Hugging Face’s New Robotics Model Is So Light It Runs on a MacBook

Building advanced robots at home is no longer a far-fetched dream, thanks to new tools like SmolVLA, an open-source robotics model recently released by AI platform Hugging Face.
Building advanced robots at home is no longer a far-fetched dream, thanks to new tools like SmolVLA, an open-source robotics model recently released by AI platform Hugging Face.
Last week, Google quietly unveiled a new app, Google AI Edge Gallery, which allows users to run various AI models from the Hugging Face platform directly on their phones.
Hugging Face, a leading AI development platform, has taken a significant step into the robotics world with the release of two new open-source humanoid robots: HopeJR and Reachy Mini.