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Hardware·Jun 17·all news from June 17, 2026

From the Hugging Face Hub to robot hardware with Strands Agents and LeRobot

Hugging Face has released a library called LeRobot to help developers train AI agents for physical robotic tasks. This toolkit provides pre-trained models and datasets designed to simplify the process of teaching robots to navigate environments or manipulate objects. By offering standardized tools for robot control, the project aims to lower the barrier for integrating machine learning into hardware. This initiative follows the company's broader push to expand its open-source infrastructure from digital applications into the physical robotics space.

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