remember spot a quadruped robot made by boston dynamics that appears and behaves quite like a pet guard dog well xiaomi now has introduced a similar robot and is calling it cyberdog xiaomi has no immediate plans to mass produce the cyberdog and it will initially make only 1000 units available for xiaomi fans engineers and robotic enthusiasts at a cost of 9999 yuan which translates to around rs 115 lakh thats a very less price compared to the cost of spot which comes at 74500cyberdog is packed with a lot of software and hardware capabilities but what can you do with it xiaomi hasnt mentioned the purpose of launching a robotic dog and it hopes that the initial 1000 users will propel the development and potential of quadruped robots as for cyberdog you can consider it as a pet it is supposed to follow voice commands follow you around and behave just like a dog theres no information as to whether it will bark or not having said that cyberdog doesnt look like a cute pet to have around and in fact its appearance is quite terrifying but the good part is that it wont bite you and you can expect it to be an excellent guard dog which needs no food or sleepcyberdog can walk at speeds of up to 32ms and weighs 3kg you can make it to perform backflips without offering any treats its brain is powered by nvidias jetson xavier ai platform and comes packed with cameras sensors gps module intel realsense d450 depth sensing camera and an ultrawideangle fisheye lenscyberdog may have a lot of eyes to guard you but theres no technology available right now that can give cyberdog the sense of smellcyberdog can analyze its surroundings in realtime create navigational maps plot its destination and avoid obstacles coupled with human posture and face recognition tracking cyberdog is capable of following its owner and darting around obstructions xiaomi said in a press release the robot comes with three usb typec ports along with an hdmi port you can attach lidar sensors more cameras and lights