Microduck: A $400 Open-Source Bipedal Robot for RL Training
Thom_Wolf · x · 2026-09-01
Hugging Face co-founder Thom Wolf announced Microduck, a 25 cm tall, truly accessible robot designed for reinforcement learning.
Key Features:
- Hardware: Equipped with 15 actuators and packed with sensors including a camera, speaker, LiDAR, NFC, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.
- Capabilities: Playable out of the box with over a dozen pre-trained policies for walking, sitting, crouching, roller-skating, picking up objects with its articulated beak, and self-recovery.
- Open Source & Training: Users can train the robot themselves using reinforcement learning.
- Price: Available for less than $400, significantly lowering the barrier for robotics research and education.
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