Dev couldn't resist: Microduck desktop robot gets ROS 2 support via hand-built URDF, now on GitHub
kamathsblog · x · 2026-09-06
A developer swore he wouldn't put ROS 2 on his new Microduck desktop robot — as he'd already done with LeKiwi and SO-101.
He couldn't resist: using meshes and MuJoCo files open-sourced by Pollen Robotics, he created a URDF and published it on GitHub, enabling ROS 2 on Microduck. A practical starting point for anyone wanting to bring cheap desktop robots into the ROS ecosystem.
Related event: Microduck open-source bipedal robot gets ROS 2 support(2 posts)→
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