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The Microduck bilingual guide

Microduck is an open-source bipedal robot duck from Pollen Robotics, part of Hugging Face. We compiled its hardware specs, software architecture, training pipeline and update flow into a bilingual, offline-readable technical reference.

01About the site

Why it needed its own site

Primary material is English-first and split across repositories, press releases and the product page. Understanding why a small robot is designed this way meant cross-referencing a dozen pages.

  • Each language is pre-rendered into complete HTML, so search engines and offline reading both get the full text.
  • Hardware and software are broken down layer by layer — structure first, parameters second.
  • The whole path from training to deployment, including how simulated training transfers to real hardware.
  • Every claim keeps its original source link so it can be checked.
02Technical notes

How the site is built

Implementation

PartNotes
BuildA zero-dependency Node pre-render emitting one HTML document per language
ContentTyped content blocks (prose, cards, tables, galleries, FAQ) — sections are added without touching templates
SEOFull hreflang set, JSON-LD structured data, sitemap and robots
MediaImages and video carry intrinsic dimensions and load on demand, avoiding layout shift
03Quick facts

At a glance

Product summary

ItemDetail
StatusReference site
ProductMicroduck (Microduck Guide)
Standalone sitehttps://microduck.zyaisoft.xyz/
  • Zero-dependency Node pre-render build
  • JSON-LD structured data
  • Lazy media loading