The Dingo | A Low Cost, Open-Source Robot Quadruped

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  • Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
  • 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

КОМЕНТАРІ • 473

  • @danfg7215
    @danfg7215 Рік тому +806

    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.

  • @Markfps
    @Markfps Рік тому +56

    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!

  • @rudiniemeijer8869
    @rudiniemeijer8869 Рік тому +64

    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
      @nathanferguson6248  Рік тому +4

      Thankyou very much!

    • @Marlosian
      @Marlosian Рік тому

      @@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
      @nathanferguson6248  Рік тому +17

      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
      @Marlosian Рік тому +4

      @@nathanferguson6248 Well that makes perfect sense, thanks for explaining. In that case, you guys totally crushed it. Kudos!

    • @umaikakudo
      @umaikakudo 2 місяці тому

      Never trust a skinny cook; or an engineer who isn't socially awkward.

  • @brokebothmearms9237
    @brokebothmearms9237 Рік тому +89

    This is really impressive. Great work guys.

  • @raspimari5532
    @raspimari5532 Рік тому +51

    Simply awesome, exactly what i was looking for since years. Many thanks for Sharing.

  • @das250250
    @das250250 Рік тому +15

    Dual motor limb leg design is absolutely brilliant . Good works guys .

  • @anoirbentanfous
    @anoirbentanfous Рік тому +17

    Thank you for all your supporters and for your hard-work to make this available to everyone

  • @rhadiem
    @rhadiem Рік тому +5

    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.

  • @uniworkhorse
    @uniworkhorse Рік тому +40

    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!

  • @samwpatterson
    @samwpatterson Рік тому +6

    I appreciate you keeping this thing a reasonable size and made from smashable materials. Excellent work on the robot bits too!

  • @josgraha
    @josgraha Рік тому +15

    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!!

  • @alekseyprokopev7409
    @alekseyprokopev7409 Рік тому +21

    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.

  • @timaidley7801
    @timaidley7801 Рік тому +11

    "Boston Dynamics wowed the world with the first commercially available robot dog, Spot."
    Sony AIBO enters the chat

    • @error.418
      @error.418 Рік тому +1

      Heh, yeah, they forgot the key detail of "industrial robot dog"

    • @timaidley7801
      @timaidley7801 Рік тому +1

      @@error.418 I just realized AIBO probably came out before they were born

    • @error.418
      @error.418 Рік тому

      @@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.

  • @sennabullet
    @sennabullet Рік тому +5

    You guys are amazing. Thank you for making this available to us.

  • @TandaMadison
    @TandaMadison Рік тому +9

    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!!

  • @dsnineteen
    @dsnineteen Рік тому +7

    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.

  • @atlock
    @atlock Рік тому +1

    Truly amazing product, thank you for making it open source and all the best for your future!

  • @Simon_Rafferty
    @Simon_Rafferty Рік тому +5

    Well done! That really is a big contribution to the OS Robotics community. It even looks cool!

  • @RaG0dofTheSun
    @RaG0dofTheSun Рік тому +13

    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_
      @Mysda_ Рік тому

      I still believe in a future with farmer robot dogs

  • @AerialWaviator
    @AerialWaviator Рік тому +1

    Such a fascinating robotic project. I'm impressed by the leg linkage design.

  • @OMNI_INFINITY
    @OMNI_INFINITY 11 місяців тому +2

    Nicely done! Thanks for making all those files available!

  • @schuman2242
    @schuman2242 Рік тому +2

    Great work team, awesome contribution to the open source community.

  • @philippawlowski6274
    @philippawlowski6274 Рік тому +7

    Well done Nathan and Alex!

  • @chris_piss
    @chris_piss Рік тому +30

    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!

  • @B0A2
    @B0A2 Рік тому +45

    This is amazing! I would love a build guide if possible and a further breakdown of the costs.

    • @nathanferguson6248
      @nathanferguson6248  Рік тому +45

      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
      @tristancoffin Рік тому +2

      ​@@nathanferguson6248 real quick question does the BoM have any parts drawings or something?

    • @bzipoli
      @bzipoli Рік тому +1

      ​@@nathanferguson6248imho you guys should consider expanding into the research/academic field after such an awsome feat ❤

    • @justinbeck9764
      @justinbeck9764 11 місяців тому +1

      @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
      @thefatmoop 11 місяців тому +1

      @@nathanferguson6248 paper launch. "We made this great thing!" someone asks "great can i learn anything more" response "Nope sorry we dropped it" lol

  • @JoelSilva-gk4hq
    @JoelSilva-gk4hq Рік тому +27

    Great work guys! This is better than the alternative out there and it's open source. Simply incredible! Thank you!

