Reachy Mini is an expressive, open-source robot kit by Pollen Robotics & Hugging Face. Designed for AI experimentation and creative coding, it's fully programmable in Python and deeply integrated with the HF ecosystem.
Hi everyone!
Co-hunting with @sentry_co to share Reachy Mini. Desktop robots are a natural entry point for companion AI, and this new gadget from Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics is clearly their answer to what that should look like.
Their approach is all about being fully open-source. You can program your own personalized behaviors in Python, and the community can build and share them on the Hugging Face Hub. There are already a ton of fun examples in Spaces showing what's possible.
I also have to say, I really like the design. It has a kind of mechanical cuteness to it that I think a lot of people will be into.
ReachyMini is one of the cutest robots I've seen. The ability to program it reminds me of the days when I used to tinker with arduino and rasberry pi, but this is so much better. Would love to own this.
Really cool to see how Hugging Face is making AI more accessable for everyone through open source, nice job to the team for pushing open science forward.
Hugging Face has become the go‑to platform for open‑source AI love how easy it is to explore, launch, and demo cutting‑edge models. are there plans to enable collaborative Spaces like team-owned instances with shared histories, permissions, and versioned updates?
This looks really fun and full of potential. I love how open and customizable Reachy Mini is. Being able to program your own robot and share ideas with others on Hugging Face makes it feel like a real community project. The design is also super charming in a mechanical way. Excited to see what people create with it!
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ReachyMini is one of the cutest robots I've seen. The ability to program it reminds me of the days when I used to tinker with arduino and rasberry pi, but this is so much better. Would love to own this.
Congrats on the launch team!
This one is cute <3
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Really cool to see how Hugging Face is making AI more accessable for everyone through open source, nice job to the team for pushing open science forward.
Come on, launching this cool robot two days after my birthday? No fair.
Congrats on the launch, your robot is just the cutest! Would loveee to get this sometime soon!
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Hugging Face has become the go‑to platform for open‑source AI love how easy it is to explore, launch, and demo cutting‑edge models. are there plans to enable collaborative Spaces like team-owned instances with shared histories, permissions, and versioned updates?
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That's another level 😍 Looks amazing
Congratulations on the launch 🚀
This looks really fun and full of potential. I love how open and customizable Reachy Mini is. Being able to program your own robot and share ideas with others on Hugging Face makes it feel like a real community project. The design is also super charming in a mechanical way. Excited to see what people create with it!
Congrats on Reachy Mini! 🤖✨
Two quick ideas:
Add starter Python notebooks (easier onboarding!)
Create a "User Projects" gallery (showcase cool builds)
Robotics meets AI - brilliant!
While experimenting with Reachy Mini, I realized robotics can be both accessible and genuinely fun.