You’ve doubtlessly seen the current crop of robot dogs and, if you are like us, thought about getting one to play with. The problem is that the cheap ones are toys, and the serious ones cost serious money. But now you can experiment with a mid-range cost one for free in your browser. The sponsor will be happy to sell you a robot in kit or assembled form, although it is the OpenCat robot (we’ve covered it before), so you could simply build a real one yourself if you wanted to.
The code is all in a Web-based IDE, and the main file is deceptively simple. However, the real work is in read_serial (in the src/moduleManager.h file, for some reason) and reaction in the aptly-named src/reaction.h file. If you just want to play, you can use the buttons in the simulator or enter serial commands (documented elsewhere). For example, ksit will make the dog sit down.
