Xiaomi unleashes Cyber Dog in India

Xiaomi earlier in the year unveiled the next generation bio-mechanical Cyber Dog at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022. Later, it was made available in limited units in China. Xiaomi, which is celebrating eight years of the company's foray into the Indian market, on Monday (July 4) showcased the Quadruped Robot Companion dubbed Cyber Dog for select media persons in Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Delhi.

Quadruped Robot Companion is powered Nvidia’s Jetson Xavier NX AI Supercomputer for Embedded Edge Systems and is paired with 128GB of SSD storage. The CyberDog is agile and can adapt to complex terrain easily. Credit: DH Photo/KVN Rohit

Cyber Dog comes equipped with 11 high-precision sensors that provide instant feedback to guide its movements and come handy for assisted living for the elderly and also with the camera sensors, can be a good home security solution. Credit: DH Photo/KVN Rohit

Cyber Dog can be customised by developers through three USB Type-C and an HDMI port to explore and integrate a wide range of innovative and creative hardware add-ons or software systems, be it a search light, panoramic camera, motion camera, LiDAR, or more. CyberDog is built upon open-source algorithms, with Xiaomi reconstructing and optimizing in-house developed core modules. The company has set up the 'Xiaomi Open-Source Community' to share progress and results with developers around the world. It also promises to establish a robotics laboratory to provide a platform for engineers to continue the pursuit of future innovations. Credit: DH Photo/KVN Rohit

Users can use digital voice assistants to command and control CyberDog by setting a wake word, or simply use its accompanying remote and smartphone app. Credit: DH Photo/KVN Rohit

Xiaomi Cyber Dog is still a prototype. It needs two hours to get fully charged and will run for 30 minutes. Credit: DH Photo/KVN Rohit

It comes with an array of camera sensors including AI interactive cameras, binocular ultra-wide angle fisheye cameras, and Intel RealSense D450 Depth module, and can be trained with its computer vision algorithm. Credit: DH Photo/KVN Rohit

Cyber Dog's vision sensor system come with autonomous object tracking, SLAM, and centimeter-scale obstacle avoidance and navigation. The CyberDog can analyze its surroundings in real-time, create navigational maps, plot its destination, and avoid obstacles. Credit: DH Photo/KVN Rohit

The new Xiaomi Cyber Dog can walk, run, roll over and jump backwards. DH Photo/KVN Rohit

Xiaomi Cyber Dog is said to cost around 1.26 lakh and is available in limited units for Chinese developers. Credit: DH Photo/KVN Rohit