Pollen Robotics unveils Microduck, a $400 open-source RL biped robot

Pollen Robotics has unveiled Microduck, a 25 cm open-source biped with 15 actuators and sensors including a camera, speaker, and LiDAR that users can train with reinforcement learning. The robot ships with more than half a dozen pre-trained policies for walking, sitting, roller-skating, and picking up objects with its articulated beak, and costs less than $400.