Hugging Face’s Microduck sells more than 10,000 units, powered by Rockchip’s RK3566

Hugging Face’s move into consumer robotics is already showing demand. CNBC reported that Microduck, the open-source robot duck made by Pollen Robotics, the company’s French subsidiary, has sold more than 10,000 units since going on sale last Thursday. At $399 per unit, that translates into more than $4 million in revenue. New orders are now quoted with delivery dates after Christmas 2026. Microduck is about 25 cm tall and weighs less than 0.9 kg. It uses 15 motors for bipedal movement and comes with a depth sensor, two inertial measurement units (IMUs), a camera mounted as its head and a jointed beak that the company says can grasp objects. The product is built as an open-source device and is priced at $399. For Hugging Face, it marks another step into lower-cost open AI robotics after the company acquired Pollen Robotics in 2025. The robot’s sensing, motor control and local computing are powered by Rockchip’s RK3566, a chip from the Chinese semiconductor company. Rockchip says the chip uses technology licensed from ARM, the UK-based semiconductor group. That makes the device notable in the supply chain behind AI hardware: a global, open-source consumer robot running on Chinese silicon.