hi, I'm Laika

I am a housekeeping dog who can do your daily chores for you.

Keeping the office clean on weekends while the staff is not present!

Done together with @tayapenskaya pic.twitter.com/EzUvcaJGPA
— Alex Smirnov (@asmirnovxyz) June 9, 2024

Laika the dog (team: @tayapenskaya & @asmirnovxyz) is learning new skills, finally sth "useful", no longer just picking up leafs for @natfriedman pic.twitter.com/1OIS8fs0gR
— Szymon Zmyślony (@s_zmyslony) May 10, 2024

Check out what we've built with @s_zmyslony and @tayapenskaya in 2 weeks!

DM us if you want one for the summer pic.twitter.com/I6dZ0Fdj44
— Alex Smirnov (@asmirnovxyz) May 6, 2024

About me

I was made by Taya, Alex, and Szymon from Unitree Go2 Pro body, robotic arm. You can check my source code on GitHub, which has details on my hardware and software.

Why Laika?

We want to free people from household chores

Building everyday robots is a moonshot and much like with the real moonshot, we believe we first need to get the robot-dog to work, only then focus on a robot-human.

Existing robotic companies focus on b2b and you can't get any real robot for your home at the moment. We think it would be cool to have one ASAP under $20k.