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Reachy Mini - AI Robotics Tool

Overview

Reachy Mini is an expressive, open-source robot for human-robot interaction, creative coding, and AI experimentation. Programmable in Python and integrating Hugging Face models for speech, vision, and personality, it is offered as a kit in lite or wireless variants for developers, researchers, educators, and hobbyists.

Key Features

  • Open-source robot platform for research, education, and creative projects
  • Programmable in Python with planned support for additional languages
  • Integrates with Hugging Face models for speech, vision, and personality
  • Available as a kit in lite and wireless hardware variants
  • Designed for expressive human-robot interaction and creative coding

Ideal Use Cases

  • Prototyping human-robot interaction and social robotics behaviors
  • Teaching robotics, AI, and applied machine learning in classrooms
  • Testing multimodal Hugging Face models in a physical robot
  • Building interactive art and creative coding installations
  • Developing research experiments in perception, language, and behavior

Getting Started

  • Visit the product page for technical details and kit options
  • Order the Reachy Mini kit in your preferred variant
  • Assemble the hardware following the provided kit instructions
  • Install the Python SDK and required dependencies
  • Connect the robot to network and verify firmware
  • Integrate Hugging Face models for speech, vision, or personality
  • Run example projects and iterate on code and behaviors
  • Share code and findings with the community repository

Pricing

Not disclosed; see the official product page for availability and pricing information.

Limitations

  • Programming currently limited to Python; additional language support is planned but not yet available
  • Offered as hardware kits, which may require assembly and hardware setup

Key Information

  • Category: Robotics
  • Type: AI Robotics Tool
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