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Pollen Robotics

France · Hands & Grippers · acquired
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Summary

French open-source robotics studio (acquired by Hugging Face on 2025-04-14) building the Reachy series of open humanoid platforms and the Amazing Hand, an ultra-low-cost, 3D-printable 8-DOF open-source robotic hand designed for accessible manipulation research.

Notable

Amazing Hand — 8-DOF, ~400g, sub-€200 open-source build. Acquired by Hugging Face (2025-04-14). Source: https://huggingface.co/blog/hugging-face-pollen-robotics-acquisition

Key facts

Headquarters
Bordeaux, France
Founded
2016
Role
supplier
Category
Hands & Grippers
Sector
Hands & Grippers
Status
acquired
Employees
~20
CEO
Matthieu Lapeyre
Founders
Matthieu Lapeyre, Pierre Rouanet
Funding
~€2.5M raised; acquired by Hugging Face (2025-04-14)