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  license: apache-2.0
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- task_categories:
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- - robotics
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  tags:
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- - LeRobot
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  - robotics
 
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  - manipulation
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  - imitation-learning
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- - NIAT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  configs:
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  - config_name: Eraser_drawer
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  data_files:
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  path: Cube_pick_place/data/**/*.parquet
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  ---
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- # NIAT10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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- A consolidated collection of 24 teleoperated robot manipulation datasets recorded at
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- NIAT, gathered into a single repository. Each source dataset keeps its original
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- [LeRobot](https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot) layout (`meta/`, `data/`, `videos/`)
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- inside its own top-level folder.
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- Roughly **9.3 hours** of recorded interaction across pick-and-place,
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- sorting, stacking, orientation and non-prehensile pushing tasks.
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  ## Contents
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- | # | Folder | Task | Duration | Episodes | Review | Source |
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- |---|--------|------|----------|----------|--------|--------|
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- | 1 | `Eraser_drawer` | Pick n place | 00:44:24 | 100 | fix required | [NIATphysicalAI/Eraser_drawer](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/Eraser_drawer) |
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- | 2 | `Battery_sort` | Sorting | 00:55:06 | 106 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/Battery_sort](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/Battery_sort) |
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- | 3 | `Battery_sort_v1` | Sorting | 00:03:12 | 7 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/Battery_sort_v1](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/Battery_sort_v1) |
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- | 4 | `drawer_cube_screwdriver` | Pick n place | 00:30:30 | 101 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/drawer_cube_screwdriver](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/drawer_cube_screwdriver) |
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- | 5 | `Drawer_screwdriver_v2` | Pick n place | 00:17:06 | 51 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/Drawer_screwdriver_v2](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/Drawer_screwdriver_v2) |
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- | 6 | `Drawer_screwdriver` | Pick n place | 00:12:54 | 34 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/Drawer_screwdriver](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/Drawer_screwdriver) |
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- | 7 | `screwdriver_box` | Pick n place | 00:18:12 | 47 | fix required | [NIATphysicalAI/screwdriver_box](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/screwdriver_box) |
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- | 8 | `screwdriver_box_v1` | Pick n place | 00:07:42 | 20 | fix required | [NIATphysicalAI/screwdriver_box_v1](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/screwdriver_box_v1) |
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- | 9 | `screwdriver_box_v0` | Pick n place | 00:04:12 | 10 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/screwdriver_box_v0](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/screwdriver_box_v0) |
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- | 10 | `stack_cubes` | Stacking | 00:17:06 | 58 | Re-record | [NIATphysicalAI/stack_cubes](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/stack_cubes) |
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- | 11 | `eraser` | Pick n place | 00:15:30 | 60 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/eraser](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/eraser) |
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- | 12 | `cube` | Stacking | 00:14:12 | 54 | fix required | [NIATphysicalAI/cube](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/cube) |
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- | 13 | `stapler` | Pick n place | 00:17:54 | 37 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/stapler](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/stapler) |
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- | 14 | `bottle` | Orientation/reposition | 00:16:24 | 48 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/bottle](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/bottle) |
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- | 15 | `penholder` | Sorting | 00:26:12 | 92 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/penholder](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/penholder) |
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- | 16 | `sort_biodegradable` | Sorting | 00:43:42 | 169 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/sort_biodegradable](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/sort_biodegradable) |
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- | 17 | `pick_place_cubes_para` | Sorting | 00:51:18 | 300 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/pick_place_cubes_para](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/pick_place_cubes_para) |
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- | 18 | `pick_place_cubes` | Sorting | 00:51:18 | 300 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/pick_place_cubes](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/pick_place_cubes) |
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- | 19 | `chocolate_pick_place` | Pick n place | 00:16:12 | 50 | Approved | [NIATphysicalAI/chocolate_pick_place](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/chocolate_pick_place) |
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- | 20 | `pick_place` | Pick n place | 00:10:18 | 50 | Approved | [Bradx86/pick-place](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Bradx86/pick-place) |
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- | 21 | `push_t_v2` | Contact(no grasp) | 00:43:54 | 194 | Approved | [Bradx86/push_t_v2](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Bradx86/push_t_v2) |
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- | 22 | `t_push` | Contact(no grasp) | 00:05:12 | 50 | Approved | [Bradx86/t_push](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Bradx86/t_push) |
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- | 23 | `Bottle_orient` | Pick n place | 00:17:54 | 50 | Approved | [Bradx86/bottle-test](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Bradx86/bottle-test) |
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- | 24 | `Cube_pick_place` | Pick n place | 00:16:00 | 50 | Approved | [Bradx86/record-test](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Bradx86/record-test) |
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-
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- ## Layout
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  ```
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  NIAT10/
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  ├── <dataset_name>/
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- │ ├── meta/ # info.json, episodes.jsonl, tasks.jsonl, stats
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- │ ├── data/ # parquet chunks of states / actions
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- ── videos/ # per-camera mp4 recordings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  └── ...
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  ```
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- ## Loading a single dataset
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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- Each folder is a self-contained LeRobot dataset. Point `root` at the folder after
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- downloading it:
 
