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$15 LiDAR sensor is now supported!

$15 LiDAR sensor is now supported!

A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with Xiaomi 1st gen LDS02RR laser distance scan sensors.

Ilia Ilia
23 Jan 2024
Tutorial: pet robot gets a sense of touch!

Tutorial: pet robot gets a sense of touch!

Loki (200mm), Fido (250mm), and Snoopy (300mm) are getting a sense of touch - for petting!

Ilia Ilia
04 Oct 2023
Snoopy maps, navigates in real-time - tutorial included

Snoopy maps, navigates in real-time - tutorial included

Watch Snoopy the pet robot map the house and navigate around the house using the newly-created map. This is a fraction of what your robot will be able to do....

Ilia Ilia
02 Oct 2023
Tutorial: overmold your 3D-printed parts with soft urethane rubber

Tutorial: overmold your 3D-printed parts with soft urethane rubber

Here is how I made rubberized rollers for my omniwheel home robot. I’ve tried three or more overmolding techniques and concluded that applying urethane rubber overmolding to omni-wheel rollers has...

Ilia Ilia
02 Oct 2023
Loki 200mm, Fido pet robot build, bring-up instructions

Loki 200mm, Fido pet robot build, bring-up instructions

Here is Loki, a 200mm pet robot. Loki’s dimensions is small enough to fit the widely used 210x250mm and 220x220mm 3D print volumes, so you don’t have to invest in...

Ilia Ilia
24 Sep 2023
Snoopy plays ball, hides, self-drives in VR sim

Snoopy plays ball, hides, self-drives in VR sim

Watch Snoopy-the-pet-robot self-drive around a simulated living room, hide under the table (as in hide-and-seek), play ball and “prompt” humans to play. I sped up the videos 4x.

Ilia Ilia
22 Sep 2023