SpotMicroAI: Building My First Robot Dog

👋 Hello!
I’m starting this blog with a dream I’ve been putting off for a while — building my own four-legged robot: SpotMicroAI. If you’ve ever admired Boston Dynamics and their robot dogs, you’ll understand my motivation. SpotMicroAI is an open-source project inspired by SpotMini, and any enthusiast can replicate it at home. So, I decided to give it a go!

🔧 What is SpotMicroAI?
It’s a DIY platform combining 3D-printed parts, servos, and affordable electronics to create a functional robot dog.

It can:
— Walk (even smoothly with proper tuning)
— Balance and react to tilt
— See and analyze (with a camera and AI)
— Be remotely controlled

The project is community-driven on GitHub, and I’ll be sharing the step-by-step build in this blog.

💬 Why am I building it?
I’m passionate about robotics. With some experience in 3D printing, electronics, and programming, this project is a chance to level up — especially in AI and computer vision.

📦 What’s been done so far?
✔️ All parts printed
✔️ Main electronics assembled:
📌 Raspberry Pi 3
⚙️ MG996R servos
💡 PCA9685 controller
🔋 18650 3S batteries + BMS
🔻 5V Step-Down converter
🧰 Screws, wires, capacitors, and other bits

Next up: assembling the body and connecting everything. I’ll post progress step-by-step.

🛠 What’s this blog about?
It’s for beginners building SpotMicroAI, DIYers, 3D printing and Raspberry Pi fans, and anyone curious about robotics. I’ll share experience, photos, links, mistakes, and lessons learned.

⚠️ Quick note:
This is all based on my personal experience. I’m not a professional or a teacher — just learning, experimenting, and sharing the journey.

If you have tips, ideas, or your own experience to share — I’d love to chat in the comments!

👉 You can read the full article on my blog.