CARA 2.0 – “I Built a Better Robot Dog”

kept by eddie may 09

CARA 2.0 is a sub-$1000 quadruped robot built by Aaed Musa using cheap drone motors and controllers to make dynamic legged robots accessible to hobbyists and researchers.

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