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French-American duck robot's 'Chinese brain' reveals deep integration of global supply chains

Photo: Screenshot from Pollen Robotics A $399 desktop duck-shaped robot named Microduck from a French-American company has become an unlikely lens through which to view the deep integration of global ...
CNET

I Used This Robot Vacuum With a Mechanical Arm for Three Months but at $2,600 It’s a Hard Sell

After three months of testing Roborock's ambitious Saros Z70, its headline-grabbing robotic arm is still just a proof of concept. I’ve been using the Roborock Saros Z70 for three months now and, in ...

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

The colorful "Microduck" robot from HuggingFace's French subsidiary Pollen Robotics has sold more than 10,000 units since launching on Thursday.
ZDNet

I saw Roborock’s ‘mechanical arm’ robot vacuum pick up objects – and it likely won’t be my last

Roborock just dropped the mic in the robot vacuum market at CES 2025 with the Saros Z70 robot vacuum launch, which features a mechanical arm to remove obstacles in its path. The company also launched ...