Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face Unveil $399 Open-Source Microduck Robot

Summary

Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face have announced Microduck, a 25-centimeter open-source biped robot priced at $399. It features 15 actuators, a camera, LiDAR, audio hardware, wireless connectivity, and a grasping beak. Pre-trained policies support walking, roller skating, object pickup, and recovery, while the open-source stack allows users to train additional behaviors in simulation and deploy them on the robot. A demonstration showed the robot tracking a laser pointer with a custom image detector.