What are the supporting modules?

Bittle robot dog supports a few modules such as sound sensor, light sensor, touch sensor, and camera module. You can connect common modules using the 2.54mm connectors on NyBoard V1. Although Nybble robot cat uses the same NyBoard V1 as Bittle, there’s no easy way to mount the modules.

What connection methods do Petoi robots support?

Petoi robots support wired serial connection via USB programmer, Bluetooth dongle, and WiFi dongle.

Do your robots support voice-based input?

If you equip them with a sound module, they can be programmed to do voice recognition and act on voice commands accordingly.

What single board computers do your legged robots support?

Our open source quadruped robots support communication with optional microcontrollers or computers such as Raspberry Pi, Nvidia Jetson Nano, and micro:bit through wired or wireless connections. Both Nybble and Bittle support direct connections to Raspberry Pi (smaller models like Pi 3A+ and Pi Zero are preferred). For larger setups, extra support structures may be 3D-printed. Communication is handled via serial UART, with Python modules and sample codes available in OpenCat/SerialMaster. Note that Jetson Nano is too large for the robots, so only wireless connections are recommended.

Petoi Robots Software & Apps

Petoi Mobile App

The official mobile app for configuring and controlling Petoi's programmable robot pets.

Features:

Control robots to move with different walking speeds and default actions such as push-ups, greetings, stretches, and rest. Great for playing games with your friends and families.
Add custom actions (commands) to your robots to achieve more advanced maneuverability and motions
Chain multiple commands together to streamline movements
Easy calibration interface to make the robot's joints aligned correctly

Supported robots: Nybble, Bittle
Download: Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Android APK

Petoi Desktop App

Petoi Desktop App is an open source desktop app to upload firmware, calibrate and easily compose new skills of Petoi programmable robot pets via wired or Bluetooth connections.

Supported operating systems: Windows, Mac, Linux and Chromebook
Supported robots: Nybble, Bittle
Download link

OpenCat compatibility:

1.0 - firmware uploader
2.0 - firmware uploader, joint calibrator, skill composer

Petoi Coding Blocks

Petoi Coding Blocks is a Scratch-like graphical drag & drop block-based coding environment for all Petoi programmable robot pets.

support both wired and Bluetooth connections
support all Petoi robots running on OpenCat 2.0
the desktop app runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
use OpenCat Python API, and can generate Python codes that students can study

Petoi also provides a free robotics curriculum based on Petoi Coding Blocks.

Arduino IDE

Arduino IDE provides the coding environment for programming Petoi's Arduino robot pets in C/C++. Petoi's Arduino robot pets can be connected to the IDE via wired, Bluetooth or Wifi connections on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chromebook.

It supports all of Petoi programmable robots.

Python Serial API

Petoi's open-source Python API enables sending serial commands through a terminal to control Petoi programmable robots.

See the demos for connecting the robot with another program, such as voice, vision, and gaits trained by deep learning. It also allows the robot to perform an infinite length of tasks defined by a preset scheduler.

It supports all of Petoi programmable robots.

Open Source Projects

Petoi's vibrant community has produced open source projects such as Inverse Kinematic Model OpenCat, an inverse kinematic model and gait generator, and OpenCatWeb, a web interface to control Opencat-based robots.

Please check the Petoi documentation for all the latest work.