At the GTC Berlin keynote on October 23, 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang demonstrated Microduck robots and the video went viral. The following day, Hugging Face's Clem Delangue said preorders surpassed 20,000, with deliveries expected before Christmas. Microduck is an open-source robot produced by Pollen Robotics, which Hugging Face acquired in 2025; Nvidia acquired Hugging Face in September.