--- title: A duck-like biped robot designed for physical AI... description: Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face have introduced Microduck, a 25 cm biped duck-shaped robot with 15 motors, a camera, depth sensor, motion sensors, and a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-duck-like-biped-robot-designed-for-physical-ai-experimentation-and-fun-g8um1f79r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A duck-like biped robot designed for physical AI experimentation and fun | daily.dev og:description: Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face have introduced Microduck, a 25 cm biped duck-shaped robot with 15 motors, a camera, depth sensor, motion sensors, and a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-duck-like-biped-robot-designed-for-physical-ai-experimentation-and-fun-g8um1f79r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/g8Um1f79R.png og:image:alt: A duck-like biped robot designed for physical AI experimentation and fun og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A duck-like biped robot designed for physical AI experimentation and fun **[CNX Software](https://daily.dev/sources/cnx-software)** · [@cnxsoft](https://daily.dev/cnxsoft) · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face have introduced Microduck, a 25 cm biped duck-shaped robot with 15 motors, a camera, depth sensor, motion sensors, and a grasping beak, aimed at physical AI experimentation. It runs on a Rockchip RK3566 SoC with 1GB RAM and 32GB eMMC, ships with a game controller and seven pre-trained moves, and exposes an open-source Rust SDK plus RL training tools on GitHub. A browser-based simulator lets people try it before buying, though it reportedly performs poorly in Firefox. While the software stack is open source, the mechanical and hardware design files are not, and the company asked press not to call it open-source hardware. Pre-orders are open at $399, shipping to North America and Europe before Christmas 2026. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What hardware specs does the Pollen Robotics Microduck robot have? The Microduck is a 25 cm tall, under 800 gram biped robot with 15 degrees of freedom, running on a Rockchip RK3566 quad-core Cortex-A55 SoC with a Mali-G52 GPU and 0.8 TOPS NPU, 1GB RAM, and 32GB eMMC storage. It includes a front camera, an 8x8 ToF LiDAR sensor, two IMUs, microphones, a speaker, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC, powered by a 2600 mAh camera battery lasting about an hour. _Track new physical AI hardware releases like this on daily.dev as the robotics space evolves._ ### Is the Microduck robot open source hardware? No, only the software stack is open source, not the mechanical and hardware design files. Pollen Robotics explicitly asked press not to describe the Microduck as open-source hardware for now, even though its control software, including a Rust SDK and reinforcement learning training tools, is available on GitHub. _Developers weighing open-source claims on robotics projects can follow these distinctions on daily.dev._ ### How much does the Pollen Robotics Microduck cost and when does it ship? Pre-orders for the Microduck are open at $399, with shipping scheduled to start before Christmas 2026. It is initially only available in North America and Europe, and comes with a game controller, battery, USB cable, and seven pre-trained moves playable out of the box. _daily.dev helps hobbyists keep tabs on emerging physical AI robot launches like this one._ --- Tags: [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics), [#reinforcement-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/reinforcement-learning) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-duck-like-biped-robot-designed-for-physical-ai-experimentation-and-fun-g8um1f79r) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A duck-like biped robot designed for physical AI experimentation and fun","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-duck-like-biped-robot-designed-for-physical-ai-experimentation-and-fun-g8um1f79r","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-duck-like-biped-robot-designed-for-physical-ai-experimentation-and-fun-g8um1f79r"},"datePublished":"2026-08-28T07:37:35.727Z","dateModified":"2026-08-29T04:00:15.965Z","description":"Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face have introduced Microduck, a 25 cm biped duck-shaped robot with 15 motors, a camera, depth sensor, motion sensors, and a...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/81da984407d4c3278bd757395834237e?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/81da984407d4c3278bd757395834237e?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"CNX Software","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"CNXSoft","url":"https://daily.dev/cnxsoft","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1366138?v=4","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":450}},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-duck-like-biped-robot-designed-for-physical-ai-experimentation-and-fun-g8um1f79r","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"rust,robotics,reinforcement-learning","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CNX Software","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/cnx-software"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A duck-like biped robot designed for physical AI experimentation and fun"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-duck-like-biped-robot-designed-for-physical-ai-experimentation-and-fun-g8um1f79r#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What hardware specs does the Pollen Robotics Microduck robot have?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The Microduck is a 25 cm tall, under 800 gram biped robot with 15 degrees of freedom, running on a Rockchip RK3566 quad-core Cortex-A55 SoC with a Mali-G52 GPU and 0.8 TOPS NPU, 1GB RAM, and 32GB eMMC storage. 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