HuggingFace LeRobot

by Hugging Face

Open robotics — includes spoken-command ASR demos.

TL;DR

Open robotics — includes spoken-command ASR demos.

Best for demos pairing Whisper with a robot-control loop. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
—
Stars
—
Last push
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Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux

What it is

Open robotics stack with Whisper-driven demos. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Demos pairing Whisper with a robot-control loop.
Watch out for: Not an ASR engine — robotics stack.

Install / use

pip install lerobot

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported20
HIPAA eligibleNo

HuggingFace LeRobot vs Whipscribe

FeatureHuggingFace LeRobotWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages2099
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

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