New product impresses and frightens at the same time

Xiaomi has not only presented new smartphones and tablets, but also its first own robot, the Xiaomi CyberDog, which is strongly reminiscent of the Boston Dynamics spot. The Xiaomi model is much cheaper.

Xiaomi CyberDog costs just over 1,300 euros

With the Mix 4 and Mi Pad 5, Xiaomi generated a lot of interest at the presentation. The big hit was the presentation of the Xiaomi CyberDog. It’s a little robot dog that is very reminiscent of Spot from Boston Dynamics. At 3 kg, the robot is also a bit lighter and can move relatively quickly at 12 km / h. In the following Video the CyberDog seems a bit stiff, but can even do a backflip if necessary:

The Xiaomi CyberDog is powered by an Nvidia CPU that can access countless sensors, cameras and microphones. So can objects, but humans even touches recognized become. The robot always knows where it is via the GPS module. Several USB ports also allow the connection of additional accessories. Xiaomi marketed the CyberDog as an open source robot aimed at developers. So it is not a finished product, so that initially only 1,000 pieces will be delivered.

In the following video you can see the Xiaomi CyberDog in the wild:

Xiaomi CyberDog looks terrifying to some

As much as the Xiaomi CyberDog excites the world at first, many people also have concerns. Come quickly Compare to end time scenarios like the series “War of the Worlds” or Netflix’s Black Mirror, where exactly such robot dogs were staged in season 4 in the episode “Metal Head”. In any case, we are curious to see how the Xiaomi CyberDog will develop. Personally, I would find something like that as a little watchdog in my garden to be quite interesting. The neighbors would be amazed.

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