Building Real-World AI: Introducing Reachy Mini by Hugging Face

In 2025, Hugging Face took a significant step into real-world AI by launching Reachy Mini — a compact, expressive, fully open-source desktop robot. Designed for developers, educators, and researchers, Reachy Mini offers an accessible and programmable platform to explore the intersection of large language models (LLMs), computer vision, and embodied AI systems.

What Is Reachy Mini?

Reachy Mini is a humanoid robot head with six degrees of freedom (DoF), a camera, microphone, speaker, and a set of animated antennas. It’s built for table-top interaction, expression, and experimentation — powered entirely by open-source software and Hugging Face integrations.

With a small footprint and plug-and-play architecture, it brings robotic interaction into classrooms, labs, and hobbyist workbenches.

Hardware Overview

Key Features

• Fully programmable in Python (JavaScript and Scratch coming soon)
• Open-source hardware and software
• 6-DoF movement + expressive antennas and voice interaction
• Built-in face tracking, hand tracking, dancing, and chatbot demos
• Plug & play Hugging Face integration for running LLMs, APIs, and Spaces
• SDK and simulator support for extending capabilities

Versions & Pricing

• Lite Version: $299 (connects to your computer via USB)
• Wireless Version: $449 (includes onboard compute, Wi-Fi, battery)

Ships as a robot kit with everything you need to assemble and get started.

Watch the Demo

Order Link

You can now join the waitlist or order Reachy Mini from the official Hugging Face store:
https://huggingface.co/reachy-mini

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