Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck
Microduck is a $399 open-source robot meant to let developers train and redeploy physical AI behaviors.
Hugging Face says the 25-centimeter duck can waddle, pick things up with its beak, recover after falling, crouch, and roller skate. Its sensors include a camera, lidar, and two IMUs, with an SDK, simulation, and reinforcement-learning stack available on GitHub. The piece notes the privacy upside of open-source auditability, while warning that added apps could still send camera or microphone data elsewhere. TechCrunch AI's note
Hugging Face says the 25-centimeter duck can waddle, pick things up with its beak, recover after falling, crouch, and roller skate. Its sensors include a camera, lidar, and two IMUs, with an SDK, simulation, and reinforcement-learning stack available on GitHub. The piece notes the privacy upside of open-source auditability, while warning that added apps could still send camera or microphone data elsewhere. TechCrunch AI's note
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