Developer Trains Robot Duck to Dance, Jokes About Hugging Face Sponsorship

Developer John Whitaker shared an AI-generated video of a robot duck awkwardly dancing, joking it "really doesn't want to cha-cha." He quipped that a cool enough simulation-trained policy might convince Hugging Face to use some Nvidia investment money to buy him a Unitree mini duck.

2026-08-28 ~ 2026-08-28 · 3 related posts

• Dev aims to trade a cool sim-trained policy for a free robot duck — johnowhitaker · 2026-08-28
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• AI Video Fail: Duck Refuses to Cha-Cha — johnowhitaker · 2026-08-28