--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "71f61eaf57a97dad466f2ff9abb3f8b667c243e944d6e0d5671e31fdcef23a9a" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/71f61eaf?lang=en" title: "Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face) Microduck" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-08-27T10:57:56.000Z" category: null topics: ["huggingface","robotics","open-source","rl"] source_urls: ["https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49462763","https://x.com/Thom_Wolf/status/2092923071829049592","https://x.com/andimarafioti/status/2092918632770605476","https://x.com/victormustar/status/2092929460815175816","https://x.com/tomaarsen/status/2092929865854886395","https://huggingnews.com/ai/pollen-robotics-debuts-399-microduck-first-accessible-rl-robot-c47bebaf","https://x.com/Thom_Wolf/status/2093023975173431449"] summary: "Microduck is a 25 cm biped robot with 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR and a grasping beak. Playable out of the box, and its open-source stack lets you train new behaviours in simulation and run them on the robot. Pre-order at $399." --- # Pollen Robotics \(Hugging Face\) Microduck > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-08-27T10:57:56.000Z **Topics:** huggingface, robotics, open\-source, rl ## Summary Microduck is a 25 cm biped robot with 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR and a grasping beak\. Playable out of the box, and its open\-source stack lets you train new behaviours in simulation and run them on the robot\. Pre\-order at $399\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Discussion]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]()