Pollen Robotics Launches $399 Open-Source Bipedal Robot Microduck
kamathsblog · x · 2026-08-27
Pollen Robotics, in partnership with Hugging Face, launched the Microduck, a 25cm open-source bipedal robot priced at $399. It features reinforcement learning capabilities where behaviors are trained in simulation (Sim2Real) and deployed to the physical robot. Users can retrain and share their own policies.
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