Microduck

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1. 3d
   Microduck Orders Surge After Jensen Huang Demo

   cnBeta reports that Microduck, a duck-shaped consumer robot from Pollen Robotics, received about 15,000 additional orders within three days after NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang demonstrated it. Robotis said it signed a contract to supply roughly 750,000 servos, while Pollen Robotics reported demand for 50,000 units, each using 15 Robotis servos, in an order valued at about 3.5 billion won. The order, contract, and servo-demand figures come from company statements and have not been independently verified.

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2. 6d
   Pollen Robotics presents the Microduck biped robot

   Pollen Robotics’ Microduck repository describes a roughly 25 cm, 800 g biped duck robot whose locomotion uses reinforcement-learning policies. The vendor says its Rockchip RK3566 runs a 50 Hz control loop for 15 servos. Policies are trained in the companion microduck_rl project using MuJoCo, PPO, domain randomization and a sim-to-real process, then exported to ONNX. The repository includes robot code, documentation and a simulator, and provides a purchase link.

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3. 6d
   Pollen Robotics releases Microduck RL environments

   Pollen Robotics’ microduck_rl repository provides reinforcement-learning environments for the Microduck bipedal robot, built on mjlab and MuJoCo Warp with PPO. According to the vendor, policies are trained at 50 Hz, exported to ONNX and deployed on the robot by the Microduck runtime. Documented tasks include walking with velocity and head-pose commands, walking with fall recovery, standing up, sitting and standing, and other movements. The repository also documents sim-to-real techniques including BAM actuator physics, domain randomization and backlash simulation. The code is licensed under Apache License 2.0.

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4. Oct 23
   Nvidia and Hugging Face demo open-source Microduck robots

   At Nvidia’s GTC Berlin keynote, CEO Jensen Huang played with Microduck robots that responded to voice commands by sitting, pretending to sleep and performing somersaults. Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue said preorders exceeded 20,000 units the next day, while TechCrunch AI reported that Christmas delivery was expected but unconfirmed. Nvidia promotional material says the open-source devices were trained in simulation using Nvidia technology, and owners can add and share new tricks.

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5. Oct 23
   NVIDIA and Hugging Face Demonstrate Microduck Sim-to-Real Training

   NVIDIA and Hugging Face published a walkthrough for training the open-source Microduck bipedal robot with NVIDIA Isaac Lab and Newton, then transferring the learned locomotion policy to physical hardware. The workflow uses AI agents to plan a simulated obstacle course and prepare assets, while Isaac Sim evaluates trained policies on RTX Spark; the demonstrations show Microduck walking and recovering from a fall. Pollen Robotics says the robot stands 25 centimeters tall, weighs under 800 grams and has 15 motors, with preorders priced at $399 before taxes and shipping.

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