{"id":"2092923071829049592","url":"https://x.com/Thom_Wolf/status/2092923071829049592","text":"We have a huge news to share today!\n\nToday we are unveiling the first truly accessible RL robot - welcome Microduck\n\nA 25 cm tiny open-source biped with 15 actuators and packed with sensors (camera, speaker, LiDAR, NFC, bluetooth, wifi, etc) that you train yourself with reinforcement learning.\n\nIt's also playable out of the box with more than half a dozen fun and playful pre-trained policies to have it walk, sit, crouch, roller-skate, pick up objects with its articulated beak, and recover on its own.\n\nAnd all for less than $400.\n\nSee all the details, play with the simulator and order it at: https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/\n\n(video with sound on 🔊)","author":{"name":"Thomas Wolf","username":"Thom_Wolf","avatarUrl":"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2068682157451571200/_ZNKM_5E_200x200.jpg"},"createdAt":"Thu Aug 27 10:31:59 +0000 2026","engagement":{"replies":425,"retweets":605,"likes":5629,"views":1334882},"media":{"photos":[],"videos":[{"url":"https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2092919679475941376/vid/avc1/3240x2160/SgTt06-Y7SWXGAs7.mp4?tag=29","thumbnailUrl":"https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2092919679475941376/img/1ruuR2tfC9WNrGPA.jpg","width":3240,"height":2160,"duration":51.008}]},"externalLink":{"url":"https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/","displayUrl":"pollen-robotics.com","title":"Microduck - A tiny biped robot you can teach new tricks | Pollen Robotics","description":"Microduck is a 25 cm biped robot with 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR and a grasping beak. Playable out of the box, and its open-source stack lets you train new behaviours in simulation and run them on the robot. Pre-order at $399.","thumbnailUrl":"https://pollen-robotics.com/assets/og/og-microduck-squad-v2.jpg"},"adhxContext":{"savedByCount":1,"publicTags":[],"previewUrl":"https://adhx.com/Thom_Wolf/status/2092923071829049592"}}