The Reachy Mini is a Education robot developed by Pollen Robotics (France), launched 2025, priced at $449 USD.
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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
Deployments
Hugging Face, Pollen Robotics, and Seeed Studio
Viability
3,000 Reachy Mini units shipped
Price
Specifications
Category: Education- Payload
- 1 kg
- Weight
- 1.5 kg
- Autonomy
- fully autonomous
- Launch year
- 2025
- Price
- $449 USD
- Status
- active
Company profile
- Funding raised
- $2.8M
- Founded
- 2016
Detailed specifications
Other3
- Sub Category
- anthropomorphic_torso
- Company Country
- US
- Additional Information
- - 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
Who runs it· deployment evidence
1 on record · none maker-verified yet. Each links to its source — open it and judge.
- Hugging Face, Pollen Robotics, and Seeed Studio3000 unitssource ↗
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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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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 priced $449 USD.
- When was the Reachy Mini launched?
- The Reachy Mini was launched in 2025.
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