Microduck
Microduck is a 25 cm bipedal robot with 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR, and a grasping beak. It can be played with out of the box and programmed or trained in simulation using its open-source software stack, then deployed on the physical robot.
Overview
8 featuresIn the Simulation & sports space, Microduck takes a focused approach. It focuses on experimenting with embodied AI and reinforcement learning through a programmable, physical robot. It is built as a consumer product for robotics researchers, developers, educators, and hobbyists. Microduck is paid. It ships for the web, the command line, and Linux.
Behind Microduck is Pollen Robotics, based in France, and it first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 189 stars and 642 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include bipedal locomotion, camera, and liDAR sensing. Access is currently waitlist-only.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Bipedal locomotion
- Camera
- LiDAR sensing
- Grasping beak
- Reinforcement learning
- Simulation training
- Sim-to-real deployment
- Open-source stack
Built with & integrations
- Next.js
- /_next/static/ in the HTML · __next_f in the HTML
- local_oss
- huggingface in the HTML
- Cloudflare
- cf-ray header · cf-cache-status header
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
1What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
- Indexed27 Aug · 15:15 UTCPollen Robotics (Hugging Face) Microduck verified against its public sourceSource: PulseGate · Open
Frequently asked questions about Microduck
- What does Microduck do?
- Microduck focuses on experimenting with embodied AI and reinforcement learning through a programmable, physical robot. It is catalogued under Simulation & sports on PulseGate.
- Who should use Microduck?
- Microduck is a consumer product built for robotics researchers, developers, educators, and hobbyists.
- Does Microduck have a free plan?
- No — Microduck is paid.
- What platforms does Microduck run on?
- Microduck runs on the web, the command line, and Linux.
- Is Microduck still maintained?
- The GitHub repository shows 642 commits in the last 90 days.
- What projects are similar to Microduck?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Jet Ski Simulator, Grass Master – Cutting Game, and 馬場Boss.Jet Ski SimulatorGrass Master – Cutting Game馬場Boss
- Who makes Microduck?
- Microduck is developed by Pollen Robotics, based in France.
- When did Microduck launch?
- Microduck first shipped in 2026.
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