RKMicro shares surge as Hugging Face's Microduck robot sells out rapidly

Hugging Face’s subsidiary, Pollen Robotics, recently released the open-source bipedal robot Microduck, priced at $399. Standing approximately 25 cm tall, it supports walking, object pickup, autonomous recovery after falling, and can be fitted with roller skates. Within six hours of its launch, order value exceeded $1 million; within 24 hours, it surpassed $2.6 million. At $399 per unit, this equates to roughly 6,500 pre-orders, with new order delivery timelines now scheduled for 4–6 months. Notably, the Microduck’s main controller uses China’s Rockchip RK3566 chip, which handles onboard computation for 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR, and a 50Hz robotic control loop. Following the opening of A-share trading today, Rockchip’s stock price surged to its daily limit, with market analysts citing the high demand for Hugging Face’s Microduck as a key catalyst.