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FrontRow · Sep 1, 2026

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A popular new programmable personal robot from a French-American company is powered by a chip from Shanghai-listed Rockchip which in turn uses British company ARM's tech, reflecting how intertwined global tech supply chains remain. The colorful "Microduck" robot from Hugging Face's French subsidiary Pollen Robotics has sold more than 10,000 units since its launch on Thursday — earning over $4 million based on the $399 unit price. The duck-shaped robots contain their own set of sensors, motors and on-device computing power from Rockchip's RK3566. The chip incorporates technology licensed from British semiconductor company ARM, according to Rockchip. The Chinese company is a "key vendor" for AI that operates on devices, rather than in the cloud, said Lian Jye Su, chief analyst at Omdia. He noted the company's chips are commonly used for machine vision involving object detection and image recognition.

A popular new programmable personal robot from a French-American company is powered by a chip from Shanghai-listed Rockchip which in turn uses British company ARM's tech, reflecting how intertwined global tech supply chains remain. The colorful "Microduck" robot from Hugging Face's French subsidiary Pollen Robotics has sold more than 10,000 units since its launch on Thursday — earning over $4 million based on the $399 unit price. The duck-shaped robots contain their own set of sensors, motors and on-device computing power from Rockchip's RK3566. The chip incorporates technology licensed from British semiconductor company ARM, according to Rockchip. The Chinese company is a "key vendor" for AI that operates on devices, rather than in the cloud, said Lian Jye Su, chief analyst at Omdia. He noted the company's chips are commonly used for machine vision involving object detection and image recognition.

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