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CyberDog
Photo: Xiaomi (official image), from mi.com. Image policy
DiscontinuedSucceeded by CyberDog 2 ChinaAssisted

Xiaomi · robot dog

CyberDog

An open-source robot dog run on an NVIDIA Jetson Xavier, able to backflip. It was sold as a limited batch for developers.

Price
$1,540Cheaper than 71%
Height
—Not published
Weight
14 kgHeavier than 24%
Payload
—Not published
Speed
11.5 km/hFaster than 50%
Battery
1 hRuns longer than 4%

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Why it matters

Xiaomi's first legged robot; it showed a major phone maker entering robot dogs.

Real-world use

1,000 units made for developers and enthusiasts.

Timeline

First shown
2021-08
Released
2021
Xiaomi launch event

Maker

XiaomiCompany · founded 2010 · Beijing, China

Public company (HKEX 1810).

How it stacks up

Against other robot dogs that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: height, payload, joints.

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Walks on legs
How it runs
Assisted. Owners steer it with a remote or app while it balances itself, and developers can program it.
Chip
Jetson Xavier NX (NVIDIA)Jetson Xavier NX-class module (6-core Carmel CPU, 384-core Volta GPU) with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB SSD.
Actuators & motors
12 quasi-direct-drive actuators, each a brushless DC motor with planetary gearing
Sensors & vision
Intel RealSense D450 RGB-D camera, ultra-wide camera, AI interaction camera, light sensor in the head; ultrasonic, ToF, IMU, magnetometer, GPS and touch sensors on the body; leg encoders
Compute
NVIDIA Jetson Xavier (6-core Carmel CPU, 384-core Volta GPU), 8 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD
Battery & power
0.12 kWh lithium-ion pack, about 1 hour
Materials & build
14 kg; 77 x 36 x 40 cm
AI & software
Ubuntu Linux and ROS, aimed at open-source developers; Python control app

Named suppliers:Canonical

Lineage

Every Xiaomi machine in order.

  1. CyberDogCyberDog2021Discontinued
  2. CyberDog 2CyberDog 22023Commercial

Watch CyberDog

Video: Xiaomi (@xiaomi) on YouTube. Plays from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play.

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
$1,5409,999 yuan (about US$1,370) for the limited 'pioneer' edition
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
1,000 units
Where it is sold or used
China

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureCyberDogCyberDogXiaomiGo1Go1Unitree RoboticsSame job: companionship · Both walk · Both past robots · Similar price
First shown2021-082021-06
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
Height——
Weight14 kg12 kg
Joints—12
Speed11.5 km/h16.9 km/h
Payload—5 kg
Battery1 h—
Price$1,540$2,700

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

CNX Software Xiaomi CyberDog quadruped robot is based on NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX Lowyat.NET Xiaomi Now Has Its Own Robotic Dog: Powered By NVIDIA And Intel HPCwire / AIwire Xiaomi Launches CyberDog, an Open Source Quadruped Robot Companion

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