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Hugging Face's new duck robot is selling fast. A Chinese chip powers it

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Source: CNBC TechnologySeptember 1, 2026

Summary

Hugging Face's Microduck robot, a programmable duck-shaped device powered by a Chinese chip (the Rockchip RK3566, which uses technology from British company ARM), has sold over 10,000 units since its Thursday launch, generating over $4 million in revenue. The robot is designed to run AI tools locally on the device (called edge AI, where computing happens on the device itself rather than in the cloud) and can learn from simulations, but its chip lacks the computing power for complex AI tasks. The strong demand has delayed delivery times beyond the promised Christmas 2026 date.

Classification

Attack SophisticationTrivial

Affected Vendors

HuggingFace

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Original source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/01/hugging-faces-new-duck-robot-is-selling-fast-a-chinese-chip-powers-it.html

First tracked: September 1, 2026 at 08:01 AM

Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 65%