YouTuber builds a hackable quadruped for his wheelchair-bound dad
micoolcho · x · 2026-10-22
YouTuber @jlaservideo modified a quadruped robot for his father, who is wheelchair-bound. Micoolcho highlights it as evidence that increasingly affordable robots are enabling builders to hack on them for real-life assistive uses.
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