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LeKiwi is an open-source mobile robot platform from Hugging Face's LeRobot project for assembling, teleoperating, and training real-world robot policies.

Documentation in progress

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Product information

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Category
Robot Development
Maturityi
Available
Deploymenti
Physical hardware
Source
Official websiteChecked Sep 18, 2026

Reality check

A demo shows what may be possible. These points help judge whether the product fits day-to-day use.

Works well when
  • Simulation, control, perception and repeatable experiments
  • Teams that can manage dependencies and hardware interfaces
  • Prototyping before committing to a physical deployment
What to check
  • Supported hardware, GPU requirements and version compatibility
  • Documentation, examples and community response
  • How simulation results transfer to the real robot
Not a magic solution
  • A guarantee that simulation equals a production cell
  • A replacement for safety validation on hardware
  • A low-maintenance toolchain without version ownership

About

LeKiwi is a mobile robot built on the SO100/SO101 arm and a wheeled base, documented in Hugging Face's LeRobot project. It supports teleoperation via a leader arm and keyboard, dataset recording and upload to the Hugging Face Hub, and policy training and evaluation. The documentation covers sourcing and 3D printing parts, software installation on a Raspberry Pi or PC, motor configuration, and calibration.

Scenes

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Product details

Manufacturer / team
Hugging Face
Open sourcePublic API / SDKi

The cost iceberg

The purchase price is only one part of an automation project.

GPU, simulation assets and hardware adapters
Dependencies, datasets and test infrastructure
Version pinning, documentation and support
Sim-to-real gaps and safety validation