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06 May 2026 4 min read Dev Log

My Robot Dog Couldn’t Walk Straight — 8 Bugs and a New Steering System

The Freenove robot dog has a problem. It drifts to the right. Every unit is different — servo tolerances, weight distribution, surface friction — and no amount of calibration fixes…

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The Dog Follows the Light — Phototaxis with Spiking Neurons
25 Apr 2026 4 min read Dev Log

The Dog Follows the Light — Phototaxis with Spiking Neurons

A 560-Neuron Spiking Network Steers a Quadruped Toward Light For the first time, MH-FLOCKE’s robot dog actively navigates toward a light source in simulation — driven by hardwired reflexes and…

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The Dog Finds Its Target — No Reward Required
23 Apr 2026 4 min read Dev Log

The Dog Finds Its Target — No Reward Required

The Freenove robot dog can now navigate to targets on its own. No external reward, no reward shaping, no supervision. It sniffs, turns, runs, and finds what it’s looking for…

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The Mogli Oscillator: When Your Robot Dog Gets a Real Spine
14 Apr 2026 5 min read Dev Log

The Mogli Oscillator: When Your Robot Dog Gets a Real Spine

Today we replaced the mathematical heart of MH-FLOCKE’s locomotion system. The old Central Pattern Generator — a set of sine and cosine functions that produced smooth, predictable gait patterns —…

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v0.4.3: The Wall — When a Spiking Neural Network Learns to Stop
12 Apr 2026 4 min read Dev Log

v0.4.3: The Wall — When a Spiking Neural Network Learns to Stop

A 232-neuron spiking neural network learns obstacle avoidance through cerebellar error correction. 9 bugs, 8 runs, and the first-ever CPG→SNN handoff in MH-FLOCKE history.

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Seeing the Brain Think: Population-Aware SNN Visualization
11 Apr 2026 2 min read Dev Log

Seeing the Brain Think: Population-Aware SNN Visualization

The Brain3D visualization in MH-FLOCKE’s rendered videos now shows the actual cerebellar architecture — not an abstract network graph, but the real populations with their correct sizes and live spike…

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From Simulation to Walking Robot: MH-FLOCKE on Real Hardware
11 Apr 2026 2 min read Dev Log

From Simulation to Walking Robot: MH-FLOCKE on Real Hardware

MH-FLOCKE now runs on a real robot. A Freenove Robot Dog Kit (~100€) with a Raspberry Pi 4 executes the same spiking neural network that learns to walk in the…

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Why We Replaced Reward Shaping with Free Energy
22 Mar 2026 7 min read Dev Log

Why We Replaced Reward Shaping with Free Energy

Architecture Deep Dive · March 22, 2026 · MH-FLOCKE Level 15 v0.4.x Every reinforcement learning tutorial starts the same way: define a reward function. Want the robot to walk? Reward…

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Ball Contact — What 4 Changes Made It Work
22 Mar 2026 5 min read Dev Log

Ball Contact — What 4 Changes Made It Work

Dev Log #1 · March 22, 2026 · MH-FLOCKE Level 15 v0.4.x For weeks, the dog walked beautifully but ignored the ball completely. It would stroll past it, around it,…

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