HuggingFace Launches $399 Microduck: RL Robot for Developers
快鲤鱼 · wechat · 2026-09-02
HuggingFace's PollenRobotics has released Microduck, a bipedal robot priced at $399, designed to lower the barrier for reinforcement learning (RL) experimentation.
Specs:
- 15 servos, wide-angle camera, 8x8 ToF LiDAR, IMU, and microphone.
- Rockchip RK3566 SoC with 1GB RAM and 32GB storage.
- 1 hour battery life with gamepad support.
Key Features:
- Sim2Real: Train policies in simulation and deploy to the physical robot.
- Open Source: Fully open code with accessible sensor data; supports exporting ONNX models and sharing behaviors.
- Pre-trained Skills: Comes with 7 RL strategies like walking, grasping, and auto-recovery.
Manufactured by SeeedStudio, it aims to build a community-driven ecosystem for robotic behaviors by drastically cutting hardware costs.
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