Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)
Logo: Pollen Robotics, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsFrench open-source robotics company founded by Matthieu Lapeyre and Pierre Rouanet that makes the Reachy robots. Hugging Face bought it in April 2025.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 11 humanoid
- First robot
- 2024One year so far
- Headquarters
- France
- Can I buy one?1 on sale nowBuy from the maker's own page
- Who uses it?1 robot model in useUsed by researchers at Cornell and Carnegie Mellon among others.
- What is new?2026-09-03NVIDIA to Acquire Hugging Face
Robots
1 robot model shown in public in 2024. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
Humanoids 1 humanoid
What is inside
Chips and parts suppliers named for Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)'s robots by the maker or reputable press.
Who uses it
Customers and deployments reported for Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)'s robots. Each robot's page links its sources.
Reachy 22024 · CommercialUsed by researchers at Cornell and Carnegie Mellon among others.
What is new
The latest stories about Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)'s robots, newest first.
- NVIDIA to Acquire Hugging Face NVIDIA · Reachy 2
- Reachy 2 offered at $70,000 DeepLearning.AI (The Batch) · Reachy 2
- Hugging Face acquires Pollen Robotics TechCrunch · Reachy 2
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Founded
- 2016
- Headquarters
- France
- Focus
- open-source humanoids for research and education
- Funding
- About EUR 2.5M raised (incl. Bpifrance) before acquisition by Hugging Face for an undisclosed sum (Apr 2025).
- Partners
- Hugging Face (owner)
Similar makers
Other makers of humanoids, starting with those in France.
- Aldebaran (formerly Aldebaran Robotics, later SoftBank Robotics Europe)France · 3 models
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- InMoov (Gael Langevin)France · 1 model
- Inria Flowers Laboratory (Poppy Project, now Poppy Station)France · 1 model
- The Robot Studio and the EU ECCEROBOT projectFrance · 1 model
- UMAFrance · 1 model
Sources
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