trenchcoat
Free · no sign-up
Website report · 46 min ago

pollen-robotics.com

“Microduck: a tiny biped robot you can teach new tricks”

Template-written 23 evidence items Code reader analysed 70 scripts
What this means for you

Pollen Robotics talked to 1 outside service on a first visit, including 1 that measures visits or shows ads.E6

  • An AI agent used the site and saw 0 of 2 claimed features working.E22E23
  • Trading / swaps / bots: On the page, "policies to swap" means sharing robot behaviour policies in the community. There is no trading or token-swap feature. The community it points to is on Discord, which is outside the site.E22
  • A working app / platform: The page says the SDK, simulation and RL training stack are on GitHub, and it links to pollen-robotics/microduck. Clicking that link was blocked because it goes to github.com, so I could not check the repository from this site.E22E23
  • Also noticed, Simulator hosted off-site: Both the "Launch the simulator" button and the "Simulator" link go to a Hugging Face Space, which is a different site, so I could not try the simulator here.E22
  • Tech check: the site claims a working app / platform, and its public page shows matching evidence.E20E15E16
  • Tech check: the site mentions trading / swaps / bots, but we found nothing behind it in what its public page loads.E19
  • Before you click anything, the page loads analytics or ad services: Cloudflare Web Analytics.E6

Tech check

What the site says about itself, next to what its public page actually loads. Facts only, no verdict: you decide.

Nothing found on the public page

Trading / swaps / bots

“…retrainable Join the flock Builds on show, policies to swap, help when a leg does something strange. The community…”E19

No matching code, calls or services in what loaded for us.

Evidence found

A working app / platform

“…Onboard policy loop Built in the open Open source The SDK, the simulation and the full RL training stack are on…”E20

Calls to its own backend: /microduck-3d/robot/mjlab/kinematics.json, /microduck-3d/moves-clip.jsonE15E16

Calls its own backend /microduck-3d/robot/mjlab/kinematics.json, /microduck-3d/moves-clip.jsonE15E16
Wallet code none seen
Contract calls in its code none seen
Talks to AI services none seen
Live connections none seen

The real tech may live elsewhere. This page links to: github.com/pollen-robotics/microduck · check the code github.com/pollen-robotics/reachy_mini · check the code

What the AI agent tried

An AI agent (claude-opus-5-5) used the site in our sandbox for 2 steps and saw 0 of 2 claimed features working. It can't connect a wallet, pay, sign or log in, so those features count as "couldn't test". What it reports is what it observed, not a verdict.

Couldn't test

Trading / swaps / bots

On the page, "policies to swap" means sharing robot behaviour policies in the community. There is no trading or token-swap feature. The community it points to is on Discord, which is outside the site.E22

Couldn't test

A working app / platform

The page says the SDK, simulation and RL training stack are on GitHub, and it links to pollen-robotics/microduck. Clicking that link was blocked because it goes to github.com, so I could not check the repository from this site.E22E23

Also noticed

Things the agent saw along the way that aren't among the site's claims. Not counted above.

Noticed

Simulator hosted off-site

Both the "Launch the simulator" button and the "Simulator" link go to a Hugging Face Space, which is a different site, so I could not try the simulator here.E22

What it is

  • The Internet Archive first saved this site on 2016-08-07 (3742 days ago).E21
  • The site describes itself as: “Microduck is a 25 cm open-source biped robot with 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR and a grasping beak. Train new behaviours in simulation. Pre-or”E2
  • It's built with React and Next.js (common tools for building web apps).E7E8
  • Notable building blocks in its code: Three.js (3D graphics).E9
  • In your browser it can ask to use your camera or microphone, saves small bits of data in your browser and runs compiled WebAssembly code in your browser.E11E12E13
  • It has sections such as /reachy-mini, /microduck, /reachy-2, /products, /about-us and /contact-us.E18
  • While loading, it called 2 endpoints on its own servers, such as /microduck-3d/robot/mjlab/kinematics.json and /microduck-3d/moves-clip.json.E15E16

Where your data goes

Analytics & trackingCount visits and record what you do on the page. 1
static.cloudflareinsights.comCloudflare Web Analytics: page-view counter 1×E6

How key features work

Loading its content

Its content loads from its own API while you browse (/microduck-3d/robot/mjlab/kinematics.json and /microduck-3d/moves-clip.json).E15E16

/microduck-3d/robot/mjlab/kinematics.json/microduck-3d/moves-clip.json

Drawing and editing in the browser

The page draws and edits graphics in your browser using Three.js (3D graphics), WebAssembly and the canvas.E9E13E14

Three.js (3D graphics)webassemblycanvas

Measuring what you do

Visits and clicks are measured with Cloudflare Web Analytics and Google Tag Manager (found in its traffic or its code).E6E10

Cloudflare Web AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager

Saving data on your device

It saves data in your browser (localStorage), so some things persist between visits.E12

local_storage

Pages and API calls

Pages it links to

//reachy-mini/microduck/reachy-2/products/about-us/contact-us/legal-notice/personal-data-protection-charter/general-terms-and-conditions-of-sales/cookies

Endpoints

Called while loading (seen) or named in the code (code).

pollen-robotics.com/microduck-3d/robot/mjlab/kinematics.jsonseenE15
pollen-robotics.com/microduck-3d/moves-clip.jsonseenE16
/microduck-3d/moves-clip.jsoncodeE17

Evidence

Every sentence above points to one of these. Code references show the file, line:column and the short identifier that matched, never the site's code itself.

