{"id":29246,"date":"2017-02-09T16:29:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T21:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=29246"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:09:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:09:01","slug":"dog-sized-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/dog-sized-robot","title":{"rendered":"This Dog-Sized 3D Printed Robot Might Haunt Your Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Shapeways first teamed up with Instructables on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/contest\/designnowhourofmake\/?src=designnow\" target=\"_blank\">Design Now: 3D Printing<\/a> contest in November, we couldn&#8217;t have dreamt of the level of ingenuity and innovation that would result. Not only would Grand Prize winner Brett Turnage rock the RC world with his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/3d-Printed-RC-Motorcycles-2016-Ducati-Draxter-and-\/\" target=\"_blank\">3D printed RC motorcycles<\/a>, First Prize winner Scott Hatfield, alias Toglefritz, would shake things up in a different way.<\/p>\n<p>Toglefritz&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/A-3D-Printed-Quadruped-Robot\/\" target=\"_blank\">3D Printed Quadroped<\/a> is one of the most fully realized DIY bots we&#8217;ve seen to use 3D printed parts. A Playstation 2 controller,\u00a0hobby servos, and Arduino-compatible microcontrollers under the hood bring the dog-sized robot to life. 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