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Nvidia GTC clip of Microduck robots precedes 20,000 preorders
TechCrunch reported that after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang demonstrated Hugging Face Microduck robots at GTC Berlin, Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue said preorders topped 20,000.
- New headline Was: “Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell”
- Our desk filed its story
- New headline Was: “Nvidia’s Huang demos Microduck robots; Hugging Face cites 20,000 preorders”
A video of Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang demonstrating small open-source Microduck robots at the company's GTC Berlin conference circulated this week, TechCrunch reported Friday1.
Hugging Face chief executive Clem Delangue said on social media that preorders passed 20,000 units the next day, according to TechCrunch1. The outlet said deliveries are expected in time for Christmas1.
TechCrunch said the Microducks are made by Pollen Robotics, which Hugging Face acquired in 2025, and that Nvidia bought Hugging Face in September 20261. It described the robots as Hugging Face's second, after Reachy Mini1.
Pollen said the devices ship with basic tricks trained in Nvidia simulations and that owners can train new tricks and share them, TechCrunch reported1. The preorder figure rests on Delangue's post as relayed by the outlet; Nvidia's own comment was not in the article1.
