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Hugging Face pushed its robotics push on Thursday, releasing two new humanoid-robots.

The firm announced a pair open source robots: HopeJR, and Reachy Mini. HopeJR, a full-size robot with 66 degrees of freedom (or 66 independent movements), can walk and move its hands. Reachy Mini can move its head and listen. It can also be used to test AI applications.

The shipping date for these robots is not known by Hugging Face. Clem Delangue, the company’s CEO and co-founder, told TechCrunch via email that the company expects to start shipping the first few units before the end of the calendar year. The waitlist is open.

Hugging Face estimates the HopeJR to cost around $3,000 a unit, and the Reachy Mini around $250-300 depending on tariffs.

Delangue stated via email that the open-source nature of these robots allows anyone to assemble, rebuild them, [and] learn how they work and [that they’re] make them affordable. This will ensure that robotics is not dominated by a few large companies with dangerous black box systems. Delangue said that the company’s acquisition in April of humanoid robots startup Pollen Robotics made this release possible. He said that the Pollen team provided Hugging Face with “new capabilities” needed to build these bots.

Hugging Face is making a concerted effort to enter the robotics industry in the last few years. It launched

LeRobot (), a collection open AI models, datasets and tools for building robotics systems in 2024.

The company has already released an updated version in 2025 of its 3D-printed, programmable robotic arms, the SO-101. The company developed the SO-101 in partnership with French robotics company The Robot Studio. Through a partnership between AI startup Yaak and LeRobot, the company expanded its training data on LeRobot to include data for self-driving cars. Becca is a senior TechCrunch writer who covers venture capital trends. She covered the same beat previously for Forbes and Venture Capital Journal.