MicroDuck robot preorders top 20,000 after Jensen Huang's GTC Berlin demo
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Pollen Robotics' $399, 25 cm open-source duck robot drew over 20,000 preorders after Jensen Huang had four of them sit, nap and somersault on stage at GTC Berlin. Thomas Wolf said the demo drove 4,000+ units in 24 hours, beating launch day's ~3,000.
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