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Microduck, the Open-Source Robot You Can Retrain

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A 25-centimetre biped robot with a simulator, reinforcement-learning stack, and seven trainable behaviours.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-03 issue.

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Microduck uses a simulation-first workflow: behaviours are trained in MuJoCo, moved onto the physical robot, refined, and then published as policies. The page lists a 50 Hz onboard policy loop, seven included behaviours, and an Apache-2.0 software stack, while the hardware includes 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR, and two IMUs. Optional packs add batteries, motors, NFC tags, and other parts.

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