I Built a Robot Dog and Made it Dance

In this video, I'll be building TOPS , my robot dog. While I have attempted a couple of robot dogs in the past, nothing has come close to having the natural gait of an actual dog. In this project, the goal is to make a more dynamic quadrupedal robot. Be sure to watch parts 0, 1, and 2 for context. Subscribe if you enjoyed the video!
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[@jamesbruton]

cool!

[@AaedMusa]

Waiting patiently for OpenDog V4 James

[@Micreathonn]

The man himself!

[@Fox_Gaming208]

I patiently agree@@AaedMusa

[@martinreus8418]

the man, the myth! awesome project, @aaedmusa!

[@SkiingInstructorWithAPasssion]

Give us the Tops-Opendog hybrid. Or maybe not, I don’t know if the works is ready for it😳

[@thehudsonforge71]

"Hopes, dreams and a hole with no tolerance" I feel this

[@riley4202]

This is the kind of thing companies try to build… well done!

[@pofrani]

What are you talking about??? Boston literally started it all!

[@orangehatmusic225]

@@pofrani They actually didn't build the first one.. but you can believe that if you want.

[@SirWifHat]

Boston dynamics started build bigdog in 1995 and was finished in 2005. They were maybe not the first robot dog but definetly the first of its kind and best.

[@orangehatmusic225]

@@SirWifHat No internet noobie. Try 1939 at the World Fair where the first animatronic dog was showcased.

[@Ifortgor]

@@orangehatmusic225Bro, who’s gonna know such an obscure fact as that. That’s also completely irrelevant compared to the innovations Boston dynamics made.

[@docfarl]

Young man, you're an electro-mechanical engineer of the highest calibre! I hope they recognize that and reward you appropriately in your day job.

[@marmosetman]

No. He should start his own company. He should let his creativity flow.

[@norkshit]

the whole time i watched this i kept thinking, "imagine how much this guy could achieve if he had his own professional lab with state of the art equipment." Wonderful job man!

[@JohnnyKidder]

We eventually are going to need robot dog shows/competitions with the amount of these projects that are popping up

[@TheSelfUnemployed]

I built a tiny robo dog using 9g servos and the gait sequence was definitely the most difficult part. I attempted using inverse kinematics but it was awhile ago and i was still very green when it came to engineering and coding. This makes me want to take a shot at attempt number 2 and see how much better i can make it. Thanks for the inspiration. Crazy nice project brother.

[@BernardSandler]

I loved thus project from beginning to end. It’s a surprisingly agile beasty! I’m so glad you finished it. I think ultimately you would’ve been disappointed if you hadn’t. Engineering is iterative. Building resilience in yourself is as much a part of the project as building the robot. I really look forward to your next build.

[@klausnielsen1537]

Having watched you stride through the progressions here with TOPS I thought many times about James Bruton and his development over the years. But that does not take anything away from the fact that what you have achieved is mind blowing! Great engineering and great videos. Thank you for entertaining, sharing and explaining. I loved the ride! 😊

[@ProofBenny]

Dude in pajamas builds a killer robot. what a world we live in!

[@Davepotnoodle]

This was brilliant. I often click on stuff like this fully expecting to skip through... but I watched from start to finish. Liked and subbed because I really want to see how this progresses!

[@AerialWaviator]

Very impressed with your actuator design. This project is definitely TOPS! So much learning and application accomplished across mechanical, electrical and computer engineering. Well done! Look forward to seeing your next project.

[@Frank_G_Finster]

This is by all means impressive. Thank you for sharing and all the best for your future projects!

[@jono9717]

Thank you so much for completing this build! I can definitely see it mustn't have been easy but you stuck it out and got a really impressive result. I'll be anticipating your future projects!

[@adamchelchowski]

Man, I laughed so hard at this film! And the intro, gorgeous! I really enjoyed your work and effort presented. Keep up and good luck!

[@samuelsantos1181]

I FOUND KZbin GOLD, FINALLY CONTENT ABOUT ROBOTICS! Now I will train my English by watching videos like these and seeing content about what I like most. Thanks for the video, great work bro!

[@garrukapex6693]

insanely cool project and comedic presentation style? instant sub :)

[@davidberry8463]

Great job! My students are going to love your videos. This will be create inspiration and motivation.

[@NakedSageAstrology]

Absolutely incredible. Now with Claude 3 I feel like we can all build anything.

[@thetomster7625]

I usually don't care that much about robotics, but this is such high quality content and equally high quality engineering, that I'm simply impressed.

[@BlondieSL]

This man is BRILLIANT! It really is nice to see someone so young have such a high IQ and abilities as demonstrated here. As a guy who has been in the electronics/programming field for decades, I can say clearly, that I am very impressed with this man.

[@Delphir]

you can put a polarized filter on the camera to get rid of reflections on the glasses

[@superhans3717]

One of the few times my KZbin recommendations gives me gold. Subscribed and about to binge.

[@danclark8745]

This series has been awesome. Really enjoyed watching. Thanks for your content, look forward to seeing more in the future!

[@bricogeekcom]

Really impressive work Aaed and also really great funny video to watch, keep it up!

