Thom Wolf Unveils Microduck, a 25cm Open-Source RL-Trained Biped Robot
mervenoyann · x · 2026-08-27
Hugging Face co-founder Thom Wolf unveiled Microduck, billed as the first truly accessible RL robot:
- A 25 cm open-source biped with 15 actuators
- Packed with sensors: camera, speaker, LiDAR, NFC, Bluetooth, WiFi
- Train it yourself with reinforcement learning, or play out of the box with half a dozen fun pre-trained policies
The community response has been enthusiastic (and full of cute jokes).
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