Xiaomi's $3,000 CyberDog 2 can do backflips

In 2021, Xiaomi launched the CyberDog, endearingly calling it an "open source quadruped robot companion." To say that the robotic beast looked menacing is an understatement; let's just say it wouldn't be out of place in a dystopian movie in which robots rule over humans with an iron fist (paw?). Now, the company has a new robotic dog, and it's thankfully a less scary than the original, with a head that sort of resembles a real dog's head, pointy ears and all. It's called the CyberDog 2, and whil