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Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell
Earlier this week, a video of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang playing with a flock of waddling Microducks during his keynote at the company’s GTC Berlin conference went viral.
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During Nvidia’s GTC Berlin keynote, CEO Jensen Huang demonstrated a flock of Microducks, robots that walk, make R2‑D2‑style noises, sit, fall asleep, and somersault on voice command. The clip went viral, and by the next day preorders exceeded 20,000 units, according to a tweet from Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue. The Microducks are slated for delivery in time for Christmas, positioning them as a potential top‑selling toy of the holiday season. Promotional videos show both adults and children interacting with the robots.
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