Microduck team publishes deep dives: relocalizes within 2cm using a 64-pixel depth sensor
mishig25 · x · 2026-10-26
- Pollen Robotics responds to the viral demo of four Microducks with Jensen Huang (60M+ views), clarifying what the tiny biped robot can and cannot do.
- New engineering deep dives: after being carried 1.5m and put down, Microduck relocalizes within 2cm using only a 64-pixel (8×8) depth sensor, leg odometry, and onboard compute for SLAM.
- A companion post explains contact-based odometry from two feet and an IMU — no wheel encoders, no positioning system — accurate to a few centimeters per meter, with error sources honestly documented and validated via a ground-truth rig.
- All data is open on Hugging Face; sales are running even faster than its historic launch.
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