I just heard about the EZROBOT company which website is here :
It is interesting because the point of view is close to the Poppy one (Poppy V2.0?)
They develop base components (parts, electronic and soft) to develop robots.
The mechnical parts seem to be modular like LEGOs and can be 3D printed. The servo used are classical RC servo which are cheaper and… less robust.
The most interesting part is the EZB electronic hardware. It is very close to what Poppy need. But I did not find a clear spec of how to control the robot.
Concerning the soft EZ-builder seems very sexy to control robots from tablet, with wifi etc but I do not see any high level control available like inverse kinematics or optimal controller… And as always, I do not see any way to be compatible with Pypot or Naoqi for instance. (for multirobot control)
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Indeed, it is very close from what we are working on for Poppy 2.
Interesting indeed, and a lot of work has been made. However, it seems to be a platform dedicated to Windows. The tutorial section is quite informative: https://www.ez-robot.com/Tutorials/