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    Pollen Robotics Releases Microduck Open-Source Biped Robot

    A 25 cm open-source biped with 15 motors, sensors and reinforcement learning for custom behaviors.

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    Thomas Wolf of Hugging Face posted videos of the Microduck robot built by Pollen Robotics. The 25 cm biped carries 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR and a grasping beak. Its open-source stack allows users to train new skills in simulation and deploy them on the hardware. Demonstrations include laser-pointer tracking, roller skating and singing. Wolf stated the robot sells one unit every five seconds and has passed one million dollars in sales. The product page lists pre-order availability and pre-trained walking and grasping policies.

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    Summary

    Many accounts praised the Microduck robot's open-source RL training, $399 price point, and fun educational features like singing and roller-skating, while a few called it useless or worried about job losses.

    Based on 80 sentiment-bearing replies from 73 accounts across 6 conversations.

    Summary

    Many accounts praised the Microduck robot's open-source RL training, $399 price point, and fun educational features like singing and roller-skating, while a few called it useless or worried about job losses.

    Based on 80 sentiment-bearing replies from 73 accounts across 6 conversations.

    21 Sources

    @Thom_WolfWe have a huge news to share today! Today we are unveiling the first truly accessible RL robot - welcome Microduck A 25 cm tiny open-source biped with 15 actuators and packed with sensors (camera, speaker, LiDAR, NFC, bluetooth, wifi, etc) that you train yourself with reinforcement learning. It's also playable out of the box with more than half a dozen fun and playful pre-trained policies to have it walk, sit, crouch, roller-skate, pick up objects with its articulated beak, and recover on its own. And all for less than $400. See all the details, play with the simulator and order it at: https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/ (video with sound on 🔊)39d
    @openlabxorgHugging Face launches Microduck, a tiny open-source robot : - Microduck costs $399, stands around 10 inches tall and weighs under 2 lbs. - It has a camera, microphone, speaker, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and LiDAR — plus an articulated beak that works as a small gripper. - The bigger idea is education + reinforcement learning: users can teach the robot new behaviors rather than simply running fixed programs. - Hugging Face is increasingly moving beyond models and datasets into open robotics, following Reachy Mini and its robot app ecosystem.39d
    @SebJohnsonUKImmediately purchased. I LOVE my reachy mini.39d
    @natlungfyIt's the Raspberry Pi/Lego Mindstorms of the AI era. Hugging Face's $400 singing bipedal robot can be taught new tricks using its open-source SDK. Its distinctive design (and the roller skates hardware module) was inspired by nostalgia for ‘90s aesthetics and even the Sony Walkman, according to co-founder @Thom_Wolf Read more from his interview with @HeySamantha and I: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-27/hugging-face-unveils-400-singing-skating-duck-like-robot?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter39d
    @MTSliveSITUATION DETECTED: Hugging Face announced a singing, roller skating, Microduck robot that can be taught new tricks through reinforcement learning.39d
    @kimmonismusCute and cool: Hugging Face just unveiled Microduck, a $399 open-source robot that can learn new skills through reinforcement learning, bringing affordable physical AI to everyone. Love it39d
    @huggingfaceRT @MTSlive: SITUATION DETECTED: Hugging Face announced a singing, roller skating, Microduck robot that can be taught new tricks through re…39d
    @Yuchenj_UW@ClementDelangue This is so cool and cheaper than I thought, congrats Clem!39d
    @pollenroboticsTrain in sim. Run it for real. Teach it new tricks. 🦆 This is the sim2real loop that powers Microduck. RL stack open source here : https://github.com/pollen-robotics/microduck_rl Buy it here : https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/?x=2 Git : https://github.com/pollen-robotics/microduck Join our community : https://discord.com/invite/pollen-community-51909805437734094839d
    @BloombergTV"We're selling one MicroDuck every four seconds," says Hugging Face cofounder Thomas Wolf. He says demand is surging for its newest open-source robot designed to let users experiment with models from OpenAI, Anthropic and others https://bloom.bg/4gF2sII39d

    21 Sources

    @Thom_WolfWe have a huge news to share today! Today we are unveiling the first truly accessible RL robot - welcome Microduck A 25 cm tiny open-source biped with 15 actuators and packed with sensors (camera, speaker, LiDAR, NFC, bluetooth, wifi, etc) that you train yourself with reinforcement learning. It's also playable out of the box with more than half a dozen fun and playful pre-trained policies to have it walk, sit, crouch, roller-skate, pick up objects with its articulated beak, and recover on its own. And all for less than $400. See all the details, play with the simulator and order it at: https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/ (video with sound on 🔊)39d
    @openlabxorgHugging Face launches Microduck, a tiny open-source robot : - Microduck costs $399, stands around 10 inches tall and weighs under 2 lbs. - It has a camera, microphone, speaker, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and LiDAR — plus an articulated beak that works as a small gripper. - The bigger idea is education + reinforcement learning: users can teach the robot new behaviors rather than simply running fixed programs. - Hugging Face is increasingly moving beyond models and datasets into open robotics, following Reachy Mini and its robot app ecosystem.39d
    @SebJohnsonUKImmediately purchased. I LOVE my reachy mini.39d
    @natlungfyIt's the Raspberry Pi/Lego Mindstorms of the AI era. Hugging Face's $400 singing bipedal robot can be taught new tricks using its open-source SDK. Its distinctive design (and the roller skates hardware module) was inspired by nostalgia for ‘90s aesthetics and even the Sony Walkman, according to co-founder @Thom_Wolf Read more from his interview with @HeySamantha and I: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-27/hugging-face-unveils-400-singing-skating-duck-like-robot?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter39d
    @MTSliveSITUATION DETECTED: Hugging Face announced a singing, roller skating, Microduck robot that can be taught new tricks through reinforcement learning.39d
    @kimmonismusCute and cool: Hugging Face just unveiled Microduck, a $399 open-source robot that can learn new skills through reinforcement learning, bringing affordable physical AI to everyone. Love it39d
    @huggingfaceRT @MTSlive: SITUATION DETECTED: Hugging Face announced a singing, roller skating, Microduck robot that can be taught new tricks through re…39d
    @Yuchenj_UW@ClementDelangue This is so cool and cheaper than I thought, congrats Clem!39d
    @pollenroboticsTrain in sim. Run it for real. Teach it new tricks. 🦆 This is the sim2real loop that powers Microduck. RL stack open source here : https://github.com/pollen-robotics/microduck_rl Buy it here : https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/?x=2 Git : https://github.com/pollen-robotics/microduck Join our community : https://discord.com/invite/pollen-community-51909805437734094839d
    @BloombergTV"We're selling one MicroDuck every four seconds," says Hugging Face cofounder Thomas Wolf. He says demand is surging for its newest open-source robot designed to let users experiment with models from OpenAI, Anthropic and others https://bloom.bg/4gF2sII39d
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