Release v0.5.0

Release Blog

https://huggingface.co/blog/lerobot-release-v050

What's Changed

• chore(dependencies): Bump lerobot to 0.4.5 by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3051
• chore: add AI policy by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3055
• Improve policy_device documentation for async.mdx by @btelles in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3060
• fix(frame_index): making rerun's "frame_index" timeline compatible with behaviour1k datasets by @CarolinePascal in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3068
• fix(dataset edit tools): clarifying root argument usage + adding related features by @CarolinePascal in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3049
• chore(root): fixing root semantics in convert_dataset script by @CarolinePascal in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3073
• chore(docs): updating deprecated huggingface-cli to hf by @Maximellerbach in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3071
• Fixing metadata indexing when writing new Parquet file by @skiingpacman in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2941
• chore(docstrings): updating v2.1-v3.0 conversion script docstrings to match the new task label by @CarolinePascal in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3077
• chore(dependencies): bump transformers v5 by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2964
• fix(ci): log in HF for gated repo in nightly workflows by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3089
• fix(num_frames): fixing redundant frames count in conversion script by @CarolinePascal in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3091
• Feat/slurm compute rabc script by @pkooij in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3041
• fix(ci): test only multi-gpu tests in multi-gpu runner by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3092
• feat(dependencies): require Python 3.12+ as minimum version by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3023
• chore(dependencies): sync intelrealsense + added notes by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3094
• chore(docs): remove pi installation note by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3095
• fix(ci): skip HF log in (and tests) in forks and community PRs by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3097
• fix(async_inference): restore robot module imports in robot_client.py by @aShunSasaki in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3081
• feat(robots): Unitree G1 WBC implementation by @nepyope in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2876
• feat(train): add cudnn_deterministic option for reproducible training by @imgeorgiev in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3102
• chore(docs): add uv installation instructions by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3105
• chore(readme): update citation with ICLR26 paper by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3107
• test(cameras): skip flaky async_read test by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3106
• chore(deps): update requirements file by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3114
• chore(dependencies): Bump lerobot to 0.5.0 by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3117

New Contributors

• @btelles made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3060
• @Maximellerbach made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3071
• @skiingpacman made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2941
• @aShunSasaki made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3081
• @imgeorgiev made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3102

Full Changelog: https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/compare/v0.4.4...v0.5.0