Maker's too-heavy robot dog becomes the perfect excuse to make people come to him
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-10-24
Tech writer Stewart Alsop III shares a humorous perk of building Dogbert the dogbot: it's too heavy and can't walk long distances yet, making it the perfect excuse to have people come to his meetings — "I need help testing it." A lighthearted look at the state of hobbyist quadruped projects: buildable, but locomotion remains the hard part.
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