Was $279 – $564 (Kickstarter)2021 Kickstarter pledges ran from $279 (Research Basic Kit) to $564 fully assembled, against a stated $940 retail price for the complete robot. MangDang's store still shows a 'Mini Pupper' listing at $649 pre-assembled alongside Mini Pupper 2 at the same price, so buyers should confirm which hardware ships.
Discontinued · used/leftover onlyROSOpen sourceKickstarter
Weeks+Shipping: Used only. Discontinued in favor of Mini Pupper 2. Used units occasionally appear on eBay.
Overview
MangDang's crowdfunded (Kickstarter/Indiegogo/Makuake, 2021) small-scale take on Stanford Pupper, pitched as the first consumer 12-DOF quadruped designed for mass production. It became a popular ROS teaching robot. Replaced by Mini Pupper 2 with custom servos. v1 units still surface secondhand.
Specifications
| Category | Quadrupeds · Desktop / hobby kits |
|---|---|
| Released | 2021 |
| Country | China |
| Availability | Discontinued · used/leftover only |
| Sales | 915 Kickstarter backers, HK$3.9 million pledged (2021, estimate) Kickstarter ↗ |
| Programmability | Open source (hardware + software) |
| Built-in autonomy | Navigates · Goes to places on its own, such as mapped rooms, waypoints or its charging dock |
| Best for | Ages 14+ (estimated) |
| Vision sensors | Camera, Lidar |
| Actuators | Hobby servos |
| Audio | No audio |
| Compute type | Raspberry Pi |
| Compute | Raspberry Pi 4 / CM4 |
| Weight | 560 g |
| Speed | Not published |
| DOF | 12 hobby servos |
| Sensors | IMU, optional lidar and camera |
| SDK | ROS/ROS2, Python (open source) |
Ratings & reviews
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Bittle / Bittle X
Mini Pupper 2
XGO-Mini2 / Mini2S
PuppyPi (Standard → Pro Ultimate)
DOGZILLA-Lite (= XGO-Lite2)
XGO-Mini2SW (wheel-leg)