Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)

Hugging Face's open-source robotics arm: Reachy 2 humanoid and the $399-499 Reachy Mini

Division of Hugging Face · Shipping · Humanoid OEM · Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France · Founded 2016 · pollen-robotics.com

Part of Hugging Face.

Unverified Acquisition year from general knowledge (Apr 2025). No dated 2026 news sourced yet.

Profile

Bordeaux-based Pollen Robotics, acquired by Hugging Face in 2025, makes open-source robots tied to Hugging Face's LeRobot ecosystem. Its products are the Reachy 2 humanoid for research and the low-cost Reachy Mini desktop robot. It is the leading open-source hardware play in humanoids.

Leadership

No leadership names in this dataset.

Flagship robots

• Reachy 2 Wheeled humanoid
  Open-source humanoid for embodied-AI research
• Reachy Mini Component
  Open-source desktop robot ($399 Lite / $499 Wireless)

Competitors

Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.

• Unitree Robotics

  Adjacent competitor

  CNHumanoid OEM

  Both sell low-cost robots to developers and labs: Unitree Robotics sells low-cost humanoids and quadrupeds in volume, while Pollen Robotics makes the open-source Reachy 2 humanoid and the low-cost Reachy Mini.

  Sources (2)

  • Reachy 2: the open-source humanoid for embodied AI (Pollen Robotics)
  • Unitree Robotics (company website)

• Booster Robotics

  Adjacent competitor

  CNHumanoid startup

  Both sell humanoids to developers and educators: Booster Robotics makes compact T1 and K1 humanoids for research, education and robot soccer, while Pollen Robotics makes the open-source Reachy 2 humanoid and the low-cost Reachy Mini.

  Sources (2)

  • Reachy 2: the open-source humanoid for embodied AI (Pollen Robotics)
  • Booster Robotics (company website)

• Engineered Arts

  Adjacent competitor

  GBHumanoid OEM

  Both sell humanoids to research and education buyers: Engineered Arts makes Ameca, an expressive humanoid sold for research and entertainment, while Pollen Robotics makes the open-source Reachy 2 humanoid and the low-cost Reachy Mini.

  Sources (2)

  • Reachy 2: the open-source humanoid for embodied AI (Pollen Robotics)
  • Engineered Arts (company website)

Recent news

No dated news items in this dataset.

Suppliers

• maxon — Brushless/coreless motors, gearheads and drives

Sources

• Buy Reachy Mini (Pollen Robotics) (Oct 8, 2026)
• Reachy 2: the open-source humanoid for embodied AI (Pollen Robotics) (Oct 8, 2026)

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