Microduck: A 25cm Open-Source Bipedal Robot for Reinforcement Learning, Under $400
victormustar · x · 2026-08-27
Pollen Robotics has unveiled Microduck, a new open-source bipedal robot. Measuring 25 cm tall, it features 15 actuators and is packed with sensors including a camera, speaker, LiDAR, NFC, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. Users can train the robot themselves using reinforcement learning. It is also playable out of the box with over a dozen pre-trained policies, allowing it to walk, sit, crouch, roller-skate, pick up objects with its articulated beak, and recover on its own. The price is set at less than $400.
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