>>66259088Robot dogs have really bottomed out in the last decade. There are research and hobbyist kits that you build cheaper. I've seen a lotta grad projects on youtube, hackernews, and reddit that are fully open source.
https://youtu.be/dYgCxZjdNUU>>66234318Have to agree. I'm surprised turtle didn't go for one of the more smaller basic humanoids out there. Neuro in a small doll-sized form seems like it'd be more marketable. Imagine her stumbling around trying to walk and going "oof!". Cute!
Something like Nao or Darwin-OP is too expensive, but looking up the robodog company he chose, HIWONDER has a similarly programmable humanoid for the same pricepoint.
https://www.hiwonder.com/collections/humanoid-robot/products/ainex?variant=40257678147671https://youtu.be/Oizs08q8_9g 