Hugging Face Unveils $400 Singing, Skating Duck-Like Robot

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    "excerpt": "(Bloomberg) -- Artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face Inc. unveiled a singing $400 bipedal robot that can be taught tricks, the latest in the company's ongoing effort to make AI and robotics more approachable to the general public.The cute robot - aptly named Microduck - takes clear inspiration from its namesake bird, except that it has only one eye. It will go on sale later this year, Hugging Face said Thursday, making it the second robot from the company. Most Read from Bloomberg Putin Moves to Escalate War in Ukraine as Talks at Dead End The Unraveling of Podcaster Ashley Flowers' True Crime Empire Iran, Oman Agree to Share Strait of Hormuz Revenue Singapore Police Raid Radiant World Office as Probe Widens Lutnick's Intervention in Canada Talks Draws Praise, Blame Both beginner and more advanced developers will be able to teach new physical skills to the robot using reinforcement learning, simulation and open-source software, letting them code new behaviors through programming languages like Python and JavaScript. The robot was developed in part by Pollen Robotics, the Bordeaux, France-based company Hugging Face acquired last year. The announcement comes a day after multiple media outlets reported that Nvidia Corp. is nearing a deal to buy Hugging Face for roughly $13 billion. Nvidia and Hugging Face didn't immediately respond to requests for comment by Bloomberg...",
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