When you're out on the road it's often a good idea to keep a story simple, for the sake of getting information to your eyeballs in the shortest possible amount of time. So this won't be a long piece, because I really only have one thing to say:
I saw a tiny robot dog do a handstand at CES 2025, and I recorded it for your amusement.
The Unitree Go1 robot dog can be purchased for $2,700 (plus an astonishing $1,000 in shipping, apparently), if you can find one in stock—which it currently isn't.