[@stiLLa2000]

im really impressed with the smooth movement of the robot!

[@twokool4skool129]

Really cool. If you incorporate an endstop sensor into your actuators, you won't need to calibrate manually. It can just do a range test until it encounters its endstops and then auto-calculate its calibration settings.

[@AaedMusa]

I tried this already in part 1. Got rid of it in part 2.

[@AGeekNamedRoss]

New subscriber here. I absolutely love how you handle failures. That's a huge strength. Keep up the great work.

[@DenBlackburn]

Your dedication is outstanding.

[@beautifulsmall]

Teensy 4.1 and CAN bus, good choice. Looks like you sized everything well and got the drive torque ratios right. No IMU! wow well done. James B is a hero. Congratulations on a succesful outcome.

[@BPJJohn]

A more affordable Spot that you can build yourself is a noble goal. Keep it going! 👍

[@abhikhubby]

Incredible work dude! Amazing that you Designed, 3D Printed & Programmed it all yourself!

[@ASH-ep3td]

this is a really impressive project. I'd love to see a series of videos documenting new changes and parts.

[@markmaker2488]

Subscription earned, great job👍 its great to see you acknowledging James Bruton too.

[@jameskabagnut8103]

this is certainly amazing sir Aaed. With this, I feel motivated to finish my Robot dog also.

[@ericblenner-hassett3945]

Nice project and amazing progress. One thing to look into is offset lobe belt tensioner. Having a center pivot offset from the center and bearings to allow the belt to be pressurised ( kept tight against the gear teeth ) while still moving, would keep tension and allow changing the tension should the belts stretch. Keep it up, you are almost done at the design stage.

[@JJs_playground]

I can't even understand how one human can make this. *Unbelievable work.*

[@manu_thind]

Other videos on building D.I.Y quad robots also on youtube but not with much detailed processed like this, well done.

[@kstarcreativeHART.]

Came across your videos, amazing work. So creative and inspirational 👏

[@stefanjakob6762]

Awesome project. Very good story telling. Keep going and all the best.

[@jeepee7091]

Smart and funny, I like this guy. Well done, that’s amazing and quite an achievement.

[@thenextension9160]

This was great thank you for showing some of the 3D printing

[@MechAero_Labs]

I've been waiting for this ,and it's now here. I really like what you do ,I wish I could know alot like you ❤❤

[@tommythorn]

Very impressive. It obviously represent an enormous amount of work, but the end result looks totally brilliant and the motion is very smooth. However my favorite part is the actuators. Finally a robot project that isn't just using hobby servos! I do think this project would benefit from a lot more feedback sensors.

[@purrzival]

why in the world is this channel not blowing up, what a great video!

[@irkedoff]

I'm happy that you finished it. It looks great.

[@joetkeshub]

Awesome! You earned a new subscriber (as you wrote it in the code ;). I wish that young people from my beloved island Madagascar get inspired by your work. Thanks a lot Musa. God bless you.

[@amogusenjoyer]

Man that robot completely destroys me at dancing... Great project, its surprisingly smooth!

[@prothomasgaming]

Bro just made a quadrillion dollar top secret 10 year research time project, with less than 2k and less than 3 months. Edit: I just began ww3 in comment section...

[@MsJenniferxxx]

Because all hard work and research was already laid out for these robot dogs ..

[@MiGLifeCrisis]

no?...

[@ttracs]

What are you talking about. He’s just doing what Boston dynamics has done but worse.

[@myshots101]

​@@ttracsI guess you missed the part that he's a student learning.

[@hubertnnn]

@@ttracs He just did what Elon Musk failed to do - a robot that can walk without a team of humans constantly supporting it.

[@easdfghjjkl]

The open design and colors looks awesome!

[@John-gw3mj]

Amazing project, thanks for sharing it. I'm looking forward to what's next! On the note of pint time estimates: I recently switched to Orca Slicer and found its time estimates to be pretty good as long as you don't have accelerations set above your printer's firmware cap.

[@mrschnider6521]

This young man certainly has a very bright future ahead of him in engineering. Its absolutely beautiful and i love the color scheme, you even added a touch of gold. I never had seen someone use a bldc motors for this kind of thing, I gotta take a closer look to see how that works, thats going to be a very fast dog. You should use these amazing skills to try to contribute some ideas to the FGC-9 MK3, the Mark2 has been out for such a long time now and there is no mk3 yet.

[@cho4d]

i am seriously impressed! you and james burton are on another level when it comes to 3d printing and robots!

[@Junkboy888]

Just got done watching one of James video and saw this on the the list. Nice build and what a horrible sound it made when the belt slips. Sound like my Knees going down the steps. Well worth Subscribing.

[@redles4212]

I noticed you using a wrench to get those bearings in, I've found that using a quick grip clamp is really useful for pressing bearings into parts without scraping anything. Amazing video as always my guy, I learn a lot from these videos.

[@Astromonkey_Studios]

Wow this is really cool. I love of how Tops turned out! Great job!