E1
Page title: Microduck: a tiny biped robot you can teach new tricks
page title · https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/
E2
Page description: Microduck is a 25 cm open-source biped robot with 15 motors, a camera, LiDAR and a grasping beak. Train new behaviours in simulation. Pre-order at $39
page description · https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/
E3
Site name: Pollen Robotics
page site_name · https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/
E4
Main heading: MICRODUCK MADE TO MOVE · READY TO LEARN
page h1 · https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/
E5
95 request(s) to pollen-robotics.com
types: 34 script, 32 fetch, 22 image
GET https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/ · script · 95 requests · network recording
E6
1 request(s) to static.cloudflareinsights.com
types: 1 script
GET https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/vce701823e78c4301a35b7e07294d87301792088814092 · script · network recording
E7
React detected by the code reader (react-runtime)
confidence: medium
pollen-robotics.com/_next/static/chunks/0ujm03idtfagv.js · “react-runtime” · the code reader
E8
Next.js detected by the code reader (next-runtime)
confidence: high
pollen-robotics.com/microduck/ · “next-runtime” · the code reader
E9
Three.js (3D graphics) found in the code
pollen-robotics.com/_next/static/chunks/2pv_9l-qthh_r.js @ 1:21221 · “WebGLRenderer” · pattern scan
E10
Google Tag Manager found in the code
pollen-robotics.com/_next/static/chunks/39ni2dnjddyga.js @ 1:40247 · “dataLayer.push” · pattern scan
E11
Uses the browser ability: camera_mic
can ask to use your camera or microphone
pollen-robotics.com/_next/static/chunks/2pv_9l-qthh_r.js @ 1:39686 · “getUserMedia(” · pattern scan
E12
Uses the browser ability: local_storage
saves small bits of data in your browser
pollen-robotics.com/_next/static/chunks/1eevup2bq3zgx.js @ 1:3203 · “localStorage.setItem(” · pattern scan
E13
Uses the browser ability: webassembly
runs compiled WebAssembly code in your browser
pollen-robotics.com/_next/static/chunks/turbopack-2dg5vos-rsht-.js @ 1:10382 · “WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(” · pattern scan
E14
Uses the browser ability: canvas
draws graphics on a canvas
pollen-robotics.com/_next/static/chunks/22ai931qtcic7.js @ 6:4281 · “getContext("2d"” · pattern scan
E15
The page called /microduck-3d/robot/mjlab/kinematics.json on pollen-robotics.com (GET)
GET https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck-3d/robot/mjlab/kinematics.json · fetch · network recording
E16
The page called /microduck-3d/moves-clip.json on pollen-robotics.com (GET)
GET https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck-3d/moves-clip.json · fetch · network recording
E17
Code reader found the endpoint /microduck-3d/moves-clip.json
how: call:fetch
pollen-robotics.com/_next/static/chunks/1fd6wwkj-0ro9.js @ 1:474 · “/microduck-3d/moves-clip.json” · the code reader
E18
23 links to pages on the same site
page links · https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/ · /, /reachy-mini, /microduck, /reachy-2, /products, /about-us, /contact-us, /legal-notice, /personal-data-protection-charter, /general-terms-and-conditions-of-sales, /cookies
E19
The site says: “…retrainable Join the flock Builds on show, policies to swap, help when a leg does something strange. The community…”
page text · https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/ · …retrainable Join the flock Builds on show, policies to swap, help when a leg does something strange. The community…
E20
The site says: “…Onboard policy loop Built in the open Open source The SDK, the simulation and the full RL training stack are on…”
page text · https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/ · …Onboard policy loop Built in the open Open source The SDK, the simulation and the full RL training stack are on…
E21
The Internet Archive first saved pollen-robotics.com on 2016-08-07 and has snapshots from 227 different days
page web archive · https://web.archive.org/web/20160807210316/pollen-robotics.com
E22
Agent step 1: view
AI agent step 1 · view on /microduck/
E23
Agent step 2: click pollen-robotics/microduck (not done: Blocked: that link leaves the site (github.com).)
AI agent step 2 · click on /microduck/

Limits

  • We only see what your browser sees: code and requests on a first visit, without logging in or accepting cookie banners. What the servers do with data is invisible from outside.
  • Site code is usually minified (compressed), so names are partly lost and some code may be only partly analysed.
  • Some trackers only load after you accept cookies or log in, so the real list can be longer.
  • We visited from a server in the United States. Sites load different trackers and cookie banners in different countries (visitors in the EU usually get a consent banner first).
  • The tech check compares the site's own words with what its public page loads. Work done on servers, in private code or in separate apps isn't visible here, so 'nothing found' means not visible on the public page, not that it doesn't exist.
  • This text was written from fixed templates because no AI writer was available. It uses exactly the same evidence.
  • The code reader hit its size budget on parts of 29 large bundle file(s); those parts weren't fully analysed.

Facts, not judgements: this page describes what the code and traffic show, not anyone's intent. Not financial advice. Case id nH77Ot83.