Hugging Face Launches OPEN SOURCE AI ROBOTS to Fight Tesla OPTIMUS!
AI Summary
- Hugging Face Acquisition: On April 14, 2025, Hugging Face acquired Pollen Robotics, the company behind the Reachi 2 humanoid robot.
- Pollen Robotics: Founded in 2016 and based in Bordeaux, France, they raised $2.8 million in funding.
- Reachi 2 Robot: Features include:
- Two 7 degrees of freedom arms capable of lifting up to 3 kg.
- Modular design with various configurations.
- Operates on ROS 2 Foxy and supports Python.
- Future Vision: Hugging Face aims to democratize robotics with open-source principles.
- Potential for 3D printing robot parts at home.
- Focus on safety and community-driven development to avoid vulnerabilities.
- Initial use cases include educational and interactive roles rather than labor.
- AI Developments: Simultaneous to this acquisition, OpenAI announced GPT 4.1, enhancing capabilities with a larger context and better filtering. Two smaller models were released: GPT 4.1 Mini and Nano, with a significantly reduced price.
- Interspecies Communication: Google is developing an AI model to potentially communicate with dolphins using data from dolphin vocalizations, suggesting a groundbreaking step in AI communication capabilities.