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Microduck - A tiny biped robot you can teach new tricks | Pollen Robotics

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Microduck Made to move · Ready to learn

A 25 cm open-source biped you train yourself with reinforcement learning. Playable out of the box.

Pre-order for $399

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Meet the twin

sim2real that works

Trained in sim, deployed on the real robot. This is the simulated twin the ducks were trained on.

Fun out of the box. Yours to retrain.

Teach it new tricks

Every behaviour is a policy you can retrain on your own machine .

01

Train in simulation

Behaviours are learned in physics sim, on your machine or on Hugging Face Jobs.

02

Deploy on the robot

One step from simulation to the real thing.

03

Refine the simulation

Tune, re-train, re-deploy.

04

Publish the policy

Share your new behavior with the community!

Walk

Velocity-tracking gait.

Sit & stand

Sits down, holds the pose, stands back up on its own.

Kick

A one-shot boot, then straight back to walking.

Grab

Dips the beak to the ground, scoops, and pops back upright.

Roller skating

Roller skating…

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