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Q8BOTONE: A PALM-SIZED OPEN-SOURCE QUADRUPED ROBOT WITH SMART ACTUATORS

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ZeroWire Robotics has launched the Q8botOne, a smartphone-sized open-source quadruped robot featuring an innovative wire-free chassis where the main printed circuit board serves as the structural frame. Driven by an ESP32-C3 microcontroller and eight DYNAMIXEL smart bus actuators with parallel-linkage legs, the compact robot can walk, trot, jump, and carry twice its 250-gram payload.