AI dev platform Hugging Face continued its push into robotics on Thursday with the discharge of two new humanoid robots.
The firm introduced a pair of open-source robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. HopeJR is a full-size humanoid robotic that has 66 actuated levels of freedom, or 66 unbiased actions, together with the power to stroll and transfer its arms. Reachy Mini is a desktop unit that may transfer its head, speak, hear, and be used to check AI apps.
Hugging Face doesn’t have a precise timeline for transport these robots. The firm’s co-founder and CEO, Clem Delangue, informed TechCrunch over e-mail that they anticipate to begin transport at the very least the primary few models by the top of the yr, and the waitlist is at present open.
Hugging Face estimates that the HopeJR will price round $3,000 per unit and the Reachy Mini will price round $250-$300, relying on tariffs.
“The necessary facet is that these robots are open supply, so anybody can assemble, rebuild, [and] perceive how they work, and [that they’re] inexpensive, in order that robotics doesn’t get dominated by only a few massive gamers with harmful black-box methods,” Delangue mentioned through e-mail.
This robotic launch was made potential partially by the corporate’s acquisition of humanoid robotics startup Pollen Robotics, which was introduced in April, based on Delangue. He added that the Pollen crew gave Hugging Face “new capabilities” required to make these bots.
Hugging Face has been making a concerted push into the robotics business over the previous few years. It launched LeRobot, a set of open AI fashions, knowledge units, and instruments to construct robotics methods, in 2024.
So far in 2025, the corporate has launched an up to date model of its 3D-printed and programmable robotic arm, the SO-101, which the corporate in-built a partnership with French robotics agency The Robot Studio. It additionally expanded the coaching knowledge on its LeRobot platform, by way of a partnership with AI startup Yaak, to incorporate coaching knowledge for self-driving machines.