 
 
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  ```python
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- from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
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- from lerobot.common.datasets.lerobot_dataset import LeRobotDataset
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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- path = snapshot_download(
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- repo_id="NIATphysicalAI/NIAT10",
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- repo_type="dataset",
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- allow_patterns="Battery_sort/*",
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- local_dir="NIAT10",
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- )
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- ds = LeRobotDataset(repo_id="NIATphysicalAI/NIAT10", root="NIAT10/Battery_sort")
 
 
 
 
 
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  ```
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- The tabular part of each dataset is also registered as a named config:
 
 
 
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  ```python
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  from datasets import load_dataset
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  ds = load_dataset("NIATphysicalAI/NIAT10", "Battery_sort", split="train")
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  ```
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- ## Review status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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- Entries marked *fix required* or *Re-record* are included for completeness but have
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- known issues; prefer the *Approved* subset for training runs.
 
 
 
 
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  license: apache-2.0
 
 
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  tags:
 
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  - robotics
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+ - lerobot
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  - manipulation
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  - imitation-learning
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+ - vision-language-action
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+ - embodied-ai
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+ - teleoperation
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+ - so_follower
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+ task_categories:
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+ - robotics
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+ language:
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+ - en
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+ size_categories:
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+ - 100K<n<1M
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+ pretty_name: NIAT10
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  configs:
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  - config_name: Eraser_drawer
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  data_files:
 
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  path: Cube_pick_place/data/**/*.parquet
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  ---
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+ # NIAT10 — A Tabletop Manipulation Dataset Collection
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+
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+ 24 teleoperated robot manipulation datasets recorded at NIAT, consolidated
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+ into a single repository for imitation-learning and vision-language-action research.
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+
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+ <!-- TODO: banner image URL -->
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+
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+ ## Overview
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+
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+ NIAT10 gathers every manipulation dataset recorded by the NIAT Physical AI group into
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+ one place, each one preserved in its original [LeRobot](https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot)
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+ layout inside its own top-level folder. Rather than a single merged dataset, it is a
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+ **curated collection** — you can train on one folder, a task family, or all of them.
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+
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+ The collection covers five task families on a shared tabletop setup: pick and place,
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+ sorting, stacking, object reorientation, and non-prehensile pushing. Every episode was
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+ teleoperated on an **SO-101 (leader–follower pair)** through a leader arm and recorded from an
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+ overhead and a wrist camera at 640 × 480 / 30 fps.
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+
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+ <!-- TODO: 2-3 sentences on why this collection exists — the research question,
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+ the course/lab it came out of, what you intend to train on it. -->
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+
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+ ## Dataset Statistics
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+
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+ | Metric | Value |
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+ |---|---|
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+ | **Total datasets** | 24 |
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+ | **Total episodes** | 2,038 |
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+ | **Total frames** | 975,654 |
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+ | **Total duration** | 09:02:02 (9.03 hours) |
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+ | **Unique recorded duration** | 08:10:46 (8.18 hours) |
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+ | **Unique episodes** | 1,738 |
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+ | **Task families** | 5 |
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+ | **Robot embodiments** | 1 |
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+ | **Average duration/dataset** | 0.38 hours |
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+ | **Approved datasets** | 19 of 24 |
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+
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+ Durations are computed as `total_frames / fps` from each dataset's `meta/info.json`,
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+ so they reflect the current contents of each repo after episode pruning.
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+
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+ **Unique vs total.** 1 dataset(s) re-annotate episodes that already appear
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+ elsewhere in the collection rather than adding new recordings — see
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+ [Language variants](#language-variants). The unique figures exclude them, and are the
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+ honest number to quote for how much robot time this collection represents.
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+
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+ ## Task Distribution
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+
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+ | Task family | Datasets | Episodes | Duration | % of data |
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+ |---|---|---|---|---|
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+ | Pick and place | 14 | 1210 | 05:01:17 | 55.6% |
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+ | Sorting | 4 | 374 | 02:08:26 | 23.7% |
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+ | Non-prehensile push | 2 | 244 | 00:49:07 | 9.1% |
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+ | Orientation | 2 | 98 | 00:31:52 | 5.9% |
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+ | Stacking | 2 | 112 | 00:31:20 | 5.8% |
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+
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+ <!-- TODO: task montage image URL -->
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+
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+ ## Robot Types
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+
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+ | Robot type | Datasets | % |
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+ |---|---|---|
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+ | so_follower | 24 | 100.0% |
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+
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+ Recorded with LeRobot v3.0 (24 datasets). Frame rates present: 30 fps (24).
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+
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+ ## Contributors
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+ <!-- TODO: add named contributors to CONTRIBUTORS in niat10_card.py -->
 
