Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup

Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup

AI dev platform Hugging Face has acquired Pollen Robotics, a robotics startup based in France, for an undisclosed amount.

Hugging Face gets into the humanoid robot game with Pollen Robotics purchase

The purchase will see Hugging Face, best known for open-source AI models, selling hardware for the first time

An Open Source Pioneer Wants to Unleash Open Source AI Robots

Hugging Face has acquired the open source robot startup Pollen Robotics to help “democratize” robotics.

Hugging Face bridges gap between AI and physical world with Pollen Robotics acquisition - The Robot Report

Reachy is a modular humanoid platform designed for research. | Credit: Pollen Robotics In a decision signaling its move into the physical world, artificial intelligence leader Hugging Face has acquired French robotics firm Pollen Robotics. The companies yesterday announced the acquisition for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition underscores Hugging Face’s ambition to position robots as the next frontier for AI, advocating for an open, accessib…

Artificial intelligence doesn’t just live on our phones or browsers. It can also have arms, eyes and move around the world. And that’s precisely what Hugging Face, a company known for its commitment to open source artificial intelligence, seeks to foster. Your new bet: take that same approach to the robotics world with the acquisition of Pollen Robotics, the French startup creator of the humanoid robot Reachy 2. What is Reachy 2 and why does it …

With the acquisition of Pollen Robotics, Hugging Face wants to establish humanoid robots as an open source platform. The article Hugging Face wants to turn the industry around with open source robots first appeared on THE-DECODER.de.