Pollen Robotics
Bordeaux, France
Humanoid Robots · Founded 2016 · Seed
Pollen Robotics is a Bordeaux-based French company founded in 2016 by former Inria researchers. It builds expressive, open-source robots for AI builders, makers and research labs. Its products include Reachy Mini, an expressive companion robot for human interaction and AI experimentation, and Microduck, a 25 cm biped for reinforcement learning. Reachy 2 is its research platform for AI and robotics labs. The company has shipped over 10,000 units worldwide. It was acquired by Hugging Face in April 2025 and now operates as part of it.
Visit website- Based in
- Bordeaux, France
- Founded
- 2016
- Builds
- Humanoid Robots, Robotics Development Software & Tools, Robotics Education & Research
- Industries
- Research & Education, Robotics & Automation
- Stage
- Seed
- Team
- 11 to 50 people
- Funding raised
- €2.5M
- Open roles
- None listed today