Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell

Earlier this week, a video of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang playing with a flock of waddling Microducks during his keynote at the company’s GTC Berlin conference went viral. The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a “nap,” and summersaulted on voice command.

本周早些时候，一段英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋在柏林 GTC 大会上演示时，与一群蹒跚学步的“微型鸭子”（Microducks）机器人互动的视频在网上疯传。这些机器人迈着小脚，发出类似 R2-D2 的细微声响，还能在语音指令下完成坐下、“装死”小憩以及翻跟头等动作。

They were so darn cute that by the next day, preorders of the Microducks surpassed 20,000 units, Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue said in a tweet. The Microducks are expected to be delivered in time for Christmas, meaning these robots might already be on their way to becoming the hottest toy for the holiday season.

Hugging Face 的 Clem Delangue 在推文中表示，这些机器人实在太可爱了，以至于第二天预订量就超过了 2 万台。微型鸭子预计将在圣诞节前送达，这意味着它们可能已经成为这个假日季最热门的玩具。

Delangue thinks they might end up being the best-selling robot of the year, and possibly not even for kids. The promotional videos show adults playing with them, too. Microducks are open source devices produced by Pollen Robotics, a company acquired by Hugging Face in 2025, which means they are now an Nvidia company. The GPU giant bought Hugging Face in September.

Delangue 认为它们最终可能成为年度最畅销的机器人，而且受众可能不仅限于儿童。宣传视频显示，成年人也在玩这些机器人。微型鸭子是由 Pollen Robotics 生产的开源设备，该公司于 2025 年被 Hugging Face 收购，这意味着它们现在属于英伟达旗下。这家 GPU 巨头于今年 9 月收购了 Hugging Face。

This is actually Hugging Face’s second robot, after the also-cute Reachy Mini. Microducks were trained using Nvidia’s technology stack, wherein simulations of them were taught basic tricks (walk, sit, stand, etc.) that they ship with. Pollen says that owners can train their robots with new tricks and then share them with the community.

这实际上是继同样可爱的 Reachy Mini 之后，Hugging Face 推出的第二款机器人。微型鸭子是利用英伟达的技术栈进行训练的，通过模拟训练，它们学会了出厂时自带的基本技巧（如行走、坐下、站立等）。Pollen 表示，用户可以训练自己的机器人掌握新技巧，并与社区分享。

Here’s the video below. Enjoy it as a palate cleanser after the scary black eye the AI industry gave itself this week, as AI involvement was blamed for cyberattack after cyberattack. OK, AI might seriously damage the world. But it can be fun, too. It’s hard to watch this video without ordering one.

以下是视频。本周人工智能行业因接连不断的网络攻击事件而声名狼藉，希望这段视频能为您带来一丝慰藉。诚然，人工智能可能会严重危害世界，但它也可以很有趣。看完这段视频，很难让人不想下单买一个。