Hugging Face LeRobot · SmolVLA · active
SmolVLA 450M
Hugging Face LeRobot's compact open vision-language-action model designed for consumer hardware and affordable robot arms.
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What is SmolVLA 450M?+
Hugging Face LeRobot's compact open vision-language-action model designed for consumer hardware and affordable robot arms. It is developed by Hugging Face LeRobot and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
What inputs and outputs does SmolVLA 450M support?+
SmolVLA 450M's current record lists Text, Image, and Robot state as input and Robot action as output.
Is SmolVLA 450M available through an API?+
SmolVLA 450M is explicitly marked as not API-available in the current record.
How large is SmolVLA 450M?+
The current record lists 450M total parameters and an unknown active parameter count. Its architecture is SmolVLM2 backbone with flow-matching action expert.
What capabilities and tasks does SmolVLA 450M support?+
SmolVLA 450M's recorded capabilities are asynchronous-inference, fine-tuning, low-cost-hardware, and manipulation. Its supported tasks are robot-control, dexterous-manipulation, and pick-and-place.
Can SmolVLA 450M be self-hosted?+
SmolVLA 450M is an open-weight model. Self-hosting is supported, and the recorded license is apache-2.0.
Does SmolVLA 450M have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are lerobot/smolvla_base.
Which models can SmolVLA 450M be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes OpenVLA 7B, GR00T N1.7 3B, MolmoAct 2, Helix 02, and pi 0.7. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →
How current is the Model Markets record for SmolVLA 450M?+
SmolVLA 450M was last verified Aug 28, 2026 from Hugging Face's primary source, “SmolVLA: Efficient Vision-Language-Action Model trained on LeRobot Community Data.” The evidence is classified as official fact.
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