SunFounder PiDog AI Robot Dog Kit for Raspberry Pi 4/3B+/3B/Zero 2W, ChatGPT-4o Enabled with Voice Command & Video Recognition, App Control, FPV, 12 Servos, Gyroscope, Camera, Mic (RPI NOT Included)

Had a servo issue that made me leave a negative review, Seller was very swift in addressing the situation and sent replacement parts out. The build is very sturdy and excellent quality, and easy to assemble with instructions provided. It took me a couple hours assembling it for the first time but YouTube helps whenever you’re stuck. I suggest not to cheap out on the raspberry pi and get the pi4 if you plan on using this to its full extent. Speed is adjustable via code but do keep in mind to not exceed the parts capability. For hard wood floors plug a small rubber cap on the feet and that should help you cancel out any noise and slipping on hard wood floors.

PiDog is awesome! SunFounder has tons of tutorials (video and text) on their web site (click on their Online Tutorials, and then on Robotic Kits, and finally on PiDog Robotic Kit). This kit is not for the faint-hearted to assemble, but everything is labeled very clearly (probably the most organized kit I've ever ordered and assembled honestly). It would be a great intro into robotics for anyone and you can learn to code in Python as well as learn some Linux administration. There are quite a few Python routines already included with PiDog, so it's easy to play with. Just remember, you'll need to already have a Raspberry Pi as this kit does not include it (I used it with a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 2019 Quad Core 64 Bit WiFi Bluetooth 4GB RAM) and it works well. Definitely worth the price IMO.

Pretty cool, good platform for learning the basics of robotics or figuring out how to write something more autonomous. Although merely assembling the dog and using the software on their website doesn't teach you much about how the signals are being interpreted by the motors. More just how to use python.The completed dog cannot spin in place as the legs only move forward/backward and have no lateral motion, so it's limited to very wide slow turns compared to fancier robot dogs. I also got one faulty servo that did not have the complete range of motion, so I installed that one on the "tail" which is relatively unimportant. I will probably use the pi robot hat and sensors for other things later, that's where most of the value lies.

Takes a few hours to build, then a couple of hours to load and calibrate. Overall fun and can't wait to load it with an AI model to localize better.

I like to update my review on SunFounder.com - my mistake on rating them with poor review - they are actually are doing a great support with my concerns, I believe, I did not allow proper time frame to let them to support my situation.They do give great support & I plan on ordering more products from the website "SunFounder.comThey do have great products - give them a chance !!Sorry about the earlier review....

Completely agree with the other reviews, this is a clever design showcasing how a variety of sensors and the SunFounder's robot hat can be combined to achieve complex actions and behaviors, in this case mimicking the behavior of a dog! The examples you see on the video are real, the ear scratching, the howling, including the superdog pose when getting picked up.It is educational to be shown examples of how all these are achieved with a capable board, a bunch of sensors, and programming. Sensor readings, servos and motor controls are very easy to work with via Python. The instructions are very clear, and the website has plenty and very good examples showing every aspects of using the board to build what you want, including autoboot into listening mode so it can be always on.I have yet to try the ChatGPT integration, but I have worked with OpenAI APIs before so I am confident it will work. I can imagine prompting additional puppy actions triggers and verbal dialog / action capabilities into PiDog, making it a perfect STEM toy and kids companion.PiDog is sheer fun, but the hardware that comes with it has a lot of potential uses. It is definitely worth getting if you are like me who want to experiment building robots, but just want to focus on the level of events and actions, and don't want to spend time on the low-level hardware integration, interrupts, register readings side of things! I am excited to experiment building things I had in mind for a long time but was limited by not knowing how to work with sensors. Now I am no longer blocked!One more thing to highlight is their responsive and helpful customer service. My speaker failed on arrival, and after some troubleshooting back and forth with their patience customer service, including showing them videos of my testing, I was given a replacement board for free and everything now works.