Open Source Embodied AI Has Arrived
Hugging Face's LeRobot project has democratized robotic teleoperation and behavioral cloning. By open-sourcing CAD blueprints, motor control drivers, and imitation learning algorithms, hobbyists and researchers can construct intelligent robotic arms for under $300.
SmolLM: High-Performance Compact Intelligence
Complementing physical hardware, SmolLM models deliver high reasoning benchmarks at 135M, 360M, and 1.7B parameter footprints. These models run comfortably on Raspberry Pi and microcontrollers, powering autonomous local edge robots without internet connections.
