Simon Aribert and Remicadene of the Rerobot team in Reach 1 – Photo by Leakle Spirit
Since Faith launched Rerobot Library in 2024, led by former Tesla Reed Remicaden, the Hugging Face Hub has quickly become the most widely used hub and software platform for open robotics with models, datasets, spaces and libraries.
Today, we are excited to take it a step further by welcoming pollen robotics to embrace Face, the team that has built open source robots and hardware for the past nine years.
We believe that robotics could be the next frontier unlocked by AI, and it should be open, affordable and private. Our Vision: From enthusiasts to businesses, anyone in the community can build or use robot assistants or games, and start with an open solution instead of closed, remotely controlled hardware.
– Thomas Wolf, co-founder and chief scientist embrace
From the start, we built pollen robotics at the core from the start, based on the belief that robots play a major role in our lives, and based on the belief that they act as an interface between AI and the physical world. Hugging our faces is a natural home for us to grow as we share a common goal. Putting AI and robotics into everyone’s hands.
– Matthieu Lapeyre, co-founder of pollen
This marks the fifth acquisition to embrace the face after notable additions such as Gradio and Xethub.
Clem’s 2025 forecast on robots shows that “at least 100k personal robots will be pre-ordered” this year, indicating a huge growth in the space.
This month we will celebrate for a year since we hugged Rerobot in the face. Lerobot-Native DIY The Robot Builders community has flourished in disagreement with YouTube and is truly democratizing access to robotics technology. In just 12 months, the GitHub repository grew from zero to over 12,000 stars, with dramatic growth continuing into 2025.
The first robot we offer is Reachy 2. A friendly little lab partner from the AI era, already used in labs like Cornell and Carnegie Mellon. It is an open source and VR compatible, and is a cutting-edge humanoid robot built for research, education and embodied AI experiments. You can already order one for $70,000 by emailing sales@pollen-robotics.com.
Hugging Face’s Robotics Venture Timeline
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About hugging your face
Hugging Face is the most used platform for AI builders, with over 7 million users and a thriving community of researchers, developers and organizations. Founded by Clément Delangue (CEO), Julien Chaumond (CTO), and Thomas Wolf (CSO), the company becomes a central hub for AI and hosts the most popular open source models and datasets, including Meta’s Llama 4, Deepseek R1, Deepseek R1, Stable Dissection, Black Forest Flux, Openitral and Millions. The AI App Store features over 500,000 ready-to-use applications called Spaces, with cutting-edge AI accessible to everyone. Hugging Face has so far raised more than $395 million from major investors including Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Salesforce, Sequoia, Coatue, Lux Capital and the addition.
About Pollen Robotics
Founded in 2016, Pollen Robot is a leading developer of open source humanoid robots designed for advanced research and real-world applications. Founded by former researchers from the Inria’s Flowers team, including Matthieu Lapeyre and Pierre Rouanet, the company leverages years of experience at the intersection of robotics hardware and applied artificial intelligence to develop innovative and easy-to-use robotics platforms. Reachy 2 is the latest generation of pollen robots, the flagship humanoid robot. Designed as a versatile platform for embodied AI, Reachy 2 combines advanced hardware and user-friendly software to enable intuitive interaction and agile operations. With Open-Source hardware and software at the core, Reachy 2 offers researchers and developers the unprecedented freedom to explore human-robot interactions, machine learning applications, and practical AI-driven tasks.
Reachy is adopted by respected institutions such as Accenture, CEA, CNRS, Cornell University and Carnegie Mellon University, and emphasizes versatility in areas ranging from advanced AI research to real-world operational tasks. The Pollen Robot has won several awards, including second place in the prestigious Ana Avatar Xprize in 2022, highlighting its innovative talent with its distant presence, dexterous manipulation and control technology.
With hundreds of units deployed in over 20 countries, pollen robots have redefine the capabilities of open source humanoid robots, encouraging collaboration and customization in the global robot community.
About Reach 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er8spjsiyr0
Unique, friendly and friendly designs that induce natural interactions make them instantly attractive and accessible to users from all backgrounds. Virus innovation in Reachy’s design is Orbita’s joint system, providing smooth, multi-directional movement to the robot’s neck and wrists, improving its expressiveness and interaction ability. Human-inspired arms (7-DOF) and unique Orbita joints allow for expressive, multi-directional movement, enhancing human-like interactions, and the ability to manipulate objects up to 3kg seamlessly equips a mobile base with omni wheels and riders. Reachy 2’s systems provide everything you need for machine learning, providing powerful performance and seamless compatibility with modern AI frameworks. The open source nature of Reachy is designed to encourage collaboration and customization. Pollen Robots provide comprehensive resources such as software, 3D models, documentation and more available at https://huggingface.co/pollen-robotics, which are employed by prominent research labs such as Cornell University and Carnegie Mellon University.