[@z0mb13h0rd3]

I am super impressed once again at the content and humor of your videos. If you were in the NE, I’d gladly help you with certain shop skills and items. But I do love what accomplish with minimal tools. In no way should you be disappointed in the result, but rather feel accomplished in what you’ve done. It is a stepping stone to better things. Rome wasn’t built in a day, we didn’t get to the moon first launch, and some people think the world is flat. Look forward to what you have planned next.

[@SchimShady12]

Just waiting for your channel to blow up to say I was there in the beginning. Impressive work!

[@Tardvark]

*Videos like this are why I love youtube*

[@janviertel4832]

Wow, great and well designed, nice colors too, very interesting and high value.

[@RetroRefreshments]

I cannot be more happy that I found this channel. Subscribed and cant wait to see all the whacky stuff you do in the future!

[@HansWilms]

this is awesome. You did a really great job conveying how much work stuff like this takes

[@ronaldkinsella1256]

You're incredible. The robot is amazing!

[@TheRealSuperman217]

Just a thought. Try using mechanical end stop limit switches to set the home position in the down/rest position. Code it like you were build a 3D printer to Home. Take that sequence and use it to calibrate each leg automatically and simultaneously. So now on start up and shut down the End Stop Switch does what you've been doing manually. Just a thought.... spit balling. Keep up the great work young man.

[@AaedMusa]

I had actually tried this out in part 1. It worked but made everything very bulky.

[@OZtwo]

Very cool! can't wait for version 2 and even more your other projects!

[@monkeypoohonyou]

Damn Aaed this is really badass and a sick looking machine! Props!

[@tetie_]

This is way too underrated, keep it up

[@user-xd9yt4qe7i]

Just came across your vids recently and immediately subbed. Pretty cool stuff!

[@goodbasic6486]

It would be one thing if it was just an amazing home brew robotics project; that would already be amazing. But the production quality and organization of the footage, workspace, presentation of information is stellar! Well done good sir. I give up KZbin now. You win.

[@kingcab69420]

Subbed within the first two minutes, brilliant video.

[@orronkenyetta]

"held together by hopes and dream" THAT WAS FUNNY

[@TurboPotato]

absolute TOP class my man. This is gonna go viral

[@mrmayor7828]

Thank you @KZbin for suggesting this channel.

[@I.no.ah.guy57]

I definitely could tell that you were designing it very similarly to James Bruton's, but you didn't just download his files and code so I give you props for that, and I'm sure he does too. Great work, can't wait to see what else you create!

[@jaugretler9140]

Amazing project!! Respect for your patience and creativity:)

[@thecurlynat6312]

Waouuuh 🎉 Congratulations from Cameroon ❤

[@jamesoromo340]

Awesome work bro you're going to be great and everyone will know your name!!💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏿💪🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@rhonddavincent2803]

Wow, what an amazing young man. Well done. You have a great future ahead of you.

[@maz3808]

This is the kind of videos I want KZbin to recommend for me.

[@kikihobbyrepair]

Amazing build. Really inspiring.

[@kv9009]

The one major upgrade for a walk, that you can easily do, is when the 2 paws are in air other 2 will move in direction of movement it will increase step length

[@eclipse8149]

I wish I could learn how to solder and code, so I can make cool shit like this. Good job man, takes a lot of knowledge to do this

[@MichaelTeeuw]

Love the video and your design. I have been eyeballing these types of motors and controllers to play with, but they are so freaking expensive. Who knows … one day. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@darellldark]

I am so lucky YT recommended me your video! Amazing project and great sense of humor Good luck in next projects and, I hope, one day we will see TOPS v2!

[@TheEvertw]

Congratulation with this achievement! This took a significant amount of creativity, skill and determination!

[@jjmelo]

Love the mix of engineering and humor!

[@tylersnard]

Lol I love that you specify in the name that it can only do planar surfaces.

[@Simon_Rafferty]

You've done very well to get this far! I know first hand, how hard it is to make a workable quadruped. If you can overcome the desire to build something else with all the motors etc, I'd like to see you have another go - as you've already achieved the hardest part.

[@Adventure_fuel]

Pretty frickin awesome.

[@vazaubaev]

You did awesome thing! Its pleasure to watch what you do, so inspiring

[@mirjalolbahodirov4579]

You’re doing so good and you aren’t giving me to sleep. Just respect, keep it up!

[@alfonsoPina]

If all the dog did was dance, I would buy 2 of them. Good job! I love seeing people do stuff like this. strengthen those inner skillz!

[@bongsurfer]

Everything about this video is amazing - from the content and project to the quality and explanation. Thank you for sharing

[@ricksface]

LoL @ your belt. Great build and great video. Thanks!

[@Jasonronsteinberger]

I'm so glad I found your channel, I need to start 3d printing again and follow along with this!

[@LucasChoate]

dude! you're amazing and criminally undersubscribed.

[@Robertc-lv4gs]

Loved this video. I have watched James Brutons channel for years and really liked your emphasis on the electronics side of things. Instant sub! Please keep them coming!

[@ravendarkcloud]

Amazing work, just keep handling the the problems and make it get better. Design, test, improve, that is how great things come to life.

[@jocelyndelorme4873]

Really great what you have done!

[@brycemercines5480]

Awesome work!