Hugging Face's microduck robot hits 10,000 pre-orders in five days
CharlotteHase · x · 2026-08-31
Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue announced that the microduck robot received over 10,000 pre-orders in just five days. Demand exceeded expectations (surpassing the total annual sales of reachy mini), causing delays. Shipping will now follow a first-ordered, first-shipped policy to ensure fairness.
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