Hugging Face Unveils $399 Microduck Robot as Open-Source Push Expands Beyond Reachy Mini
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Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 27
Hugging Face Unveils $399 Microduck Robot as Open-Source Push Expands Beyond Reachy Mini
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 27
Summary
$399 Microduck is Hugging Face’s latest robot—a 25-centimeter duck-like bot that ships before Christmas and is designed to learn new behaviors through reinforcement learning.
Camera, lidar and two IMUs let the robot perceive its surroundings, while its open-source SDK, simulator and full RL training stack are already available on GitHub for training in simulation and deployment on hardware.
Microduck can waddle, crouch, recover from falls, roller skate and lift up to 800 grams with its beak, extending a hardware lineup that already includes the $499 Reachy Mini and $399 Reachy Mini Lite.
The launch builds on Hugging Face’s April 2025 acquisition of Pollen Robotics and lands as the company is reportedly nearing an Nvidia deal at a $13 billion valuation.