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PiDog

PiDog V2

Price
USD 179.99
Type
Quadruped Robots
Applications
Research & Education · Developer Kit
Status
Commercial
Availability
Not disclosed
Purchase
Online
Release Date
Jul 6, 2025
Country/Region
China
Last Verified
2026-08-21

PiDog V2 is an interactive Raspberry Pi quadruped robot kit from SunFounder.

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Hardware Specification

Physical Specifications

Mechanical joint count
12 count
Materials
Aluminum-alloy structure.

Mechanical Structure

Chassis
Robot HAT hardware control board.

Sensors

Audio Sensor
Integrated sound-direction-recognition module.
Camera
Integrated camera module.
IMU
Integrated 6-DOF IMU module.
Tactile Sensor
Dedicated touch sensors for interaction response.
Ultrasonic Sensor
Head-mounted ultrasonic obstacle-detection module.

Battery and Runtime

Power Supply
3.3 V

Compute Platform

LLM
Multi-LLM interaction supports ChatGPT-4o, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen, Doubao, and Ollama.
Onboard Compute
Raspberry Pi 3B+/4B/5 or Zero 2W; Raspberry Pi is not included.
Software Algorithm
OpenCV-supported computer-vision development.
Software Algorithm
MediaPipe-supported computer-vision development.

Interaction and Communication

Communication
SPI communication for the sound-direction sensor.
External Port
PH2.0 7P connector for the sound-direction sensor.
Lighting
11-channel chest light board.
Microphone
Microphone-supported hearing input.
Microphone
3 count
Remote Controller
Mobile-app control with real-time FPV.
Sound Localization
0–360 degrees
Sound Localization
10 degrees
Sound Localization
20 degrees
Speaker
Speaker integrated with the Robot HAT.
Video Transmission
Real-time first-person video transmission through the mobile app.
Visual Recognition
Color-recognition projects documented for the camera module.
Visual Recognition
Face-detection projects documented for the camera module.
Visual Recognition
Gesture-recognition interaction is documented in the current product description.
Voice Interaction
Recognizes sounds for interactive responses.
Voice Interaction
Speech-to-text and text-to-speech voice interaction.

Development and Expansion

Operating Modes
32 documented dog-like actions, including walking, sitting, standing, head shaking, and tail wagging.
Secondary Development (SDK)
Python programming support.
Secondary Development (SDK)
Official open-source PiDog Python library and examples.

Commercial Status

Status
Commercial
Price
USD 179.99
Release Date
Jul 6, 2025

Timeline

  1. Robot release
    PiDog V2
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