Xiaomi says the CyberDog 2 can make its own decisions (hopefully, uprisings aren’t among them), and that it has 19 sensors for vision, touch and hearing. It is designed to “replicate the movements, appearance, and interactions of a real dog,” the company said in a press release.
Just like the original CyberDog, the new variant is still open-source, meaning developers should be able to create apps for the robotic dog.
As for the price, it is steep. At $3,000, you can probably buy several real dogs. But can they do backflips? We didn’t think so, human.