Forget Disney’s BDX Droid — the $399 Hugging Face Microduck robot is even more adorable and versatile thanks…
- Microduck is Pollen Robotics' new programmable robot
- It looks like a cute robo-duck, and has some adorable, pre-baked interactions
- It's up for pre-order priced at $399, and it should ship in time for Christmas
If the measure of a successful robot is cuteness, Microduck could be the most successful bot in ages. Unveiled this week by Pollen Robotics (a division of AI company Hugging Face — yes, that Hugging Face), Microduck is a 25-centimeter-tall educational robot that appears to arrive with surprising mobility, balance, and personality.
Pre-orders, which kicked off today(August 27) promise a $399 (that's the introductory price), roughly 1.7lb pre-built duck-like robot complete with a mouth that doubles as a gripper, a voice —duck calls, it seems — 15 degrees of freedom, and motors that let it walk, waddle, move its head and, thanks to a pair of IMUs (inertial movement unit), stay upright even when...
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