--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "2033d0ef0844a610e143f5746f835173b5d1b0364293275d9750768a0b2fb261" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/2033d0ef?lang=en" title: "Engineer Reveals Humans Piloted Nvidia's Microduck AI Demo" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-22T17:22:52.000Z" category: "Agents" topics: ["nvidia","agent"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/engineer-reveals-humans-piloted-nvidias-microduck-ai-demo-a0ba3782","https://huggingnews.com/ai/engineer-reveals-humans-piloted-nvidias-microduck-ai-demo-a0ba3782"] summary: "Four technicians manually operated the robotic ducks during Jensen Huang's showcase at GTC Berlin, contradicting the presentation's framing of the devices as autonomous AI agents. An engineer confirmed the robots were human-piloted while performing actions such as sitting, napping, and doing somersaults. The Microduck was developed by Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face, with more than 15,000 units sold globally." --- # Engineer Reveals Humans Piloted Nvidia's Microduck AI Demo > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-22T17:22:52.000Z **Category:** Agents **Topics:** nvidia, agent ## Summary Four technicians manually operated the robotic ducks during Jensen Huang's showcase at GTC Berlin, contradicting the presentation's framing of the devices as autonomous AI agents\. An engineer confirmed the robots were human\-piloted while performing actions such as sitting, napping, and doing somersaults\. The Microduck was developed by Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face, with more than 15,000 units sold globally\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]()