For all the talk of robots that look like humans, the next robots to move into people’s houses could look more like ducks. Sales of such a robot, made by open-source model platform Hugging Face, reached more than $2.5 million on its first day on Thursday.Microduck, which costs $399, waddles ...

The future of robotics can waddle. Hugging Face said its bot-maker, Pollen Robotics, recorded over $2.6 million in sales of Microducks in 24 hours.

Hugging Face’s Microduck robot generated more than $2.6 million in orders within 24 hours, highlighting surging interest in AI robotics.