HUGGING FACE JUST LAUNCHED A $299 ROBOT THAT COULD DISRUPT THE ENTIRE ROBOTICS INDUSTRY

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Hugging Face's Reachy Mini is a $299 desktop robot designed to address accessibility in robotics development. It features six degrees of freedom in its moving head, full body rotation, animated antennas, a wide-angle camera, multiple microphones, and a 5-watt speaker. There is a fully autonomous wireless version that includes a Raspberry Pi 5 computer and battery. The robot can be programmed in Python - JavaScript and Scratch support is planned. Hugging Face plans to release all hardware designs, software, and assembly instructions as open source.