 
 
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+ Recorded and published under the accounts below.
 
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+ | Account | Datasets | % |
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+ |---|---|---|
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+ | [NIATphysicalAI](https://huggingface.co/NIATphysicalAI) | 19 | 79.2% |
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+ | [Bradx86](https://huggingface.co/Bradx86) | 5 | 20.8% |
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+
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+ Please credit the individual contributors above, not only the publishing accounts,
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+ when using this collection.
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  ## Contents
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+ | # | Folder | Task | Episodes | Frames | Duration | FPS | Review | Source |
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+ |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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+ | 1 | `Eraser_drawer` | Pick and place | 100 | 79,890 | 00:44:23 | 30 | fix required | [Eraser_drawer](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/Eraser_drawer) |
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+ | 2 | `Battery_sort` | Sorting | 106 | 93,878 | 00:52:09 | 30 | Approved | [Battery_sort](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/Battery_sort) |
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+ | 3 | `Battery_sort_v1` | Sorting | 7 | 5,681 | 00:03:09 | 30 | Approved | [Battery_sort_v1](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/Battery_sort_v1) |
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+ | 4 | `drawer_cube_screwdriver` | Pick and place | 101 | 54,895 | 00:30:30 | 30 | Approved | [drawer_cube_screwdriver](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/drawer_cube_screwdriver) |
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+ | 5 | `Drawer_screwdriver_v2` | Pick and place | 51 | 30,709 | 00:17:04 | 30 | Approved | [Drawer_screwdriver_v2](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/Drawer_screwdriver_v2) |
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+ | 6 | `Drawer_screwdriver` | Pick and place | 34 | 23,221 | 00:12:54 | 30 | Approved | [Drawer_screwdriver](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/Drawer_screwdriver) |
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+ | 7 | `screwdriver_box` | Pick and place | 47 | 27,536 | 00:15:18 | 30 | fix required | [screwdriver_box](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/screwdriver_box) |
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+ | 8 | `screwdriver_box_v1` | Pick and place | 20 | 13,829 | 00:07:41 | 30 | fix required | [screwdriver_box_v1](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/screwdriver_box_v1) |
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+ | 9 | `screwdriver_box_v0` | Pick and place | 10 | 7,498 | 00:04:10 | 30 | Approved | [screwdriver_box_v0](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/screwdriver_box_v0) |
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+ | 10 | `stack_cubes` | Stacking | 58 | 30,806 | 00:17:07 | 30 | Re-record | [stack_cubes](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/stack_cubes) |
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+ | 11 | `eraser` | Pick and place | 60 | 26,893 | 00:14:56 | 30 | Approved | [eraser](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/eraser) |
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+ | 12 | `cube` | Stacking | 54 | 25,595 | 00:14:13 | 30 | fix required | [cube](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/cube) |
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+ | 13 | `stapler` | Pick and place | 37 | 16,750 | 00:09:18 | 30 | Approved | [stapler](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/stapler) |
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+ | 14 | `bottle` | Orientation | 48 | 25,162 | 00:13:59 | 30 | Approved | [bottle](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/bottle) |
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+ | 15 | `penholder` | Sorting | 92 | 43,990 | 00:24:26 | 30 | Approved | [penholder](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/penholder) |
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+ | 16 | `sort_biodegradable` | Sorting | 169 | 87,635 | 00:48:41 | 30 | Approved | [sort_biodegradable](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/sort_biodegradable) |
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+ | 17 | `pick_place_cubes_para` | Pick and place | 300 | 92,287 | 00:51:16 | 30 | Approved | [pick_place_cubes_para](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/pick_place_cubes_para) |
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+ | 18 | `pick_place_cubes` | Pick and place | 300 | 92,287 | 00:51:16 | 30 | Approved | [pick_place_cubes](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/pick_place_cubes) |
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+ | 19 | `chocolate_pick_place` | Pick and place | 50 | 29,178 | 00:16:13 | 30 | Approved | [chocolate_pick_place](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/chocolate_pick_place) |
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+ | 20 | `pick_place` | Pick and place | 50 | 18,559 | 00:10:19 | 30 | Approved | [pick-place](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Bradx86/pick-place) |
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+ | 21 | `push_t_v2` | Non-prehensile push | 194 | 79,027 | 00:43:54 | 30 | Approved | [push_t_v2](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Bradx86/push_t_v2) |
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+ | 22 | `t_push` | Non-prehensile push | 50 | 9,388 | 00:05:13 | 30 | Approved | [t_push](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Bradx86/t_push) |
