Spot Wrapper

This Python package is a wrapper around the Boston Dynamics Spot SDK, intended as a united point of entry to the SDK for use with the spot_ros and spot_ros2 packages.

This package currently corresponds to spot-sdk release 5.0.1. The minimum supported version of Python this package supports is 3.10.

Installation

To install this package clone it and run

pip3 install -e .

The -e flag means that you will not have to reinstall the package when pulling or making changes.

Updating

To update requirements.txt, use

pipreqs . --force

Migration Notice

On April 28, 2026 this repository moved to the RAI-Opensource GitHub organization. If you are still pulling from the previous bdaiinstitute GitHub organization, please update your git remote:

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/RAI-Opensource/spot_wrapper

If you maintain downstream docs/scripts, update links from this repository to the new org.

Contributing

This repository enforces ruff and black linting. To verify that your code will pass inspection, install pre-commit and run:

pre-commit install
pre-commit run --all-files

The Google Style Guide is followed for default formatting.