Maker's Pet
Educational Pet Robots - built on Arduino, ROS2 and Kaia.ai
Category 3D-printing
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...
This is a 12-roller robot 3D-printed DIY omni-wheel - a part of Kiddo companion robot. This open-source design incudes 3MF, STL, STEP and SolidWorks files.
If you are reading this post, chances are you have some trouble scraping plastic - of even removing entire 3D-printed parts - off the build surface.
Once you have made your airtight filament spool container - as described in this post - let’s take care of two more things:
If you 3D-print PLA only, I don’t think you need a dryer. But if you print just about anything else - PETG, ABS, ASA, Nylon, TPU, polycarbonate and so on...
If you print only PLA filament, I don’t think you need any of this “nonsense”. Otherwise, if you print just about everything else including PETG, ABS, ASA, Nylon, TPU, polycarbonate...
I use this mount for my Voron 2.4. This mount fits many common webcams - specifically, those webcams that have a horizontal tube-like hole in the back.
When searching for a Voron 2.4 nozzle brush mod I noticed that the available mods stick up from the bed high enough to interfere with the extruder’s movement - when...
Now that you have assembled your Voron printer, did you know that you can get a serial number from Voron Design for your 3D printer? I’ve gotten mine: V2.5212.
Voron 2.4 print volume height comes up short of the advertised 350mm (or 300mm, 250mm) - quite a bit - especially when using the StealthBurner extruder and/or PTFE filament tubing....
Category Tutorial
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...
This is a 12-roller robot 3D-printed DIY omni-wheel - a part of Kiddo companion robot. This open-source design incudes 3MF, STL, STEP and SolidWorks files.
If you are reading this post, chances are you have some trouble scraping plastic - of even removing entire 3D-printed parts - off the build surface.
Once you have made your airtight filament spool container - as described in this post - let’s take care of two more things:
If you 3D-print PLA only, I don’t think you need a dryer. But if you print just about anything else - PETG, ABS, ASA, Nylon, TPU, polycarbonate and so on...
If you print only PLA filament, I don’t think you need any of this “nonsense”. Otherwise, if you print just about everything else including PETG, ABS, ASA, Nylon, TPU, polycarbonate...
I use this mount for my Voron 2.4. This mount fits many common webcams - specifically, those webcams that have a horizontal tube-like hole in the back.
When searching for a Voron 2.4 nozzle brush mod I noticed that the available mods stick up from the bed high enough to interfere with the extruder’s movement - when...
Now that you have assembled your Voron printer, did you know that you can get a serial number from Voron Design for your 3D printer? I’ve gotten mine: V2.5212.
Voron 2.4 print volume height comes up short of the advertised 350mm (or 300mm, 250mm) - quite a bit - especially when using the StealthBurner extruder and/or PTFE filament tubing....
Category Voron24
I use this mount for my Voron 2.4. This mount fits many common webcams - specifically, those webcams that have a horizontal tube-like hole in the back.
When searching for a Voron 2.4 nozzle brush mod I noticed that the available mods stick up from the bed high enough to interfere with the extruder’s movement - when...
Now that you have assembled your Voron printer, did you know that you can get a serial number from Voron Design for your 3D printer? I’ve gotten mine: V2.5212.
Voron 2.4 print volume height comes up short of the advertised 350mm (or 300mm, 250mm) - quite a bit - especially when using the StealthBurner extruder and/or PTFE filament tubing....
Category Mods
If you print only PLA filament, I don’t think you need any of this “nonsense”. Otherwise, if you print just about everything else including PETG, ABS, ASA, Nylon, TPU, polycarbonate...
I use this mount for my Voron 2.4. This mount fits many common webcams - specifically, those webcams that have a horizontal tube-like hole in the back.
When searching for a Voron 2.4 nozzle brush mod I noticed that the available mods stick up from the bed high enough to interfere with the extruder’s movement - when...
Voron 2.4 print volume height comes up short of the advertised 350mm (or 300mm, 250mm) - quite a bit - especially when using the StealthBurner extruder and/or PTFE filament tubing....
Category Kiddo-companion-robot
Meet Kiddo - an open-source DIY 3D-printable home companion robot!
