Train in simulation
Behaviours are learned in physics sim, on your machine or on Hugging Face Jobs.
AV-1 / Microduck
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 €299
Ships in 1–2 months
Pre-orders open August 27, 2026€299 before taxes and shippingOpen sourcePre-orders open August 27, 2026€299 before taxes and shippingOpen source
A tiny biped with a big personality
Meet the twin
A tiny robot made for movement, play and learning in the real world.
The launch film · sound on
Roll thetape
Trained in sim, deployed on the real robot.
Sim2Real that works
This is the simulated twin the ducks were trained on.
Launch the simulatorFun out of the box. Yours to retrain.
Teach it new tricks
Every behaviour is a policy you can retrain on your own machine.
Deploy on the robot
One step from simulation to the real thing.
Refine the simulation
Tune, re-train, re-deploy.
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 locomotion when the skates are equipped.
Get back up
Flat on its back to standing, all by itself, ready for the next command.
One robot, four colourways
Choose your colour
Every Microduck ships in one of four colourways. Same robot, same brains underneath — pick the shell that best fits you.
Out in the world
In the wild
The real robot in real places — on desks, on the pitch, out at golden hour.
The robot, and what to add to it
Pick your pack
The robot is everything you need on day one. The packs add play gear and spare parts.
$119
Dev pack
3x spare motors, 5x motor cables, 2x batteries, dual charger, 10x NFC tags, Hugging Face credit, screwdriver, screw pack.
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Tech specs · Full sheet in the press kit
Tech specs
15
Motors
25 cm
Tall
800 g
To pick up
Camera
Camera
Plus LiDAR and two IMUs
7
Trained moves in the box
50 Hz
Onboard policy loop
Built in the open
Open source
The SDK, the simulation and the full RL training stack are on GitHub. What the robot runs is what you can read, fork and retrain.
pollen-robotics/microduckApache-2.0The whole software stackMuJoCoPhysics simulation7 policiesPublished and retrainable
$ ssh microduck
$ robotctl monitor
# status of the robot
$ robotctl configure
# configure the robot
$ robotctl update
# update the robot
$ robotctl monitor
# status of the robot
$ robotctl configure
# configure the robot
$ robotctl update
# update the robot
Join the flock
Builds on show, policies to swap, help when a leg does something strange. The community lives on Discord.
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Pre-orders are open now
In four colourways. Introductory price, before taxes and shipping.
Pre-order for €299