hexapod vs OpenCat

hexapod

By MakeYourPet

An open source quadruped robot pet framework for developing Boston Dynamics-style four-legged robots that are perfect for STEM, coding & robotics education, IoT robotics applications, AI-enhanced robotics application services, research, and DIY robotics kit development. (by PetoiCamp)

quadruped walking legged-robot Arduino Stem Simulation quadruped-robot-gaits Kit Raspberry Pi Robotics

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hexapod		OpenCat
	Project
4	Mentions	6
1,000	Stars	3,119
-	Growth	13.8%
4.2	Activity	8.5
9 months ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
	Language	C++
MIT License	License	MIT License

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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

hexapod

Posts with mentions or reviews of hexapod. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-10.

Build your own 3D printed Hexapod
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Feb 2024
Best Programmable Pet Robot to play with
2 projects | /r/robotics | 10 Dec 2023
Fast Walking DIY Hexapod Robot. I have published all the designs and instructions, and you can build this exact hexapod if you like.
1 project | /r/robotics | 17 Mar 2023
My Fully 3D Printed Hexapod Robot (everything except the servos and electronics)
1 project | /r/3Dprinting | 8 Oct 2022

All the parts available here: https://github.com/MakeYourPet/hexapod

OpenCat

Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenCat. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-10.

Petoi Bittle – a programmable robot dog
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Apr 2024

We have the APIs through OpenCat(https://github.com/PetoiCamp/OpenCat). You can control every servo movement via coding.
OpenCat
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Mar 2024
Best Programmable Pet Robot to play with
2 projects | /r/robotics | 10 Dec 2023
Gepette: The smart AI powered assistant for Mac
1 project | /r/macapps | 23 Mar 2023

lol first result was a robo cat and now I want one.
Small and affordable Boston Dynamics-style quadruped robot dog
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Aug 2022
A Boston Dynamics-style robot dog for STEM education and AI-enhanced services
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Oct 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing hexapod and OpenCat you can also consider the following projects:

esp32-robot-dog-code - WIP: ESP32 powered robot dog, quadruped robot. This is just code, hardware in the other repositories

champ - MIT Cheetah I Implementation

spot_mini_mini - Dynamics and Domain Randomized Gait Modulation with Bezier Curves for Sim-to-Real Legged Locomotion.

popi_project - Here is everything you need to know about POPI, our open-source quadruped robot. If you want to check the videos we will release about it, you can have a look at our YouTube channel.

ArduinoJson - 📟 JSON library for Arduino and embedded C++. Simple and efficient.

towr - A light-weight, Eigen-based C++ library for trajectory optimization for legged robots.

Marlin - Marlin is an optimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platform. Many commercial 3D printers come with Marlin installed. Check with your vendor if you need source code for your specific machine.

Phenobottle - An open-source Raspberry-Pi based photobioreactor for cultivating and assessing physiology (photosynthesis & productivity) in microscopic algae.

emonpi - Raspberry Pi Based Energy Monitor. Hardware, Firmware & related software for the PI.