Category omniwheels
Meet Kiddo - an open-source DIY 3D-printable home companion robot!
Category Robot-models
Snoopy’s hardware BoM (bill of materials) adds up to around $200. Here is the minimum BoM breakdown!
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.
Meet Kiddo - an open-source DIY 3D-printable home companion robot!
Category Snoopy-pet-robot
Loki (200mm),
Fido (250mm), and
Snoopy (300mm)
are getting a sense of touch - for petting!
Snoopy’s hardware BoM (bill of materials) adds up to around $200. Here is the minimum BoM breakdown!
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.
Category 300mm
Snoopy’s hardware BoM (bill of materials) adds up to around $200. Here is the minimum BoM breakdown!
Category Electronics
Snoopy’s hardware BoM (bill of materials) adds up to around $200. Here is the minimum BoM breakdown!
Category ESP32
ESP32-S3 comes with a number of GPIO limitations.
ESP32 (and its DevKit boards) has a number of limitations with respect to its GPIOs. Here is a table of issues to keep in mind.
Let’s take a look at:
the list of parts required for the robot assembly
the part costs as of 02/2024
where to get these parts
Snoopy’s hardware BoM (bill of materials) adds up to around $200. Here is the minimum BoM breakdown!
Category Software
Here is the current network connections architecture for Kaia.ai platform.
Category Simulation
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.
Category ROS2
A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with YDLIDAR X3 PRO laser distance scan sensors.
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....
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.
Category Gazebo
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.
Category Snoopy
Let’s take a look at:
the list of parts required for the robot assembly
the part costs as of 02/2024
where to get these parts
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....
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.
Category Showcase
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....
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.
Category Loki-pet-robot
Loki (200mm),
Fido (250mm), and
Snoopy (300mm)
are getting a sense of touch - for petting!
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...
Category 200mm
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...
Category Fido-pet-robot
Loki (200mm),
Fido (250mm), and
Snoopy (300mm)
are getting a sense of touch - for petting!
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...
Category 250mm
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...
Category Overmold
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...
Category Mapping
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....
Category Navigation
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....
Category LiDAR
Let’s take a look at:
the list of parts required for the robot assembly
the part costs as of 02/2024
where to get these parts
A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with YDLIDAR X3 PRO laser distance scan sensors.
A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with Xiaomi 1st gen LDS02RR laser distance scan sensors.
Category LDS
Let’s take a look at:
the list of parts required for the robot assembly
the part costs as of 02/2024
where to get these parts
A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with YDLIDAR X3 PRO laser distance scan sensors.
A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with Xiaomi 1st gen LDS02RR laser distance scan sensors.
Category LDS02RR
A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with Xiaomi 1st gen LDS02RR laser distance scan sensors.
Category ROS
A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with YDLIDAR X3 PRO laser distance scan sensors.
A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with Xiaomi 1st gen LDS02RR laser distance scan sensors.
Category Arduino
A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with YDLIDAR X3 PRO laser distance scan sensors.
A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with Xiaomi 1st gen LDS02RR laser distance scan sensors.
Category YDLIDAR
A brief development update - Maker’s Pet robots now work with YDLIDAR X3 PRO laser distance scan sensors.
Category Loki
Let’s take a look at:
the list of parts required for the robot assembly
the part costs as of 02/2024
where to get these parts
Category Fido
Let’s take a look at:
the list of parts required for the robot assembly
the part costs as of 02/2024
where to get these parts
Category Motors
Let’s take a look at:
the list of parts required for the robot assembly
the part costs as of 02/2024
where to get these parts
Category Support
We have launch a support forum for Maker’s Pet and Kaia.ai 🙋♂️🙋♀️!
Category Kickstarter
We will be launching Maker’s Pet Mini on Kickstarter - sometime in second half of 2024!
We will be launching Maker’s Pet Mini on Kickstarter - sometime in second half of 2024!
Category Mini
We will be launching Maker’s Pet Mini on Kickstarter - sometime in second half of 2024!
We will be launching Maker’s Pet Mini on Kickstarter - sometime in second half of 2024!
Category ESP32-S3
ESP32-S3 comes with a number of GPIO limitations.
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