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Morning Edition · Saturday, August 29, 2026Published at 2:21 AM EDT · New York
Hugging Face Puts a $399 Bipedal Robot and Its Full Training Stack on Sale
The 25-centimeter Microduck carries 15 motors, a camera, a small lidar and two inertial sensors, with behaviors trained in simulation and deployed directly to the hardware.
Hugging Face has opened pre-orders for the Microduck, a $399 open-source bipedal robot built by its French subsidiary Pollen Robotics. The machine stands 25 centimeters tall, weighs under 800 grams, and carries 15 motors, a camera, a small…
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