini Pupper is quite mini and not as fast as Stanford Pupper, so that could be a downside for some people. But if you're in it for the education value I think it'd be a cool robot to build instead of Stanford Pupper. While I love Stanford Pupper, I/we haven't been able to keep up with community feedback as much as we would have liked. I think it's great that MangDang can sell these kits to support the community.
Best,
Nathan (Stanford Student Robotics, Pupper creator etc)
Mangdang
Jun 3, 2021, 10:52:02 PM6/3/21
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Hey all,
First of all, thanks so much for Nathan's great help to Mini Pupper project!
We learned so much from Pupper project. Awesome project, kudos to the team!
The day before yesterday, we released Mini Pupper information on hackster.io.
Only several hours later, Mini Pupper Quadruped was picked as a Hackster favorite and has been featured!
If you have any questions, please feel free to give your feedback on
If you are also like it, we can also give a special price to all of Pupper Google Groups.
Best Regards,
MangDang
Mangdang
Jun 6, 2021, 10:50:40 AM6/6/21
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Hey all,
Some friends asked for a special price, for more information on the early bird price for Mini Pupper, please refer to this link, thanks!
Some friends asked for a special price, for more information on the early bird price for Mini Pupper, please refer to this link, thanks!
Mangdang
Jun 12, 2021, 6:16:53 AM6/12/21
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SLAM&Navigation functions make Mini Pupper smarter.
If you have any advice, please feel free to let us know.
Many thanks!
Mangdang
Jul 30, 2021, 11:50:09 AM7/30/21
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Don't like being too quiet. let me share the good news.
Mini Pupper (LeggedRobot) was exposed by ROS, we were still not done, the Mini Pupper is only the start of our ROS journey.
Very appreciated if you can give us any advice.
Nathan
Jul 30, 2021, 2:58:10 PM7/30/21
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Super cool!
Mangdang
Sep 30, 2021, 12:07:36 AM9/30/21
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Hey all,
Hope all is well!
Just share some Mini Pupper good news!
About 15 hours ago,
Mini Pupper Kickstarter campaign goes live.
It only takes 5 minutes to get 100% funded! And now over 1000% funded and the number is still growing! Thanks a lot for your support!
It only takes 5 minutes to get 100% funded! And now over 1000% funded and the number is still growing! Thanks a lot for your support!
Mini Pupper not only is featured as a "project we love" but also gets into top popularity in the technology and robot section on Kickstarter.
Amazing!
As a 1st day backer, you can get one more free servo, very appreciated if you can back Mini Pupper.
Best Regards,
Afreez from Mini Pupper Team
Mangdang
Oct 17, 2021, 9:53:34 PM10/17/21
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Just share a Mini Pupper good news!
Mini Pupper is on the first page of the Kickstarter platform, the best position!
This is the open-source, ROS, OpenCV robot dog platform you’ve been waiting for.
so please back our project, order Mini Pupper, and lay the foundation for your robot dog platform right now.
Best Regards,
Afreez from Mini Pupper Team
Mangdang
Oct 29, 2021, 5:00:08 AM10/29/21
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Hi guys,
Mini Pupper: Open-Source, ROS Robot Dog Kit.
There are only 4 hours left for
Kickstarter. Don't miss it.
Mini Pupper dreams to fly.
Best Regards,
Mini Pupper Team
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