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Robot model

Microduck

humanoidresearchby Pollen Robotics

A 25 cm tall biped robot with 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR, two IMUs, and an articulated grasping beak.

Track Microduck
Manufacturer
Pollen Robotics
Form factor
humanoid
Maturity
research
Lifecycle
active
Website
pollen-robotics.com ↗

Overview

A 25 cm tall biped robot with 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR, two IMUs, and an articulated grasping beak. Designed for developers and robotics enthusiasts to experiment with reinforcement learning and sim-to-real deployment. Pre-orders opened at $399 on August 27, 2026, with first deliveries targeted before Christmas 2026.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
research(Lab-stage only; no commercial or public deployment reported.)
Sources on file
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No verified deployments on file. DEPLOY tracks independently-sourced deployment evidence separately from manufacturer capability claims.

Key facts

Price

$399 (pre-order, before taxes and shipping)

Height

25 cm

Weight

Under 800 g

Motors

15 degrees of freedom

Compute

Rockchip RK3566 with AI accelerator

Memory

1 GB RAM, 32 GB storage

Sensors

Front camera, compact LiDAR (8x8 ToF matrix), 2 IMUs

Connectivity

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC (2 antennas)

Battery

Removable NP-F550, 2600 mAh, ~1 hour runtime

Pre-trained behaviors

7 trained moves, including walk, sit and stand, kick, grab, roller skating and get back up

Open source

SDK, simulator, and RL training pipeline on GitHub under Apache-2.0

Colorways

Cream, Graphite, Lavender, Sky

Pre-orders opened

August 27, 2026

First deliveries

Targeted before Christmas 2026 (North America, Europe, UK)

GTC Berlin keynote (company-stated, Oct 2026)

Four Microducks joined Jensen Huang onstage. NVIDIA showed an agent training Microduck in Isaac Sim, running jobs in the cloud and evaluating on RTX Spark before deployment.

Data & sources

Web sources

5

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Pricing

No verified price is on record for Microduck. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

How DEPLOY tracks pricing

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Microduck.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (5)

  1. https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/
  2. https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/blog/introducing-microduck/
  3. https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/press-kit/
  4. https://www.engadget.com/2245407/huggingface-and-pollen-robotics-opn-pre-orders-for-the-microduck-robot/
  5. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/gtc-berlin-2026-keynote/ · 2026-10-21

Mentioned on (3)

Registry pages whose text names Microduck.

Companies (1)

Pollen Robotics

Common questions

What is Microduck?
A 25 cm tall biped robot with 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR, two IMUs, and an articulated grasping beak. Designed for developers and robotics enthusiasts to experiment with reinforcement learning and sim-to-real deployment. Pre-orders opened at $399 on August 27, 2026, with first deliveries targeted before Christmas 2026.
How much does Microduck cost?
Microduck's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Microduck from Pollen Robotics. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Microduck actually deployed in the real world?
Microduck is at the research stage: it exists, but DEPLOY has no verified real-world deployment on record. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
Who makes Microduck?
Microduck is made by Pollen Robotics, based in Bordeaux, France, founded in 2016.
Can you buy Microduck?
Microduck is at research stage and is not yet available for sale.
What are alternatives to Microduck?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable humanoid robots to Microduck include Walker S2, Digit, Unitree G1, Atlas.
How does Microduck compare to Walker S2?
Microduck and Walker S2 (UBTech Robotics · 18 deployments) are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. Microduck has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Microduck a top humanoid?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Microduck ranks in roughly the top 77% of humanoid models tracked by the registry.
What is Microduck's maturity stage?
Microduck is at the research stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Research stage means active development without commercial deployments on file.
Where is Microduck deployed?
No verified deployments of Microduck are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Microduck safe?
Microduck has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-31

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-31

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

5
unclassified
Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Microduck.

Recent coverage

Microduck in third-party press

Video Friday: Meet Microduck

Aug 28, 2026