Hugging Face Embraces Robotics with Pollen Acquisition, Bringing Affordable Humanoids Home
Summary
Hugging Face, an AI company known for its open-source language models, has acquired Pollen Robotics, a French startup developing affordable humanoid robots, with plans to sell Pollen's Reachy 2 robot and enable developers to enhance its capabilities, bringing advanced robotics into homes.
Key Points
- Hugging Face acquired Pollen Robotics, a French robotics startup that aims to bring affordable humanoid robots to homes.
- Hugging Face plans to sell Pollen's humanoid robot Reachy 2 and allow developers to improve its code.
- The acquisition expands Hugging Face's robotics efforts, which previously involved collaborating with Pollen on an open-source robot for household chores.