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Hugging Face launches $399 open-source bipedal robot Microduck

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Hugging Face's robotics team, Pollen Robotics, has launched Microduck, an open-source, 25 cm bipedal robot available for pre-order at $399. Unlike previous models focused on desk interaction, Microduck is designed for dynamic movement and self-recovery, with pre-trained neural policies for various actions like walking, kicking, and roller-skating. The robot features a comprehensive sensor suite for its price point, including a camera, LiDAR, and IMUs, powered by a Rockchip RK3566 processor. The training methodologies, reward functions, and simulation environments are publicly available on GitHub, enabling users to train and export new behaviors. AI

IMPACT Enables researchers and hobbyists to experiment with advanced RL-based locomotion and manipulation.

RANK_REASON Product launch of a specialized robot with open-source training methodologies.

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Hugging Face launches $399 open-source bipedal robot Microduck

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  1. MarkTechPost TIER_1 English(EN) · Michal Sutter ·

    Hugging Face Unveils Microduck: A $399 Open-Source 25 cm Biped You Train with Reinforcement Learning

    <p>Pollen Robotics, the Bordeaux robotics team at Hugging Face, opened pre-orders for Microduck — a 25 cm bipedal robot where every movement is a neural policy trained in MuJoCo and exported to ONNX. At $399, it puts the full sim-to-real loop on a desk: 15 motors, camera, LiDAR, …

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