Morian Duck, a companion built for trust
A lot of robots feel cold and watchful. Morian Duck is soft and expressive, closer to a pet than a gadget. You can touch it. The camera is honest about what it does. And the prototype is already learning to waddle.
Meet Morian Duck
A fabric outer shell and compliant joints make it safe to touch, hold, and bump into. Closer to a plush toy than industrial gear.
Motion you can trust
Reinforcement-learned movement maps feelings to smooth, organic motion instead of jerky servo snaps. What you're scrubbing right now is the point: every step stays gentle.
Privacy, said plainly
The camera exists so the duck can walk and respond to you, not to record your home. What it sees is processed for navigation and interaction, with clear controls you can see and touch.
Soft polyester shell over compliant joints. Made for hands of every age, and checked so it doesn't look threatening at first sight.
A working bipedal chassis with articulated legs, a camera-equipped head, and small wing manipulators. The prototype already walks.
Head tilts, slow blinks, little waddles. Emotion shows up in movement, trained to feel organic rather than mechanical.
Start with familiar, pet-like robots so people get comfortable before more capable ones show up. Building that trust is the job.
Where it helps
In eldercare homes, Morian Duck is a calm companion that looks up when you talk. Quiet presence, not another screen.
Kindergartens and classrooms use it to introduce robotics gently: something kids can care for without being scared of it. In hospitality, it's the small welcome guests remember.
For builders
Morian Duck ships as a kit with a basic API and teleop interface. Fourteen serial-bus servos, a camera head, feet contact switches, and an onboard policy you can talk to.
We're freezing the v1 design now. Waitlist members hear first about early units, school and care-home pilots, and the developer kit.