Pollen Robotics’ Microduck Aims to Make Training Physical AI Far Less Fragile and Cheaper
The open-source robot can be retrained with reinforcement learning and ships before Christmas 2026, Hugging Face said.
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Pollen Robotics’ Microduck aims to make training physical AI far less fragile and cheaper
Pollen Robotics’ Microduck is a tiny $399 biped designed to make physical AI training more accessible, letting developers experiment with new robotic behaviors on hardware that can survive the occasional tumble.
Hugging Face’s new robot is an adorable rollerskating duck
Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics has launched its second cute AI robot, the Microduck, a one-eyed biped standing just under 10 inches tall. It's available to preorder now for $399 in cream, graphite, lavender, and sky blue, and Pollen Robotics says it plans to start shipping the little robot "before Christmas 2026." Video demos of the Microduck show it picking up socks and markers, kicking around a ball, and zipping around on tiny rollerskates. Po…
Hugging Face Unveils $400 Singing, Skating Duck-Like Robot
Artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face Inc. unveiled a singing $400 bipedal robot that can be taught tricks, the latest in the company’s ongoing effort to make AI and robotics more approachable to the general public.The cute robot — aptly named Microduck — takes clear inspiration from its namesake bird, except that it has only one eye. It will go on sale later this year, Hugging Face said Thursday, making it the second robot from the com…
Hugging Face launches Microduck AI robot at $399 with camera, LiDAR and 15 motors
Hugging Face’s Pollen Robotics team has launched Microduck, a small biped AI robot built for developers, students and robotics experiments. It can walk, crouch, skate, grab objects and recover from several fall positions.
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