Pollen Robotics is hosting QuackDown, a livestreamed simulator sumo wrestling tournament for reinforcement-learning policies controlling its 25 cm open-source MicroDuck biped robot, with the winner ta…
Hugging Face subsidiary Pollen Robotics has sold more than 10,000 units of its $399 Microduck robot within days of its August 27 pre-order launch, powered by Rockchip's Chinese RK3566 chip. The 25-cen…
Humanoid robotics startups raised approximately $8.6 billion in the first half of 2026, and the broader AI robotics market is projected to pass $33 billion by 2030, according to a guide to the compani…
Microduck, a $399 open-source robot duck from Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face, sold out its first run within days, surpassing $5 million in sales in its first week. The 25 cm biped robot features 15 …
Pollen Robotics released microduck_rl on GitHub, a set of reinforcement learning training environments for its 25 cm, 800 g bipedal robot Microduck. The environments, built on mjlab (MuJoCo Warp) and …
Hugging Face opened preorders for the Microduck, a $399 open-source biped robot built by Pollen Robotics, which Hugging Face acquired in April 2025. The 25 cm, 800-gram robot ships with a complete rei…
Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics team opened pre-orders on August 27, 2026, for Microduck, a $399 open-source 25 cm bipedal robot whose movements are neural policies trained in a physics simulator and e…
Hugging Face cofounder Thomas Wolf said customers placed more than $2.6 million in orders for the $399 Microduck robot within its first 24 hours on sale, causing a backlog that delays new orders by 4–…
Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face unveiled the Microduck, a 25 cm tall biped robot with 15 motors, a camera, a depth sensor, two motion sensors, and an articulated beak, designed for physical AI experi…
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki said the unreleased Astra model is the 'Automated AI Research Intern' he aimed for by September 2026, and CEO Sam Altman estimates the company will declare AGI ac…
Pollen Robotics' open-source microduck repository on GitHub has attracted 523 stars and 42 forks, with design documents covering architecture, boot recovery, WebRTC remote control, and updater systems…
Hugging Face has unveiled Microduck, a $400 bipedal duck-shaped robot with 15 motors, a camera, a depth sensor, and an articulated beak, available for pre-order starting today. The robot can walk, sit…
Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics have unveiled Microduck, a $399 waddling robot toy with a camera eye, beak grabber, and motion sensors, available for preorder with delivery by end of year in North Am…
Hugging Face, the New York City-based AI data science company, unveiled Microduck, a $399 open-source bipedal robot that can walk, pick up objects, get up after falls, and roller-skate, with learning …
Hugging Face unveiled the Microduck, a $399 open-source duck robot that can waddle, pick up objects, and roller skate, with orders shipping before Christmas. The 25-centimeter-tall robot, developed wi…
Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics arm unveiled Microduck, a $399 open-source biped robot that can walk, grab objects, and learn new tricks via reinforcement learning, with preorders open and first delive…
Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics has launched the Microduck, a one-eyed bipedal robot standing under 10 inches tall, available for preorder at $399 in cream, graphite, lavender, and sky blue, with shipp…
Hugging Face Inc. unveiled Microduck, a $400 singing, skating bipedal robot inspired by a duck, set to go on sale later this year. The robot, developed with Pollen Robotics, lets developers teach it n…
Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face launched Microduck, a 25 cm open-source bipedal robot priced at $399, available for pre-order in four colorways with shipping before Christmas 2026. The robot features…
Hugging Face unveiled the $399 Microduck waddling robot on August 27, 2026, expanding its consumer hardware lineup after acquiring Pollen Robotics in April 2025 and launching the $299 Reachy Mini in J…