Pollen Robotics launches $399 open-source bipedal robot Microduck
aigclink · x · 2026-08-27
Pollen Robotics, in partnership with Hugging Face, has introduced Microduck, a 25 cm open-source bipedal robot designed for reinforcement learning. Users can train policies in a physics simulator and deploy them directly to the hardware via a seamless Sim2Real pipeline. Priced at $399 with shipping expected by Christmas 2026, it allows users to teach and share custom behaviors like walking and kicking.
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