  • @InderJalli
    @InderJalli 11 місяців тому

    You have indeed done something significant. Excellent work.

  • @jerry-hilburn
    @jerry-hilburn Рік тому +3

    Outstanding work gentlemen. Sure to be used by many going forward.

  • @kdemotorsports
    @kdemotorsports 10 місяців тому +2

    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
      @nathanferguson6248  10 місяців тому

      Awesome! Excited to hear how it goes

    • @kdemotorsports
      @kdemotorsports 10 місяців тому

      @@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
      @nathanferguson6248  10 місяців тому

      @@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
      @_Chad_ThunderCock 2 місяці тому

      @@nathanferguson6248hey! You guys have any plans for a open source humanoid robot project?

  • @TimoTeamMeinInternet
    @TimoTeamMeinInternet 11 місяців тому +2

    Awesome work guys! Genuinely interested how this evolves in the future. :)

  • @seabeepirate
    @seabeepirate Рік тому +2

    Open source the future! Love it, great work people!

  • @metricstormtrooper
    @metricstormtrooper Рік тому

    That's some really neat design, I love the fact that you used off the shelf parts.

  • @rodrigoalvarez1712
    @rodrigoalvarez1712 10 місяців тому

    WOW! Great job guys!!! Amazing project.

  • @SmashingBricksAU
    @SmashingBricksAU Рік тому +1

    Nice work guys and thanks for sharing the project!

  • @dman8776
    @dman8776 Рік тому +1

    Very impressive design. Nice work!

  • @gomezmario.f
    @gomezmario.f Рік тому

    Awesome project, a vlog during the dev process would've been a gold mine of details for students.

  • @kevinmerrell9952
    @kevinmerrell9952 Рік тому

    Outstanding! Fantastic work! Thank you for sharing this.

  • @h3Xh3Xh3X
    @h3Xh3Xh3X Рік тому +1

    Thank you for releasing your files publicly!

  • @DanMcB1
    @DanMcB1 Рік тому

    Great job fellas, amazing use of the tools available.

  • @fmphotooffice5513
    @fmphotooffice5513 Рік тому

    Applause! Applause! Plenty of optimization and flexibility. Those leg movement optimizations are fascinating.

  • @europhil2000
    @europhil2000 Рік тому +1

    Awesome and good job. This needs more attention!

  • @willsonj
    @willsonj Рік тому +1

    Great work fellas! Dingo is the perfect name for it too

  • @thehulk0111
    @thehulk0111 Рік тому

    i hope later on this project wont die nice work , GOOD JOB

  • @adrianhardcastle9297
    @adrianhardcastle9297 7 місяців тому +1

    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

  • @bzipoli
    @bzipoli Рік тому

    what an amazing step on democratizing robotics research and usage
    amazing feat! 👏👏👏

  • @illusivec
    @illusivec Рік тому +1

    This is some cool stuff guys. Well done!

  • @VIJAYzk
    @VIJAYzk Рік тому +2

    Thats a beautiful machine. Nice job guys

  • @vistry2036
    @vistry2036 Рік тому

    Incredible engineering guys! Well done 👏

  • @Gomisan
    @Gomisan Рік тому +1

    That is a great little robot! Well done

  • @terezip2213
    @terezip2213 Рік тому +2

    amazing work! and good on yous for open sourcing it :) cheers from UoN

  • @jordantheman25
    @jordantheman25 Рік тому

    this is such a big step forwards. Great work!

  • @yuvrajkukreja1248
    @yuvrajkukreja1248 4 місяці тому +4

    Open source is awesome. Well done 👍 ...... Good work 🙂

  • @ridmaganganath5691
    @ridmaganganath5691 7 місяців тому

    Impressed man!! Amazing Work.

  • @erikfinnegan
    @erikfinnegan Рік тому

    I'm impressed. And thankful for the YT algo to have pushed this vid to my stream.

  • @brunobock372
    @brunobock372 7 місяців тому

    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

  • @technoadmin
    @technoadmin Рік тому

    looks awesome, looking forward to tinkering with this

  • @thelockpickinglebowski633
    @thelockpickinglebowski633 Рік тому

    They did a great job designing the Dingo.

  • @nonsquid
    @nonsquid Рік тому

    Some people talk, you guys do. Well done and thank you.

  • @giosanchez90
    @giosanchez90 Рік тому +1

    Amazing work!

  • @websavvy
    @websavvy Рік тому +1

    awesome work lads!

  • @TheMadMagician87
    @TheMadMagician87 Рік тому

    Awesome work fellas, that's really cool!

