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Pollen Robotics

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pollen-robotics.com

Fully open-source hardware and software platform; Reachy 2 supports VR teleoperation with stereo vision and spatial audio for human-guided operation and training data collection; integrates natively with Hugging Face model hub allowing researchers to deploy vision-language-action models on-device; full-body control stack, ROS2-compatible, simulation environments published under open-source licenses.

HeadquartersBordeaux, FR
Founded2016
Consumer funding$3M
Team11-50
Deployments5
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentConsumer
StageAcquired
FoundersMatthieu Lapeyre (Co-founder), Pierre Rouanet (Co-founder)
Regions servedEurope, North America
Countries deployedFR, US
Service footprintReachy 2 open-source humanoid at $70,000 deployed in 20+ countries (research and corporate); Reachy Mini compact desktop robot at $399/$499; 3,000+ units shipped with Seeed Studio by CES 2026; HQ Bordeaux, France; operated under Hugging Face since April
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinehumanoid

Reachy 2

  • 7 degrees of freedom per arm

    Vendor-stated DOF for bio-inspired arms enabling human-like reach and dexterity

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  • 3 kg arm payload

    Vendor-stated maximum payload per arm

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  • $70,000 purchase price

    Vendor-stated list price per unit

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Machinehumanoid

Reachy Mini

  • 28 cm / 11 inches tall; 6.3 inches wide; 1.5 kg / 3.3 lbs

    Vendor-stated physical dimensions and weight for compact desktop humanoid

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  • 6-DOF expressive head with pan, tilt, and roll; 360-degree body rotation; two animated antennas

    Vendor-stated kinematic degrees of freedom for expressive motion

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  • Wide-angle HD camera, 4-microphone array for sound localization, 5W speaker

    Vendor-stated perception and audio I/O hardware configuration

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  • Lite version $399 / Wireless version $499 (Raspberry Pi 4 onboard, WiFi, battery); manufactured by Seeed Studio

    Vendor-stated pricing and Wireless version compute configuration; Seeed Studio as manufacturing partner

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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2025-04-14Cornell Universityresearch universityUSNot disclosedAnnouncement
2025-04-14Carnegie Mellon Universityresearch universityUSNot disclosedAnnouncement
2025-04-14Accenturetechnology consultingNot listedNot disclosedAnnouncement
2025-04-14CEAresearch institutionFRNot disclosedAnnouncement
2025-04-14CNRSresearch institutionFRNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordHugging Face (acquirer)Bpifrance
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-01-07CES 2026: Jensen Huang (NVIDIA) demonstrated Reachy Mini with DGX Spark for AI agent use case; 3,000+ units shipped with Seeed StudioSeeed Studio
2025-07-09Reachy Mini announced: compact open-source desktop humanoid robot ($399 Lite / $499 Wireless); manufactured with Seeed Studio; deliveries started late summer 2025Hugging Face
2025-04-14Acquired by Hugging Face; co-founders Matthieu Lapeyre and Pierre Rouanet plus ~20 Pollen staff joined Hugging Face; brand and product line retainedHugging Face
2025-01-07Debuted Reachy 2 open-source humanoid at CES 2025The Robot Report
2023-04-01Raised €2.4M seed funding including Bpifrance participationTracxn
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Source ledger

6 unique public sources

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Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics: Open-Source Physical AIHugging Face · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Reachy Mini: The Open-Source Robot for Today's and Tomorrow's AI BuildersHugging Face · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Pollen Robotics lève 2,4 millions d'euros pour accélérer son développement (€2.4M Seed, June 2023; original EUR converted at ~1.088 USD/EUR)LADN · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Reachy Mini: An Open Journey Built Together with Hugging Face, Pollen Robotics, & Seeed StudioSeeed Studio · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Pollen Robotics debuts Reachy 2 humanoid at CES 2025The Robot Report · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Pollen Robotics: Tracxn Company ProfileTracxn · retrieved 2026-07-05