Open Dynamic Robot Initiative

An Open Torque-Controlled Modular Robot Architecture for Legged Locomotion Research

https://open-dynamic-robot-initiative.github.io/

In this video, we show a new set of jumps on Solo8. We are evaluating modifications to the leg design to make it more robust against high impact forces. We executed 38 very high jumps (with maximum height of 106 cm) on the robot and did not observe any damage of the 3d printed structural parts. More information: https://open-dynamic-robot-initiative... Forum for questions: https://odri.discourse.group/categories GitHub Hardware Documentation: https://github.com/open-dynamic-robot... GitHub Software Documentation: https://github.com/open-dynamic-robot... Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1910.00093.pdf

https://www.amazon.com/T-Motor-Antigravity-4004-KV400-Professional/dp/B07XB5J3MJ Wow $100 an actuator for just the motor before controller and encoder. Still too steep for consumers.

https://github.com/open-dynamic-robot-initiative/open_robot_actuator_hardware/blob/master/mechanics/actuator_module_v1/README.md