Microduck robot preorders surpass 20,000 after Jensen Huang’s GTC Berlin demo
Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell
- Who
- Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue
- What
- reported that preorders had surpassed 20,000 Microduck robots
- Quote
by the next day, preorders of the Microducks surpassed 20,000 units, Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue said in a tweet.
What happened
Microduck robot preorders surpassed 20,000 units by the day after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC Berlin demonstration, according to Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue. The open-source robots from Pollen Robotics are expected to arrive in time for Christmas and ship with basic tricks trained in simulation using Nvidia’s technology stack. Pollen says owners can teach them new tricks and share those with the community.
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Preorders for Pollen Robotics’ Microduck robots surpassed 20,000 units by the day after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang demonstrated them at GTC Berlin, Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue said. The open-source robots are expected to arrive in time for Christmas with basic tricks trained in simulation using Nvidia’s technology stack. Pollen says owners can teach the robots new tricks and share those tricks with the community.
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