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00:02Hugging Face's new MicroDuck robot generated more than $2.6 million in orders within its first 24
00:08hours on sale, according to a post on X from Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolfe. Pre-orders
00:14crossed $1 million within six hours of Thursday's launch. The $3.99 open-source robot was unveiled
00:21by Pollen Robotics, which Hugging Face acquired last year. MicroDuck stands 25 centimeters tall
00:27and can walk, sit, kick, roller skate, and grasp small objects. It also includes a camera,
00:34LiDAR, and motion sensors. The launch comes as NVIDIA is reportedly seeking to acquire
00:39Hugging Face for $13 billion. Tesla, One X, and Hyundai are also pursuing consumer robotics
00:46as companies move artificial intelligence beyond chatbots and into physical machines.
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