News Summary

Hugging Face has announced that it is now accepting orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots, aimed at AI developers. The company unveiled two versions: the Reachy Mini Wireless, priced at $449, and the Reachy Mini Lite, priced at $299. These open-source robots are designed for developers to build and customize, with the wireless version running on a Raspberry 5 mini computer. The Reachy Minis are programmable in Python and come with pre-installed demos, integrated with the Hugging Face Hub, which provides access to over 1.7 million AI models and 400,000 datasets. The devices are intended to foster creativity and innovation within the AI developer community by allowing users to build, test, and share AI applications. Hugging Face CEO Clém Delangue emphasized the importance of open-source hardware for the future of robotics, enabling users to have control over their devices. The Reachy Mini Lite will begin shipping next month, with the wireless version to follow later this year.