Mini Pupper vs SpotMicroAI
3D-printed robot dogs
Mini Pupper (MangDang) is a 12-DoF robot dog with no identified hardware license, published at $755.71 (source total, BOM spreadsheet total). SpotMicroAI is an open-source 12-DoF robot dog under the CC-BY-4.0 hardware license, with no published cost. Both score 55 of 100 for reproducibility. None of them publishes a simulation model. SpotMicroAI is dormant.
Drawn to scale
The robots side by side at their true relative size, as their source models are posed.
Side by side
Every figure is read from each robot's record, with its source; a cost keeps the currency the source states and its basis.
| Criterion | Mini Pupper (MangDang)robot dog | SpotMicroAIrobot dog |
|---|---|---|
| Published cost | $755.71source total, BOM spreadsheet totalsource | Not published |
| Degrees of freedom | 12legs 12source | 12legs 12source |
| Type | QuadrupedQuadruped | QuadrupedQuadruped |
| Actuators in the BOM | None of the tracked parts in its BOM |
|
| Boards in the BOM |
|
|
| Simulation models | None published | None published |
| Hardware license | No hardware license statedUnknown or unclearsource | CC-BY-4.0Commercial use OKsource |
| Lifecycle | ActiveSuperseded by Mini Pupper 2source | Dormantsource |
| Reproducibility | 55/100Early source coverage, unverified | 55/100Early source coverage, unverified |
| CAD / mesh present | met20/20 | partial10/20 |
| BOM evidence | partial10/20 | partial10/20 |
| Wiring diagram | missing0/15 | partial7.5/15 |
| Firmware linked | met10/10 | met10/10 |
| Build instructions | met15/15 | partial7.5/15 |
| OSHW-compatible license | missing0/10 | met10/10 |
| Known reproductions | missing0/10 | missing0/10 |
| Build time | Not published | Not published |
| Model size | 110 × 141 × 213 mmwidth × height × depth, as modelled | Not measured: the render is a simplified subset of the robot |
| Source | mangdangroboticsclub/QuadrupedRobot | thingiverse.com/thing:3445283 |