AI dev platform Hugging Face continued its push into robotics on Thursday with the discharge of two new humanoid robots.
The corporate introduced a pair of open supply robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. HopeJR is a full-size humanoid robotic that has 66 actuated levels of freedom, or 66 impartial actions, together with the power to stroll and transfer its arms. Reachy Mini is a desktop unit that may transfer its head, discuss, pay attention, and be used to check AI apps.
Hugging Face doesn’t have an actual timeline for transport these robots. The corporate’s co-founder and CEO, Clem Delangue, informed TechCrunch over electronic mail that they count on to start out transport not less than the primary few items by the top of the 12 months, and the waitlist is presently open.
Hugging Face estimates that the HopeJR will value round $3,000 per unit and the Reachy Mini will value round $250 to $300, relying on tariffs.
“The essential facet is that these robots are open supply, so anybody can assemble, rebuild, [and] perceive how they work, and [that they’re] reasonably priced, in order that robotics doesn’t get dominated by only a few large gamers with harmful black-box techniques,” Delangue stated by way of electronic mail.
This robotic launch was made potential partially by the corporate’s acquisition of humanoid robotics startup Pollen Robotics, which was introduced in April, in accordance with 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 group of open AI fashions, datasets, and instruments to construct robotics techniques, in 2024.
To this point 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 inbuilt a partnership with French robotics agency The Robotic Studio. It additionally expanded the coaching information on its LeRobot platform, by a partnership with AI startup Yaak, to incorporate coaching information for self-driving machines.