  • @wahyuagungsugimartanto3340
    @wahyuagungsugimartanto3340 Рік тому +1

    I liked the name, even more for the projects... proud to be a Monash

  • @OMNI_INFINITY
    @OMNI_INFINITY 11 місяців тому

    That gazebo addition is a nice bonus also.

  • @dignitylifts
    @dignitylifts 9 місяців тому

    That was great! Nice work.

  • @sylkates
    @sylkates Рік тому +2

    I am a bad sci fi writer, because I did NOT see open-source robots coming. Great job, folks!

    • @error.418
      @error.418 Рік тому +2

      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.

  • @karissastisser
    @karissastisser Рік тому +4

    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
      @kdemotorsports 10 місяців тому +1

      I was already thinking about adding cheap sonar to the front of mine. All kinds of possibilities.

  • @Unnaymed
    @Unnaymed 2 місяці тому

    Amazing work ! Gg to the team ❤

  • @mariusholle8380
    @mariusholle8380 Рік тому +1

    Great work!!🎉

  • @tycocollectors
    @tycocollectors 6 місяців тому

    Super cool! Well done.

  • @AaedMusa
    @AaedMusa Рік тому +1

    Awesome work this is so cool!!

  • @kairu_b
    @kairu_b Рік тому

    Incredible work

  • @awex7
    @awex7 Рік тому +1

    looking good, cant wait to see whats next

  • @onimus93
    @onimus93 Рік тому +6

    Bill of materials: $300 of printable parts, $100 for servos and $1100 for the rpi

  • @nicxonpiaso6199
    @nicxonpiaso6199 Рік тому +3

    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
      @raguaviva Рік тому

      You are joking right? This thing cannot even walk

  • @DominequeTaylor
    @DominequeTaylor Рік тому

    Totally grabbing one of these!

  • @thenextlayer
    @thenextlayer Рік тому

    Well done. I totally want one!

  • @marco.nascimento
    @marco.nascimento Рік тому

    Awesome!! Great work

  • @davidbarrett7424
    @davidbarrett7424 Рік тому +1

    Great Job! I’ve followed a few builders (x-robots for one) your design looks accessible I think 👍👍

  • @yannkitson116
    @yannkitson116 Рік тому

    Impressive, thanks for sharing!

  • @Dekarowski25
    @Dekarowski25 Рік тому

    Great work making it.

  • @oxydk
    @oxydk Рік тому +1

    very interesting "product", would love to see some more about it in the future, especially how it performs in the wild, if they keep their promise of a 1500$ price point im definetly getting one

  • @NexGen-3D
    @NexGen-3D Рік тому

    Awesome, just found my next project, I have to build this.

  • @tijuthomas6793
    @tijuthomas6793 7 місяців тому

    Awesome project

  • @dongningprc
    @dongningprc Рік тому

    Amazing! Thanks for sharing!

  • @DiegoPerez-ns5tj
    @DiegoPerez-ns5tj 6 місяців тому

    Thanks for share your work. I hope build this robot in my university, looks very impressive 👏

  • @yxx_chris_xxy
    @yxx_chris_xxy Рік тому

    Congratulations! This is really useful.

  • @varaprasadgoudg
    @varaprasadgoudg Рік тому

    You guys have turned my dream into reality. ❤❤❤❤

  • @Lupinicus1664
    @Lupinicus1664 Рік тому

    Great work guys. This will speed up work on walking robots.

  • @drillerdev4624
    @drillerdev4624 Рік тому

    Great work, guys. I hope your linkedin is on fire right now.

  • @hierholzerd
    @hierholzerd 8 місяців тому

    Nice Work!!!! Very Impressive

  • @wormjuice7772
    @wormjuice7772 Рік тому +4

    That sht's dingo! Congrats guys!

  • @seckid37
    @seckid37 Рік тому +1

    Super cool! I could see some interesting cyber security experiments with this thing.

  • @tasteyfoood
    @tasteyfoood Рік тому

    This is awesome 👏

  • @RealSnail3D
    @RealSnail3D Рік тому

    Great job guys!

  • @MT-rv3uh
    @MT-rv3uh Рік тому

    Awesome work guys

  • @augurelite
    @augurelite Рік тому

    Wow this is AWESOME

  • @USBEN.
    @USBEN. Рік тому +1

    Pretty cool, subbed for more videos and updates on this.

  • @AnilArya51
    @AnilArya51 Рік тому +1

    Dingo looks cool

  • @OrigEntertainmentOfficial
    @OrigEntertainmentOfficial Рік тому

    Great job!

  • @paulmcewen7384
    @paulmcewen7384 Рік тому

    Well done guys.