一款摇摇摆摆、发出鸭子叫声的机器人摔倒后可以自主站起。这款复刻鸭子外形与步态的机器人名叫Microduck，由法国企业Pollen Robotics研发。英伟达CEO黄仁勋亲自演示这款机器人后，它受到全球关注，市场目光也随之转向为它提供核心舵机的韩国机器人企业Robotis。
Robotis于26日在首尔江西区总部表示，已签署合同，为Pollen Robotics的这款鸭子机器人Microduck供应约75万个舵机。Pollen Robotics当前Microduck订单需求为5万台，每台机器人搭载15个Robotis舵机，这笔订单规模约35亿韩元（合240万美元）。
Pollen Robotics隶属于AI平台公司Hugging Face。黄仁勋21日演示Microduck之后，产品预订单激增。Pollen Robotics联合创始人兼CEO Matthieu Lapeyre称，黄仁勋演示后的三天内新增约1.5万份订单，同时预计明年舵机需求至少达到100万个。
Pollen Robotics认为Microduck走红，得益于贴近普通消费者的设计以及亲民定价。该机器人最初是面向机器人强化学习的开发平台，近期则作为消费陪伴机器人出圈。Lapeyre表示，希望Microduck成为像宠物一样、融入人们日常生活的机器人。
Pollen Robotics此前研发其他机器人时就一直在使用Robotis的Dynamixel系列舵机，该品牌舵机也曾用于其早前产品Reachy Mini小型机器人。Lapeyre称，团队长期使用Dynamixel，选择Robotis，是信任其能够在紧凑体积下实现高性能。
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A robot that swings, makes duck noises, falls and rises on its own. The robot, Microduck, with the recapitulation of ducks and steps, was developed by Pollen Robotics, a French company. When Young Weida CEO Wong In-hoon personally demonstrated the robot, it received global attention, and the market looked at Robotis, a Korean robot that provided it with a core rudder.
Robotis stated at the western sector headquarters in Seoul that a contract had been signed for the supply of approximately 750,000 rudders for the duck robot Microduck of Pollen Robotics. Pollen Robotics currently requires 50,000 Microduck orders, each carrying 15 Robotis wheelers, which is approximately 3.5 billion won (US$ 2.4 million).
Pollen Robotics is affiliated to the AI platform company Hugging Face. The product bookings surged after the 21st demonstration by Huang In-hoon in Microduck. According to the co-founder and CEO Matthieu Lapeyre of Pollen Robotics, about 15,000 new orders were added within three days of the Huang In-hoon demonstration, while it is expected that the need for the wheel will reach at least 1 million next year.
Pollen Robotics believes that Microduck is red, benefiting from design close to ordinary consumers and from pro-people pricing. The robot was initially a development platform for intensive learning for robots, and has recently been in circles as a consumer companion. Lapeyre expressed the hope that Microduck would become a robot like a pet, integrated into people's daily lives.
Pollen Robotics had been using the Dynamixel rudder series of Robotis, which had also been used in its earlier product, Reachy Mini, small robot. Lapeyre states that the team's long-term use of Dynamixel and its choice of Robotis was based on its trust in its ability to achieve high performance in a compact volume.
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