---
base_model: lerobot/smolvla_base
datasets: fracapuano/test_async_e2e
library_name: lerobot
license: apache-2.0
model_name: smolvla
pipeline_tag: robotics
tags:
- robotics
- smolvla
- lerobot
---

# Model Card for smolvla

This `smolvla` policy is a ready-to-use example from the tutorial paper [Robot Learning: A Tutorial](https://huggingface.co/papers/2510.12403).

**Project Page:** https://huggingface.co/spaces/lerobot/robot-learning-tutorial
**Code:** https://github.com/fracapuano/robot-learning-tutorial

[SmolVLA](https://huggingface.co/papers/2506.01844) is a compact, efficient vision-language-action model that achieves competitive performance at reduced computational costs and can be deployed on consumer-grade hardware.

This policy has been trained and pushed to the Hub using [LeRobot](https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot).
See the full documentation at [LeRobot Docs](https://huggingface.co/docs/lerobot/index).

---

## How to Get Started with the Model

For a complete walkthrough, see the [training guide](https://huggingface.co/docs/lerobot/il_robots#train-a-policy).
Below is the short version on how to train and run inference/eval:

### Train from scratch

```bash
python -m lerobot.scripts.train \
  --dataset.repo_id=${HF_USER}/<dataset> \
  --policy.type=act \
  --output_dir=outputs/train/<desired_policy_repo_id> \
  --job_name=lerobot_training \
  --policy.device=cuda \
  --policy.repo_id=${HF_USER}/<desired_policy_repo_id>
  --wandb.enable=true
```

*Writes checkpoints to `outputs/train/<desired_policy_repo_id>/checkpoints/`.*

### Evaluate the policy/run inference

```bash
python -m lerobot.record \
  --robot.type=so100_follower \
  --dataset.repo_id=<hf_user>/eval_<dataset> \
  --policy.path=<hf_user>/<desired_policy_repo_id> \
  --episodes=10
```

Prefix the dataset repo with **eval\_** and supply `--policy.path` pointing to a local or hub checkpoint.

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## Model Details

*   **Model License:** apache-2.0
*   **Related Tutorial Paper:** [Robot Learning: A Tutorial](https://huggingface.co/papers/2510.12403)
*   **Tutorial Project Page:** https://huggingface.co/spaces/lerobot/robot-learning-tutorial
*   **Tutorial Code:** https://github.com/fracapuano/robot-learning-tutorial
*   **Tutorial Content License:** The written content of the tutorial is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
*   **Tutorial Code Examples License:** Source code examples in the tutorial's `snippets/` directory are licensed under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).