Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck
Hugging Face unveiled the Microduck on Thursday, a cute little duck-like robot that sells for $399 — and ships before Christmas.
Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an “open-source robot you can teach new tricks with reinforcement learning.” The 25-centimeter-tall duck can waddle, pick things up with its beak (up to 800 grams), get back up when it falls, crouch, and even roller skate.
“Welcome to the era of open-source affordable robots to democratize physical AI and world models!” Delangue said.
Hugging Face is best known as a platform and community where developers go for open model weights. However, the company acquired French startup Pollen Robotics in April 2025 to build affordable, open-source AI hardware. A couple of months later, the two launched Reachy Mini, a small desktop robot.Today, they sell the $499 Reachy Mini, which is powered by a Raspberry Pi computer, and...
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