I DON’T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MASSIVE THIS IS YET @HuggingFace and @PollenRobotics just released Microduck. It is a new legged robot for …

I DON’T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MASSIVE THIS IS YET @HuggingFace and @PollenRobotics just released Microduck. It is a new legged robot for 399. It passed 1 million in sales in under SEVEN hours 🤯 The hardware packs 15 actuators, a camera, and LiDAR into a 25 cm frame. It weighs under 800 grams and runs for about an hour on a single charge. Out of the box, it can > walk > roller-skate > pick up objects > recover from falls .. and so much more! You can drive the 7 shipped policies from the first boot using a gamepad. But the real hook is the training stack. The software is entirely open: → MuJoCo simulation and PPO training → 50 Hz onboard policy loop → Browser simulator included alongside hardware → Full control stack available on GitHub The mechanical and electronic design files are still proprietary. But don’t let the cute robotic duck fool you. Under the closed chassis is a FULLY OPEN-SOURCE, hackable brain you can experiment with and build on. Repo in 🧵↓ Media

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Source: Clem Delangue (X) | 2026-08-30