Mini Pupper User Manual
Welcome to the official user manual for Mini Pupper, a low-cost, open-source personal quadruped robot dog kit. This documentation will guide you through assembly, calibration, and advanced AI/ROS programming.
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Introduction
What is Mini Pupper?
Inspired by Stanford Pupper, Mini Pupper makes robotics and AI accessible with open-source software and expandable hardware. With our kits, you can build a robot dog with enough horsepower to create exciting real-world applications.
Our expanding hardware ecosystem includes: * Mini Pupper 1 (Launched in 2021) * Mini Pupper 2 (Launched in 2022) * AI Kit (Launched in 2026)
Key Features
Mechanics: Quickly assemble and understand mechanical design within 1 hour.
Scratch Coding: The easiest start for K12 STEM education.
Robotics Control: Ready-to-study kinematics examples out of the box.
ROS (Robot Operating System): Study SLAM and navigation with example projects (ROS1 & ROS2).
OpenCV: Vision tutorials using the built-in camera module and OpenCV.
Generative AI: Integrated with ChatGPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), and Claude (AWS).
Open-Source & Expandable: Fully customizable DIY hardware, officially endorsed by Raspberry Pi.
Documentation
User Guides
Technical References
About Us
MangDang Technology Co., Limited
Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Hong Kong, MangDang specializes in the research, development, and production of innovative robot products that improve daily life. We are a global team with members from many countries and regions.
Global Community & Events
Explore Mini Pupper in action across Ubuntu, ROS, AWS, and IEEE：
Special thanks to our Japanese translation contributors: naraki , Tech Life Hacking , Tiryoh (Daisuke Sato)