So, my brain defaulted to "people are smart, so it makes sense", so it understood it as "it's the toy you keep within reach". But if you look at Pollen Robotics product, you see they have a "Reachy", which can indeed move, and has arms to interact with its environment. So yeah, it's a weird name. It reaches your heart through the feeling it communicates to you with its antennas?
Presumably it's a reference to the disruption claims in the marketing--a giant reach.
"Hugging face" is also a pretty weird name
Reachy by Hugging Face sounds like something I expect is going to emerge explosively from one's abdomen.
lmao
It's an easy bet that people will outfit the thing with arms, legs, wheels, tentacles - you name it. Assuming it can be modded, it will be modded.