Microduck

Post by rokbenko » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:01 AM UTC

tyre wrote: post #167

_joel wrote: post #22

It's either this or https://mondorobotics.com/ and I'm torn. Obviously it's for my daughter and I will just be safety checking, definitely, 100%.

Personally I wouldn't choose one that hasn't shipped. Hardware projects are notorious for delivering late, with fewer features, or not at all. Microduck looks amazing, but the "Ships before Christmas 2026" is begging to be blown past. That's why I'm not pre-ordering. If it's around in the spring, let's go, but considering that HuggingFace just got acquired by Nvidia, I'm not sure where this all will go.

Post by rokbenko » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC

serf wrote: post #34

_joel wrote: post #22

It's either this or https://mondorobotics.com/ and I'm torn. Obviously it's for my daughter and I will just be safety checking, definitely, 100%.

I believe the Microduck camera footage (the ad - reel) about 1000x more than the Mondo one.

Post by rokbenko » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC

sowrabh wrote: post #46

quadrature wrote: post #37

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For what it’s worth the mondo team has been posting development log videos on Reddit since before they incorporated. They raised money so they now have ads with more production value, but they came from small beginnings and I do trust their product.

FWIW Beni also figured in MKBHD's review recently and he had good things to say about it too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfmdXPT7nAM&t=590s

Post by rokbenko » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC

vavos wrote: post #48

serf wrote: post #34

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I believe the Microduck camera footage (the ad - reel) about 1000x more than the Mondo one.

The mondo beni bot was featured on mkbhd recently looked to work pretty well and got a positive review, for what's that's worth [0] [0] - https://youtu.be/mfmdXPT7nAM

Post by rokbenko » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #81

lumost wrote: post #50

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As a kick-starter project is this thing actually real? My experience with kick-starter has been that the projects are almost universally faked.

As a kick-starter project is this thing actually real? My experience with kick-starter has been that the projects are almost universally faked. I've only contributed to three kickstarters, and they all worked out well. But I think I'm more selective than most people, and generally don't jump on something until it's already been fully funded by other people.