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- Announced
- pre-orders surpassed 20,000 units after Jensen Huang's voice-command demo at GTC 2026 in Berlin · 2026-10-24
- Announced
- announced by Pollen Robotics · 2026-08-29
- Noted
- 25 cm tall bipedal duck robot that walks, skates, and grasps objects with its beak · 2026-08-29
- Noted
- Priced at $399, it targets developers with pre-trained actions, an SDK, and reinforcement learning tools · 2026-08-29
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Pre-orders for the duck-shaped robot Microduck surpassed 20,000 units after NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang operated one by voice command on stage at GTC 2026 in Berlin. Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue posted that the keynote drove the surge and said Pollen Robotics, the developer, needs to grow its team. Microduck is 25 cm tall, weighs 800 g, carries 15 motors plus a camera and sensors, and costs $399 before tax and shipping.
Aug 29
Pollen Robotics, a subsidiary of Hugging Face, announced Microduck, a 25 cm tall bipedal duck robot that walks, skates, and grasps objects with its beak. Priced at $399, it targets developers with pre-trained actions, an SDK, and reinforcement learning tools. It follows the earlier HopeJR and Reachy Mini humanoid robots.