Credit: Hugging Face
TL;DR
- Hugging Face has unveiled a $400 bipedal robot called Microduck.
- The duck-shaped robot features 15 motors, a camera, a depth sensor, and an articulated beak that can pick up objects.
- Microduck comes with learned behaviors and can be controlled with a gamepad, but developers can also teach it new skills through reinforcement learning, simulation, and open-source software.
AI has earned an overwhelmingly negative perception over the last couple of years. At this point, is there any way for the technology to shed that stigma and become more approachable to the general public? One of the best attempts at that may be Hugging Face’s new tiny duck-like robot.
Hugging Face has unveiled a cute bipedal robot known as Microduck. The robot is about 10 inches tall and features 15 motors, a camera, a depth sensor, two inertial measurement units (IMU), and an articulated beak that can pick up objects. According to the company, the duck character was born as a result of the robot’s proportions, beak, and waddling gait.
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