Better known for its artificial intelligence software solutions, Hugging Face has now introduced the Reachy Mini open-source desktop robot, designed to deploy AI applications that interface with the physical world.
The robot comes with a camera, microphones, and a speaker, and can move its 6 DoF (degrees of freedom) head, rotate its body, or wave its antennas. Two versions are available: The Reachy Mini Lite designed for computers running Mac, Linux, and soon Windows, and the Reachy Mini autonomous robot, powered by a Raspberry Pi 5, adding wireless connectivity, a few more microphones, an accelerometer, and battery support.
Both models share most of the same specifications:
| Reachy Mini Lite | Reachy Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Compute | None - Compatible with Mac and Linux (Windows soon) | Raspberry Pi 5 |
| Wifi | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Power supply | Wired | Wired & Battery |
| Microphones | 2 | 4 |
| Speaker 5W | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Camera (wide angle) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Accelerometer | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Head movement (6 Degrees of Freedom) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Full body rotation | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| 2 animated antennas | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Dimensions | 28 x 16 cm ∅ | 28 x 16 cm ∅ |
| Weight | 1.5 kg | 1.5+ kg |
| Delivery | Starting late summer 2025 | Rolling out in batches from fall 2025 through 2026 |
| Price | $299 (+ taxes + shipping) | $449 (+ taxes + shipping) |
The Reachy Mini is programmable in Python for now, but JavaScript and Scratch will soon be supported too. We’re also told that over 15 robot behaviors will be provided at launch on the Hugging Face hub, so users will be able to get started immediately. You won’t even need to wait for the robot before working on it, because a simulation SDK allows users to test and develop projects on their computer first.
Everything will be made open-source, including the hardware, software, and simulation environments, and projects can be shared with the Hugging Face community, now with over 10 million members.
Note the robot has no legs or wheels, so it just stays on the desktop and only the body, head, and antenna can rotate or move. The camera will enable computer vision applications, and the microphone and speaker should allow voice interaction using LLMs combined with text-to-speech and voice recognition.
There’s limited technical information right now, and I could only find two related repos on GitHub. The Reachy Mini Lite is up for pre-order now for $299 with deliveries starting in late summer 2025, and the Reachy Mini for $449 starting in fall 2025. You’ll find a few more details and pre-order links on Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics, a French startup that designed the robot.
Via Liliputing
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