Matthew Margittay.
Projects · Robotics

RADDOG quadruped security robot

18 moconcept to production handoff
5+engineers directed
>$200KR&D budget managed
Taylor PDRADDOG 2LE deployed with a US police department
RADDOG LE2 in action. Video: AITX, official.

What

  • Quadruped security robot taken from a blank page to production
  • I originated the program at Robotic Assistance Devices and led it end to end
  • Project lead and mechanical engineering lead: 5+ engineers, sign-off on every drawing and BOM

How

  • Three design sprints: MVP, ruggedized redesign, production lock
  • Prototypes built with the industrial design team, iterated on live customer demos
  • Engineered to a fixed market cost target: mass, thermal, ruggedization, field charging

Result

  • RADDOG 2LE deployed with the Taylor Police Department, Michigan
  • Demonstrated for the FBI; premiered on FOX's Stars on Mars
  • Handed to the Michigan production team 18 months after kickoff

Role

Project lead and mechanical engineering lead at Robotic Assistance Devices. I originated the program, directed a team of 5+ engineers, and ran the technical side of the customer demonstrations that set the product direction. Full program record: RADDOG program record.

RADDOG quadruped robot climbing stacked wooden pallets during agility testing
Agility testing on stacked pallets. Frame from the Fox 2 Detroit segment.
RADDOG 2LE production unit, the law-enforcement variant of the quadruped robot
RADDOG 2LE, production law-enforcement variant.
RADDOG with officers of the Taylor Police Department in Michigan
Taylor Police Department, Michigan. RADDOG 2LE in service.
RADDOG demonstration shoot with Matthew Margittay named on screen as RADDOG Lead Engineer
FBI demonstration shoot with former FBI agent Troy McCanna. Margittay at right, credited on screen as RADDOG Lead Engineer.
RADDOG quadruped robot center stage on the Good Day Philadelphia studio floor with the hosts standing around it
Good Day Philadelphia, FOX WTXF-TV. RADDOG center stage after its appearance on the FOX series Stars on Mars.
RADDOG demonstrates for local law enforcement. Fox 2 Detroit (WJBK-TV)
Matthew Margittay with RADDOG on the Stars on Mars red carpet
Stars on Mars launch party, FOX. Margittay at left, RADDOG on the carpet.
Desert canyon take with pyrotechnics, Stars on Mars set terrain. Margittay's footage.
Agility development. Early prototype on the pallet course.

Links and pressraddog.ai·RADDOG deployment to Taylor Police Department·RADDOG at the Stars on Mars launch party·Fox 2 Detroit segment·Good Day Philadelphia segment