# The Desk Duck That Learned to Roller-Skate

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Podcast: [Generative AI for Kids](https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-for-kids-7450235)
Published: 2026-08-31T11:40:08+00:00
Episode link: https://genaikids.podbean.com/e/the-desk-duck-that-learned-to-roller-skate/
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## Resource

A tiny robot duck learned to walk, get back up, and roller-skate. Not from a homework sheet. From practice. Microduck, from Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics (Aug 27). Same family as Reachy Mini. Four crayon colors: Cream, Graphite, Lavender, Sky. How it learns: reinforcement learning. Try. Score. Try again. Like a bike. Thousands of pretend ducks practice in a video-game Earth, then the winning moves go onto the real desk. Kid Mission: Duck Coach Challenge. Write a robot recipe. Have someone follow it exactly. When they get stuck, change the recipe and try again. https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/blog/introducing-microduck/

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