#MicroDuck

Can robots become emotional companions? Microduck raises questions about artificial intelligence, simulated emotions, and our attachment to machines.

Microduck, a tiny bipedal robot, utilizes advanced reinforcement learning to navigate its environment and execute tasks. Its latest release, daemon-v0

Nvidia and Hugging Face show how the $399 Microduck robot learns to walk using AI simulation. Explore its hardware, training process, and availability.

Teaching a robot to navigate an obstacle course requires more than a walking policy. It must perceive its surroundings, maintain balance, and adjust its actions…

Microduck is a 25 cm biped robot with 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR and a grasping beak. Playable out of the box, and its open-source stack lets you train new behaviours in simulation and run them on the robot. Pre-order at $399.