
Build Kame32, an 8-servo ESP32 robot dog
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Kame32 is an open-source, 3D-printable quadruped on an ESP32 with 8 servos and a custom PCB. It walks, runs, and switches gaits under Wi-Fi control.
Javier Isabel's Kame32 is a compact maker quadruped: two servos per leg, printed body, and a PCB that keeps the wiring tidy. Control it wirelessly from a phone or laptop. The community already remixes it (for example a 'disco mode' dance fork from MakeSpace Madrid). It's trending on X this week as a weekend robot-dog build.
Hardware & cost: An ESP32, 8 micro servos, the Kame32 PCB, a battery and printed parts. Typically well under $100 in hobby parts.
Difficulty: Easy to medium. Some soldering for the PCB.
Agent install prompt (paste into Claude Code, Cursor or Codex): "Clone https://github.com/JavierIH/kame32, list the printed parts and electronics, set up the ESP32 toolchain, flash the firmware, and show me how to send walk and run commands over Wi-Fi."
Seen on X: https://x.com/Alacritic_Super/status/2110576304458457277
Source: JavierIH/kame32 on GitHub — https://github.com/JavierIH/kame32 (facts checked against the project README, Oct 2026; prices vary by region).
Quick answers
- What do you need to build Kame32, an 8-servo ESP32 robot dog?
- An ESP32, 8 micro servos, the Kame32 PCB, a battery and printed parts. Typically well under $100 in hobby parts.
- How hard is it to build Kame32, an 8-servo ESP32 robot dog?
- Easy to medium. Some soldering for the PCB.
Ideas to try with it
Our ideas, not the builder's claims.
- Walk it around the desk from your phone over Wi-Fi
- Switch gaits on command and film the difference
- Print a custom shell and make it yours
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- Give it a voice brain like XiaoZhi and ask it to come here
- Last commit
- 2025-11-13
- Builder
- JavierIH
- Repo
- JavierIH/kame32, 150 stars
- Built with
- ESP32
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