Identity
- Status
- active
- Developer ID
lerobot/smolvla_base- Released
- Jun 3, 2025
- Version
- 450M
- License
- apache-2.0
Hugging Face LeRobotSmolVLA 450M
Hugging Face LeRobot's compact open vision-language-action model designed for consumer hardware and affordable robot arms.
- Model type
- Vision-language-action model
- Inputs
- Text, Image, Robot state
- Inference
- On device
- Released
- Jun 3, 2025
Providers & Pricing
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At a Glance
Model Facts
Model Design
- Model type
- Vision-language-action model
- Inputs
- Text, Image, Robot state
- Outputs
- Robot action
- Total parameters
- 450M
- Architecture
- SmolVLM2 backbone with flow-matching action expert
Deployment
- Inference
- On device
- Control rate
- Unknown
- API available
- No
- Open weights
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
Publisher Media
SmolVLA 450M Demonstrations
Embodied Intelligence
Robotics Control Profile
Control Contract
Model typeVision-language-action model
Action representationContinuous action chunks from a flow-matching action expert
Control architectureSmolVLM2 backbone with flow-matching action expert
InferenceOn device
Native control rateUnknown
Training Data and Embodiments
Compatibly licensed LeRobot community datasets totaling fewer than 30,000 episodes in the cited release.
Verified Platform Links
Compatible Robots
| Robot | Relationship | Form | Availability | Evidence note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SO-101Hugging Face LeRobot | Evaluation embodiment | Fixed manipulator | Open build | Hugging Face reports real-world SO-101 evaluation and deployment support for SmolVLA. | Official fact |
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Version Lineage
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
Aliaseslerobot/smolvla_base
Explicit Unknowns
- Native control rate
Primary Evidence
Sources and Observation Date
Comparable Peers
Related Model Comparisons
| A | Pair | B | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
SmolVLA 450MHugging Face LeRobot | vs |  MolmoAct 2Ai2 | cross-developer peersrobotics |
SmolVLA 450MHugging Face LeRobot | vs |  Helix 02Figure | cross-developer peersrobotics |
SmolVLA 450MHugging Face LeRobot | vs |  Gemini Robotics 2Google DeepMind | cross-developer peersrobotics |
SmolVLA 450MHugging Face LeRobot | vs |  GR00T N1.7 3BNVIDIA | cross-developer peersrobotics |
SmolVLA 450MHugging Face LeRobot | vs |  OpenVLA 7BOpenVLA Research Team | cross-developer peersrobotics |
SmolVLA 450MHugging Face LeRobot | vs |  pi 0.7Physical Intelligence | cross-developer peersrobotics |
Questions
SmolVLA 450M FAQs
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.
What kind of robotics model is SmolVLA 450M?+
SmolVLA 450M is classified as a vision-language-action model. Its action representation is Continuous action chunks from a flow-matching action expert, its control architecture is SmolVLM2 backbone with flow-matching action expert, and inference is recorded as on device.
Which robots and embodiments work with SmolVLA 450M?+
The developer reports SO-100, SO-101, LeKiwi, and LIBERO Franka as supported or represented embodiments. Model Markets also has sourced model-to-platform links for SO-101; each link states whether it is native, demonstrated, used for training, or used for evaluation.
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.
What training data is reported for SmolVLA 450M?+
Compatibly licensed LeRobot community datasets totaling fewer than 30,000 episodes in the cited release.
Is SmolVLA 450M available through an API?+
SmolVLA 450M is explicitly marked as not API-available in the current record.
How much does SmolVLA 450M cost through an API?+
SmolVLA 450M has no verified hosted API offering, so no provider token price applies. It is a downloadable or self-hosted artifact whose cost depends on the serving infrastructure and workload.
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.