Meet Snoopy the pet robot!

Meet Snoopy, an open-source pet robot! Snoopy is a 300mm, round-base, mid-size DIY 3D-printable indoor pet robot compatible with Kaia.ai software platform.

Snoopy was designed in Fusion 360 in 05/2023 and printed using a Voron 2.4r2 350mm.

Once finished, Snoopy will act as a pet – look cute, play ball, hide-and-seek and chase,
demand its owners’ attention and greet its owners happily at the door.
To get a feel of what Maker’s Pet robots will do, watch Snoopy (in a simulation)

• play ball and hide under a table
• self-drive, map and navigate a living room, all automatically.

Utility functions will include patrolling the house.

Please keep in mind that we are still in product development phase – please sign up for the mailing list below to be notified about product launch. You are also welcome to join our Facebook group and Reddit.

Features

• A 300mm round base.
• 3D-printable and moddable:
  • Requires a 300x300mm or larger build volume.
• 2 bumpers, 4 bumper sensors, 5 cliff sensors.
• A smartphone or a 7″ tablet acts as as a head display.
• ESP32 micro-controller.
• Arduino firmware
• Room mapping using a 360-degree laser distance sensor (ROS2-based).
• Fully autonomous indoor navigation (ROS2-based).
• Kaia.ai software platform compatible:
  • Off-the-shelf character and skills (work-in-progress)
  • Design-and-code a custom character (work-in-progress)
  • Design-and-code custom skills (work-in-progress)

DIY Hardware Build

All CAD and 3D printing files are here including STL, 3MF and Fusion 360.

DIY Electronics

I designed an ESP32 board similar to this one, but for brushless (and more powerful) motors. I plan to make it available in the online store.

Software Setup

The setup and configuration instructions are similar to those for brushed motors here and here.

Develop and Mod

• PC setup for developers
• ROS2 robot description package
  • config here
  • instructions and robot model here