from the makers
Microduck is 25 cm tall, has 15 motors, a camera and a beak that picks things up, and comes with seven moves you can retrain yourself. More on the Pollen Robotics page. Why it’s on my list: spotted, not tried yet.
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We made a new robot
Pollen Robotics · 1:26 · 27 Aug 2026
The announcement: walking, sitting, roller skating, picking things up with its beak, and getting back up after a fall.
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Meet Microduck
Pollen Robotics · 0:52 · 27 Aug 2026
The launch film. It waddles, it falls, it gets back up.
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Microduck Sim 2 Real
Pollen Robotics · 0:24 · 27 Aug 2026
The part that interests me most: a move is trained in a simulator, then run on the real robot.
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Welcome to… Microduck Arena!
Pollen Robotics · 1:07 · 12 Oct 2026
A virtual stadium where you train a move, publish it and enter it in a challenge. No robot needed.
on stage
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NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026 keynote
NVIDIA · starts at 1:20:40 · 21 Oct 2026
Starts at the Microduck part: a short film on training it in simulation, then Jensen Huang on stage with four of them, asking them to sit, stand and take a nap. About five minutes.
just for fun
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Microduck discovers Reachy Mini! (episode 1)
Remi Fabre · 0:49
A short skit with Microduck and Reachy Mini, another small open-source robot.
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Live action with real robots (episode 3)
Remi Fabre · 2:15 · 7 Sep 2026
“The lake disagreement”: the same two robots, filmed instead of animated.
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