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Hugging Face Unveils Affordable Open-Source Humanoid Robots

Shipments of the full-size HopeJR alongside Reachy Mini are scheduled for year-end to drive community-led robotics innovation.

The company expects to begin shipping the initial units by the end of the year.
This isn't the Hugging Face robot, to be clear.

Overview

  • HopeJR is a full-size humanoid robot with 66 actuated degrees of freedom enabling walking and complex arm movements, while Reachy Mini is a compact desktop unit designed for head motion, speech, and audio processing in AI development.
  • Hugging Face has set HopeJR’s price at around $3,000 per unit and pegged Reachy Mini between $250 and $300, depending on tariffs.
  • The company plans to ship initial units of both robots by the end of 2025, with a waitlist now open for early adopters.
  • April’s acquisition of Pollen Robotics provided the technical expertise that accelerated the development of these new humanoid platforms.
  • The launch reinforces Hugging Face’s commitment to transparent, community-driven innovation to prevent dominance by proprietary black-box systems.