Release v0.4.4

What's Changed

• chore(dependencies): Bump lerobot to 0.4.4 by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2840
• feat(ci): trigger manually documentation release version by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2841
• fix(robots): update gripper configuration and calibration settings for OMX by @Woojin-Crive in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2815
• feat(envs): Add task ids to libero env cfg by @reeceomahoney in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2842
• feat(motors): add damiao motors & can bus by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2788
• Add robot images to docs by @pkooij in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2862
• docs: update libero by @reeceomahoney in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2857
• Fix(aggregate.py) Aggregation of datasets when sub-datasets are already a result of a previous merge by @michel-aractingi in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2861
• feat(robots): add OpenArm robot & teleoperator by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2795
• add g1 teleoperation by @nepyope in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2791
• feat(robots): add bi manual openarm follower and leader by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2835
• refactor(cameras): cameras API extension by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2808
• fix(sac): make temperature a property to fix checkpoint resume bug by @michel-aractingi in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2877
• Feat(dataset_tools.py) Add modify tasks tool by @michel-aractingi in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2875
• docs(cameras): revising and improving docs on cameras by @CarolinePascal in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2878
• fix(find zmq): adding a clearer not implemented warning for the ZMQ find_cameras method by @CarolinePascal in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2879
• feat(dataset): add subtask support by @jadechoghari in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2860
• docs: update document in response to Simplify configs PR by @HiroIshida in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/1596
• Add missing RL config options: add_ee_pose_to_observation and gripper_penalty_in_reward by @michel-aractingi in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2873
• Limit W&B tag length to comply with 64‑character limit by @iory in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/995
• Small docstring fix in diffusion configuration by @jwang078 in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2847
• feat(datasets): improve image transform support by @reeceomahoney in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2885
• fix(policies): wandb warning during smolvla training by @reeceomahoney in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2903
• fix(scripts): correct can import check by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2937
• fix(pipeline): use FeatureType for STATE features in Libero processor by @stepanfeduniak in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2888
• Change LIBERO init_state_id when reset. by @AoqunJin in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2899
• docs: clarify installation steps are sequential, not optional by @jaikr-dev in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2925
• [Bug Fix] fix(ci): prevent runner group error on fork pushes by @whats2000 in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2911
• chore(linter): ensure motors module passes MyPy type checks by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2939
• chore: use is_connected decorators by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2948
• fix(motors): use decorator to fix precommit by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2951
• feat(cameras): make backend configurable to the CLI by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2945
• Fixing wrong argparse examples in the comments (using 'True' not 'true') by @taken-yjyoon in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/1040
• fix(dataset tools draccus): fixing draccus parsing for dataset edit operation type specification by @CarolinePascal in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2949
• Always use degrees by @pkooij in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2968
• feat(datasets): Add info operation to lerobot-edit-dataset command by @masato-ka in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2917
• (Chore) Bump upper bound for torch version by @sovrasov in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2897
• fix(scripts): serve grpc for a web viewer by @sotanakamura in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2881
• fix(docs): update env variable LEROBOT_HOME to HF_LEROBOT_HOME by @tc-huang in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2973
• fix(utils): more conservative sleep_margin default value in precise_sleep by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2985
• chore(scripts): warn if we don't respect the target FPS by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2986
• fix(filtering): fixing episodes filtering in load_nested_dataset to always use .from_parquet() by @CarolinePascal in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2982
• feat(robots): use read_latest() camera by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2987
• chore: remove usernames + use entrypoints in docs, comments & sample commands by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2988
• Fix gym-hil integration with the new LeRobot pipeline. by @s1lent4gnt in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2482
• chore(deps): bump ceil datasets by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2946
• feat(dataset): add streaming video encoding + HW encoder support by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2974
• Add metadata_buffer_size to dataset creation by @yuecideng in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2998
• feat(motors): add RobStride CAN implementation by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2821
• chore(docs): update the document for Phone teleop to clarify how to use the examples by @ynaka81 in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2991
• fix/docs: small comment change by @gui-miotto in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2990
• docs: fix HF_USER export command to correctly parse username by @WilbertYuan in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2932
• docs: add WSL evdev installation note by @DominikPalo in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2855
• feat: Enable torch.compile for DiffusionPolicy inference by @jashshah999 in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2486
• fix(ci): permissions triton by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3011
• feat(scripts): Integrate tqdm for training progress visualization by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3010
• fix(dataset): Fix reindexing bug for videos on splits by @mkiefel in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2548
• Fix metaworld_config.json missing from pip installs and AttributeError crash by @jashshah999 in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3017
• fix(video): replace assertions with proper exceptions in video frame decoding by @jashshah999 in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3016
• Fix SARM dense_only mode: always load episodes_df for target computation by @s1lent4gnt in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3021
• feat: add visualization badge to card template and update dataset card creation with repo_id by @mishig25 in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3005
• fix(policies): support dp train when n_obs_steps=1 by @Hukongtao in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2430
• Feat(teleoperators): add OpenArm Mini teleoperator by @s1lent4gnt in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3022
• Fix: remove device_map from SmolVLA model loading by @s1lent4gnt in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3029
• feat(async_inference) Enable plugins with async inference by @IamPhytan in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2425
• fix(datasets): only warn in MultiLeRobotDataset when features differ by @thatmich in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3019
• chore(scripts): no spam log when no action by @imstevenpmwork in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3042
• fix(scripts): register OpenArm Mini in all lerobot CLI scripts by @s1lent4gnt in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3028
• feat(policies): add Smolvla torch compile support by @jadechoghari in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3043
• Fix(diffusion): enforce no-crop behavior when crop_ratio=1.0 by @s1lent4gnt in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3046
• fix(logging): avoid double-counting samples across processes by @pkooij in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3045
• chore(docstrings): fixing deprecated root argument description in LeRobotDataset class by @CarolinePascal in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3035

New Contributors

• @reeceomahoney made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2842
• @iory made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/995
• @jwang078 made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2847
• @stepanfeduniak made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2888
• @AoqunJin made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2899
• @jaikr-dev made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2925
• @whats2000 made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2911
• @taken-yjyoon made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/1040
• @yuecideng made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2998
• @ynaka81 made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2991
• @gui-miotto made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2990
• @WilbertYuan made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2932
• @DominikPalo made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2855
• @jashshah999 made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2486
• @mkiefel made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2548
• @Hukongtao made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2430
• @IamPhytan made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/2425
• @thatmich made their first contribution in https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3019

Full Changelog: https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/compare/v0.4.3...v0.4.4