You can now pre-order Hugging Face's Reachy Mini robots

Hugging Face has launched a new AI-powered robot called the Reachy Mini. Described by its maker in a new blog as an "expressive, open-source robot designed for human-robot interaction, creative coding, and AI experimentation," the Reachy Mini is targeted at anyone with an interest in this growing field of robotics. Its various functions and behaviors can be coded in Python, with support for JavaScript and Scratch due to be added later.

As you might have guessed from the name, the Reachy Mini is a compact robot, measuring just 28cm tall and 16cm wide. This means you can easily place it next to your computer on a desk, or the kitchen island while you cook. It comes in variants: the fully autonomous Reachy Mini, which is powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 and can run wirelessly from a built-in battery; and the wired-only Reachy Mini Lite, which currently only ...