The Reachy Mini is a Education robot developed by Pollen Robotics (France), launched 2025, listed at $449 USD (unverified).
RoboScore
Adequate evidence
No confirmed deployment on record — this score reflects the rest of the record, not verified adoption.
5 of 9 signals present
Recomputed nightly from public data. Missing data is skipped, never zero-filled — and rankings are never for sale.
Weighted factors
average of the 5 scored · blanks don't count
Ranked #51 of 77 in the Education standing.
See the standingWhere it has stood71 days · best #37 · worst #53
3 days carry something the board can name:
- 29 Aug Its maker's news lifted the score 3.54 — the board noticed.
- 2 Sept Its maker's news lifted the score 1.62 — the board noticed.
- 9 Sept RoboScore rose 0.53 — its evidence changed.
One reading per day since 3 Aug, when the current ordering began. The rank above is the reading for 13 Oct, taken against 77 robots — the standing itself is live, so a robot added since then counts there and not here yet.
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Overview
Reachy Mini is an expressive companion robot designed for human-robot interaction, creative coding, and AI experimentation. Built as a low-cost, accessible open-source platform, it offers a hands-on way to explore robots powered by modern AI models and supported by a growing open-source robotics community. The compact desktop robot combines approachable hardware with a software ecosystem tied to Hugging Face's model hub.
Flagship features
- Open-source hardware and software (Apache-2.0 license)
- Rapid AI prototyping with simulation-to-real bridging
- Pre-installed apps: face tracking, GPT-4 desk assistant, emoji reactions
- Compatible with Raspberry Pi 5, macOS, Linux, and Windows (WSL)
- Community-driven development with Hugging Face Spaces integration
- SDK available in Python with gRPC, kinematics, and vision helpers
Buyer decision signals
Viability
3,000 Reachy Mini units shipped
Price
Unverified — no source on record
Specifications
Category: Education- Payload
- 1 kg
- Weight
- 1.5 kg
- Autonomy
- fully autonomous
- Launch year
- 2025
- Price
- $449 USD
- Status
- active
Unverified — no source on record
Company profile
- Founded
- 2016
Detailed specifications
What it is built for1
- Sub Category
- anthropomorphic torso
Sensing & perception5
- Imu Present
- Yes
- Camera Count
- 1
- Camera Types
- stereo
- Camera Present
- Yes
- Microphone Present
- Yes
Controls & integration1
- Connectivity Options
- wifi
Other details2
- Teleoperation Supported
- Yes
- Hot Swap Battery Supported
- No
Who runs it· deployment evidence
No deployment evidence on file
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Company milestones
- Jan 2026Deployment3,000 Reachy Mini units shipped
- Apr 2025AcquisitionAcquired by Hugging Face
- Jan 2024MilestoneXPRIZE team page
- 2026MilestoneNVIDIA CES keynote demo with Reachy Mini
- 2026LaunchReachy Mini introduced as an open-source desktop robot
- 2025LaunchPollen Robotics to present Reachy 2 at CES 2025
- 2025LaunchReachy 2 introduced at CES 2025
- 2024LaunchReachy 2 launched
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News about Pollen Robotics, the maker — not about this robot specifically, except rows marked this robot. Collected and classified independently across 13 outlets, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes this robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move it up a board by at most 15 points. See all Pollen Robotics news
Frequently asked questions
- Who makes the Reachy Mini?
- The Reachy Mini is developed by Pollen Robotics, based in France.
- What type of robot is the Reachy Mini?
- The Reachy Mini is a Education robot made by Pollen Robotics.
- How much does the Reachy Mini cost?
- The Reachy Mini is listed at $449 USD in the Robolist catalogue, but this figure is unverified and not confirmed by Pollen Robotics — contact them for a quote.
- When was the Reachy Mini launched?
- The Reachy Mini was launched in 2025.
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