Platform ai dev Hug She continued her impulse on Robotics on Thursday with the release of two new humanoid robots.
The company announced a pair of open source robots, Hopejr and Reachy Mini. Hopejr is a full -size humanoid robot that has 66 activated degrees of freedom or 66 independent movements, including the ability to walk and move its hands. Reachy Mini is a desktop unit that can move her head, talk, listen and use to test AI applications.
Face Hugging does not have an exact timetable for sending these robots. Co -founder and chief executive Clem Delangue told TechCrunch by email that they are expecting to start shipping at least the first units by the end of the year and the waiting list is open.
Hugging Face estimates that Hopejr will cost about $ 3,000 per unit and the Mini Reachy will cost about $ 250 to $ 300, depending on invoices.
“The important aspect is that these robots are open source, so anyone can assemble, rebuild, [and] Understand how they work and [that they’re] Affordable so that the robotics is not dominated by some big players with dangerous black box systems, “Delangue said by email.
This robot release was partly possible by the acquisition of the Robotics Robotics Society, which was announced in April, according to Delangue. He added that the pollen team gave a hug “new possibilities” that are needed to make these bots.
Hugging Face has made a coordinated boost to the robotics industry in recent years. Started LoopA collection of open AI models, data sets and tools for the manufacture of robotics systems in 2024.
So far in 2025, the company has published an update of its three-dimensional and programmable robotic arm, the SO-101, which the company built a partnership with the French Robotics Society in the Robot studio. He also returned training data on the Lerobot platform, through a collaboration with AI Startup Yaak, to include training data for self-guiding machines.
