Microduck is a $399 robot duck that can teach itself new tricks

It’s weird and maybe too expensive, but it’s probably the future.

As we enter the era of AI-infused hardware, things are going to get a little weird. As we saw during the Chinese robotic Olympics, we’re getting really good at mimicking the magic of living beings in plastic and silicon, but the cost of humanoid robots is still prohibitive. Enter, then, the Microduck.

This $399 open-source device is basically a little du…