Hugging Faces brand-new programmable Reachy Mini bots released today.
The AI robotics are open source, Raspberry Pi-powered, and include cartoonish antennae and huge googly eyes.
They dont do much out of the box.
Which type of the point.Today, on A Technology NewsRooms Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha go into the launch of Reachy Mini, which drew in a surprising $500,000 in sales in its very first 24 hours.
As open source companies like Hugging Face explore physical products, Kirsten and Max agree that Reachy Mini might be the Seinfeld of AI hardware: the bots may do nothing in specific, however theyre still captivating.Listen to the complete episode to hear more news from the week, including: Equity will be back next week, so stay tuned!Equity is A Technology NewsRooms flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts.
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