Microduck MD-01 is a new small bipedal robot from Pollen Robotics, part of Hugging Face, designed for learning robotics and physical AI. It is only 25 cm tall, weighs about 780 g and really walks, using 15 motors. You can start playing right away with the included gamepad, and when you are ready you can program it or train new behaviours yourself, because the software and simulation tools are fully open source. It suits schools and universities, research labs, AI developers and anyone who wants to get started with a walking robot on an accessible budget.<\/p>\n
NVIDIA, together with Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face, has published a workflow for teaching Microduck to walk with Isaac Lab, NVIDIA's framework for GPU-parallel robot training. It simulates physics with Newton and models the behaviour of the real servos, including gearbox play (backlash), so a gait trained on a computer transfers to the real robot (known as Sim-to-Real).<\/p>\n
A USB-C power adapter and a development computer are not included. For extra equipment, choose from Microduck Charger Pack<\/a>, Microduck Developer Pack<\/a> and Microduck Accessory Pack<\/a><\/p>\n Microduck MD-01 is available for pre-order. The manufacturer aims to ship the first batch before Christmas 2026. For pricing and pre-orders, contact us on LINE ID: @metaxr<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Microduck MD-01 is an open-source bipedal AI robot from Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face). It stands 25 cm tall, is driven by 15 motors, and has a camera, a ToF sensor and dual IMUs. It walks, crouches, grabs objects with its beak and gets back up by itself after a fall. You can train new walking gaits with NVIDIA Isaac Lab and MuJoCo.<\/p>\n