Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck
TechCrunch Rebecca Bellan ● Covered by 4 sources
Hugging Face unveiled the Microduck, a duck-like robot that it says can be taught new behaviors with reinforcement learning. It costs $399 and ships before Christmas. The company is extending its open-source AI hardware efforts with a trainable robot plus a GitHub SDK, simulation, and full RL training stack, while raising ongoing privacy considerations around camera and microphone access.
Why it matters
Hugging Face is taking orders for the Microduck, a $399 tiny open-source duck robot that developers can train at home out of the box.
