Bipedal Robot Microduck Priced at $399 with Sim-to-Real Training
burny_tech · x · 2026-08-30
Pollen Robotics released Microduck, a small bipedal robot priced at $399, shipping before Christmas. It supports training new tricks in simulation and running them on the physical device. A developer created a version called Microdino with the same specs and shared the build process.
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