News Summary

• Pollen Robotics has unveiled a bipedal robot called Microduck, at an introductory price of $399 before taxes and shipping.
• The Bordeaux company is owned by the AI platform Hugging Face.
• Its new machine has one eye and 15 motors, stands 25cm tall, and weighs under 800g.
• Pollen is targeting first deliveries before Christmas 2026 in North America, Europe and the UK.
• The robot walks, crouches, rights itself when it falls, and picks small objects up with its beak.