{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e6f8169177528b8120384aee","clusterId":"c_2eab3bc51082308d8ef2df16","slug":"hugging-face-s-pollen-robotics-unveils-duck-shaped-robot-microduck","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics Unveils Duck-Shaped Robot Microduck","summary":"Pollen Robotics, a subsidiary of Hugging Face, announced Microduck, a 25 cm tall bipedal duck robot that walks, skates, and grasps objects with its beak. Priced at $399, it targets developers with pre-trained actions, an SDK, and reinforcement learning tools. It follows the earlier HopeJR and Reachy Mini humanoid robots.","whyItMatters":"Microduck extends Pollen Robotics' line beyond desk-bound interaction robots into a low-cost, mobile platform for testing physical AI, building on the 10,000-unit success of Reachy Mini.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003ePollen Robotics, the robotics startup under Hugging Face, has announced Microduck, a bipedal duck robot about 25 cm tall and weighing under 800 g. It carries 15 motors, a camera, a depth sensor, two inertial measurement units, and an articulated beak for grasping objects. The robot can walk, sit, crouch, stand up from a fall, and roller skate.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMicroduck centers on movement rather than conversation, so it beeps and plays melodies but cannot talk. It ships with pre-trained actions controllable by gamepad, while the SDK and reinforcement learning tools live in GitHub repositories. Four colors are available: Sky, Graphite, Cream, and Lavender, at $399 excluding tax and shipping.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Pollen Robotics, under Hugging Face, unveiled Microduck: a 25 cm duck robot that walks, skates, and grabs objects. $399, four colors, SDK and RL tools included. It follows Reachy Mini's 10k sales.","twitterPost":"Pollen Robotics' Microduck: a 25 cm bipedal duck robot that walks, skates, and grasps with its beak. $399, with pre-trained actions, SDK, and RL tools. Follows Reachy Mini's 10k sales.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Pollen Robotics announced Microduck, a 25 cm duck-shaped robot that walks, skates, and grasps objects, priced at $399. It targets developers with pre-trained actions and an SDK, following the Reachy Mini's 10,000-unit sales.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20260828-pollen-robotics-microduck/\",\"title\":\"Hugging Face subsidiary startup Pollen Robotics announces duck-shaped robot 'Microduck' that can sing and skate\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4537,"outputTokens":589,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1788021473,"createdAt":"2026-08-29T16:29:28.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-29T16:31:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-29T16:29:28.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_2eab3bc51082308d8ef2df16","canonicalTitle":"歌って滑れるアヒル型ロボット「Microduck」をHugging Face傘下のスタートアップ・Pollen Roboticsが発表","representativeArticleId":"a_89be22631fbdb3b8d0011f8b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Microduck\"],\"studios\":[\"Pollen Robotics\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-28T04:40:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-28T04:40:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-29T16:31:46.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20260828-pollen-robotics-microduck/","title":"歌って滑れるアヒル型ロボット「Microduck」をHugging Face傘下のスタートアップ・Pollen Roboticsが発表"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Microduck"],"studios":["Pollen Robotics"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}