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LeRobot

Open-source models, datasets, and tools for real-world robotics in PyTorch.

Category
Robotics
Pricing
FREE
Source
Open source
Hosting
Local
Platforms
CLIAPI
Models
Self-contained (on-device)
Verified
Jun 16, 2026

Hugging Face's robotics stack — pretrained policies (ACT, Diffusion Policy, SmolVLA, Pi0), shared datasets, simulation environments, and designs for low-cost manipulator kits. Aims to be the 'Transformers for robotics', lowering the barrier to training and sharing robot-learning models.

Pros & cons

  • Apache-2.0, fully open-source
  • Shared datasets + pretrained VLA policies
  • Backed by Hugging Face, NVIDIA partnership
  • Low-cost hardware designs (SO-101 arms)
  • Python/PyTorch skills required
  • Real-robot setup is involved
  • Fast-moving APIs, breaking changes
  • Not a turnkey consumer product

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