About MyFirstRobotLab
Hi, we're a family with a robot on the way
MyFirstRobotLab is run by Mario Lambertucci — dad of two, technology and SEO professional by day, robot student by night — together with my family here in Germany's Black Forest. Our co-pilots are my son (9), who is into logic and programming, and my daughter (5), who is into anything that moves, falls over and tries again.
In October 2026 we pre-ordered a Microduck, the small open-source biped robot from Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face. This site is where we learn — in public, from zero — how physical AI actually works: how a robot learns to walk in a simulator, why the real world keeps winning arguments with simulations, and what happens when two kids get a say in the training process.
Why we publish everything
Physical AI is leaving the research lab and entering homes, but almost everything written about it is either a press release or a research paper. We think there's a missing voice: a normal family, learning on a normal desk, documenting what works, what breaks and what it costs.
So this site keeps three promises:
- We only review what we own. Our verdicts come from living with the hardware, not from spec sheets. When something hasn't arrived yet, we say so.
- We show our work. Every experiment goes into our dated lab log — the successes and the faceplants. Failed training runs included.
- We say what's commercial. If a link ever becomes an affiliate link or a post is sponsored, it will be labelled. (Right now, nothing is.)
What you'll find here
- Microduck hub — the complete guide to our robot: specs, price, shipping status and honest comparisons.
- Guides — reinforcement learning and sim-to-real, explained step by step for beginners.
- Experiments — the lab log: every training run, in order.
- For Families — STEM play with a real robot, written for parents deciding what's worth their money and their Saturdays.
Follow along
We're on YouTube, X and GitHub — the robot arrives before Christmas 2026, and that's when the real experiments begin.
Questions, corrections or a robot we should know about? Write to myfirstrobotlab@gmail.com.