# Remi Fabre (in this topic) Hub: [[Topics/Embodied AI/Embodied AI|Embodied AI]] - **Who:** a Pollen Robotics engineer, [@RemiFabreRobot](https://x.com/RemiFabreRobot). "I mainly work on Reachy Mini… My contribution to Microduck has been minimal: I'm mostly a first power user." He has former students on the team. - **The key source on autonomy.** [Fri Oct 23, 2026, 2:13 PM CT](https://x.com/RemiFabreRobot/status/2113710447912218861): - "the demo you've seen was not fully autonomous. We had one engineer piloting each Microduck." - "What the pilots did during the live event was send commands: directions (move forward, rotate), head orientation (look here), quacks, and special actions (do the somersault, sit down)." - "If you buy a Microduck, will you get an autonomous companion right out of the box? The current answer is no." - [Thu Oct 22, 4:19 AM CT](https://x.com/RemiFabreRobot/status/2113198570090172909): "The pilots had 3 things: - direct view of the stage from the side - a screen with main stage - live view from 1 of the ducks. They had Jensen's mic directly in their ears to avoid confusion." - [Sat Oct 24, 2:03 AM CT](https://x.com/RemiFabreRobot/status/2113889185522151835): "all of our (numerous) public demos were remote controlled and everything is explained on our product page." - [Thu Oct 22, 3:44 AM CT](https://x.com/RemiFabreRobot/status/2113189843169612283): "I was *below* stage when this happened. My job? Microduck positioner."