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Hugging Face Begins Sales of Two Open-Source Reachy Mini Robot Kits

They mark a push to democratize embodied AI with affordable, open-source hardware that links directly to millions of shared models on the Hugging Face Hub.

Hugging Face is opening up orders for the Reachy Mini desktop robots.
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Overview

  • Hugging Face is now accepting orders for two Reachy Mini variants: a $299 wired Lite kit and a $449 wireless model powered by a Raspberry Pi 5.
  • The Reachy Mini Lite is slated to ship next month, with the wireless version scheduled for release later this year.
  • Developers assemble the 28 cm robots themselves and program them in Python, tapping into pre-installed demos and more than 1.7 million AI models on the Hugging Face Hub.
  • Each kit features two animated antennas, full-body rotation, six degrees of head movement, a wide-angle camera, microphones, and a speaker.
  • This launch follows Hugging Face’s April acquisition of Pollen Robotics and underscores its commitment to open-source hardware and community-driven innovation.