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Nvidia CEO demo drives 20,000 preorders for Hugging Face's Microducks
During his GTC Berlin keynote, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang played with Pollen Robotics' open-source Microducks; a viral demo and a tweet from Hugging Face's Clem Delangue said preorders topped 20,000. The robots, trained in simulation using Nvidia's stack (promoted via NVIDIA RTX Spark), are expected to ship by Christmas and owners can train and share new tricks.
KEY POINTS
- During his GTC Berlin keynote, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang played with Pollen Robotics' open-source Microducks; a viral demo and a tweet from Hugging Face's Clem Delangue said preorders topped 20,000.
- The robots, trained in simulation using Nvidia's stack (promoted via NVIDIA RTX Spark), are expected to ship by Christmas and owners can train and share new tricks.
- The episode highlights strong consumer demand for small, AI-driven robots and showcases Nvidia's sim-to-real training stack being used to bring community-trainable devices to market.
WHY IT MATTERS
The episode highlights strong consumer demand for small, AI-driven robots and showcases Nvidia's sim-to-real training stack being used to bring community-trainable devices to market.