openpi releases the π0 family of vision-language-action models — robot policies pretrained on large multi-robot datasets, ready to fine-tune.
| Category | Robotics & embodied AI |
| Type | Vision-language-action models |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Runs locally | Yes |
| Built with | Python |
| Skill level | Advanced |
| Best for | fine-tuning a general robot policy instead of training from scratch |
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GazeboSimulate a whole robot, sensors includedopenpi (π0) is free and open-source (Apache-2.0 license), so you can use, self-host and modify it at no cost.
Yes. openpi (π0) is designed to run on your own machine or server, keeping your data private.
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