Pollen Robotics Timeline

Events

• 2026-08-27 - Product Launch - Pollen Robotics opens Microduck pre-orders - The robot weighs under 800 grams and combines 15 motors, a camera, depth sensor, two IMUs and an articulated beak. Its open-source SDK, robot-control software, simulator, reinforcement-learning stack and sim-to-real tools were available at announcement.… - source: pollen-robotics.com
• 2026-05-12 - Research Publication - Reachy Mini emotion-expression study measures perception of low-DoF robot affect - The paper studies how people perceive emotional expressions on Reachy Mini, a low-degree-of-freedom robot from Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face. In a 100-participant online study, viewers judged 10 short expression clips for emotion label, valence, arousal… - source: arxiv.org
• 2025-12-24 - Production - Pollen Robotics Ships 3,000 Reachy Mini Units Worldwide Before Christmas - Pollen Robotics announced the shipment of 3,000 Reachy Mini units globally before Christmas. The Reachy Mini is an open-source desktop robot designed for human-robot interaction and custom applications. This milestone indicates significant production success… - source: x.com
• 2025-12-19 - Production Milestone - Hugging Face, Pollen Robotics and Seeed ship 3,000 Reachy Mini units - The three companies shipped 3,000 Reachy Mini units worldwide before Christmas 2025. More than 3,000 orders arrived within one week in November, accelerating the move from a 3D-printed prototype to industrial production with Seeed Studio. Seeed's logistics… - source: seeedstudio.com
• 2025-12-06 - Research Publication - Audio-tactile interaction paper uses Reachy to classify touch from body sounds - The study explores recognizing tactile interactions from sounds recorded by microphones mounted on a Pollen Robotics Reachy robot. The authors collect tapping, knocking, rubbing, stroking, scratching, and pressing samples on the robot arms and train a… - source: arxiv.org
• 2025-11-26 - Research Publication - Reachy 2 becomes a LeRobot-supported open humanoid data and training platform - Hugging Face LeRobot documents Reachy 2 as an open-source humanoid robot made by Pollen Robotics for embodied AI and real-world applications. The integration covers simulation, VR teleoperation, data acquisition, LeRobot recording, replay, training, and… - source: huggingface.co
• 2025-10-30 - Partnership - Orbbec Gemini 336 powers Reachy 2 perception - Gemini 336 supplies stereo depth data that allows Reachy 2 to distinguish, localize and manipulate varied objects in cluttered scenes. The camera supports embodied-AI research workflows requiring close-range perception, including sorting fresh produce and… - source: orbbec.com
• 2025-07-16 - Market Signal - Pollen Robotics Achieves $1 Million in Reachy Mini Sales - Pollen Robotics, acquired by Hugging Face in April 2025, launched the Reachy Mini robot in July 2025. The Reachy Mini is an open-source, desktop-sized robot priced starting at $299. Within a week of launch, the Reachy Mini achieved $1 million in sales… - source: digitaltrends.com
• 2025-07-09 - Product Launch - Pollen Robotics Ships First Reachy Mini Units to Beta Testers - Pollen Robotics announced the shipment of the first Reachy Mini units to selected beta testers. The Reachy Mini is an open-source desktop robot designed for AI experimentation and human-robot interaction. Two versions are available: a Lite version requiring… - source: investing.com
• 2025-04-14 - Research Publication - Pollen Robotics releases pollen-vision library on Hugging Face - • Pollen Robotics released the pollen-vision library on Hugging Face, providing developers with tools for computer vision applications in r... • The library includes pre-trained models and datasets tailored for robotic perception tasks. • Developers can… - source: techcrunch.com
• 2024-12-09 - Demonstration - Pollen Robotics Enhances Reachy 2 with Advanced Object Manipulation Capabilities - Reachy 2 demonstrated object manipulation using seven-degree-of-freedom arms. Each arm is rated to lift objects up to 3 kg. The platform supports ROS 2 Humble, a Python SDK and VR teleoperation. - source: pollen-robotics.com