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+ | 23 | `Bottle_orient` | Orientation | 50 | 32,196 | 00:17:53 | 30 | Approved | [bottle-test](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Bradx86/bottle-test) |
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+ | 24 | `Cube_pick_place` | Pick and place | 50 | 28,764 | 00:15:59 | 30 | Approved | [record-test](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Bradx86/record-test) |
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+
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+ ## Repository Structure
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  ```
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  NIAT10/
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  ├── <dataset_name>/
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+ │ ├── meta/
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+ ├── info.json # fps, robot type, feature schema, totals
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+ │ ├── episodes.jsonl # per-episode index and lengths
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+ │ │ ├── tasks.jsonl # natural-language task strings
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+ │ │ └── stats.json # per-feature normalisation statistics
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+ │ ├── data/
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+ │ │ └── chunk-000/
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+ │ │ └── episode_*.parquet # states, actions, timestamps
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+ │ └── videos/
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+ │ └── chunk-000/
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+ │ └── observation.images.<cam>/episode_*.mp4
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  └── ...
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  ```
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+ ## Usage
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+
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+ ### Authenticate
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ hf auth login
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+ # or: export HF_TOKEN=your_token_here
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Download a single dataset
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+
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+ Each folder is self-contained, so pull only what you need:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ hf download NIATphysicalAI/NIAT10 \
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+ --repo-type=dataset \
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+ --include "Battery_sort/*" \
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+ --local-dir ./NIAT10
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Download everything
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+ ```bash
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+ hf download NIATphysicalAI/NIAT10 --repo-type=dataset --local-dir ./NIAT10
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Load with LeRobot
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  ```python
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+ from lerobot.datasets.lerobot_dataset import LeRobotDataset
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+
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+ ds = LeRobotDataset(repo_id="NIATphysicalAI/NIAT10", root="./NIAT10/Battery_sort")
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+
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+ print(f"Episodes: {ds.num_episodes}")
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+ print(f"Frames: {ds.num_frames}")
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+ print(f"Task: {ds.meta.tasks}")
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+
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+ sample = ds[0]
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+ print(sample.keys())
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Browse the collection
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+ ```python
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+ from pathlib import Path
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+ import json
 
 
 
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+ for folder in sorted(Path("./NIAT10").iterdir()):
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+ info_path = folder / "meta" / "info.json"
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+ if info_path.exists():
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+ info = json.loads(info_path.read_text())
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+ hours = info["total_frames"] / info["fps"] / 3600
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+ print(f"{folder.name:<26} {info['total_episodes']:>4} episodes {hours:.2f} h")
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  ```
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+ ### Load the tabular data without video
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+
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+ Each folder is registered as a named config, so the state/action streams can be read
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+ directly with `datasets`:
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  ```python
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  from datasets import load_dataset
 
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  ds = load_dataset("NIATphysicalAI/NIAT10", "Battery_sort", split="train")
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  ```
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+ ## Training
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+
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+ <!-- TODO: replace with the exact command you actually ran, once you have one. -->
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ lerobot-train \
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+ --policy.type=act \
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+ --dataset.repo_id=NIATphysicalAI/NIAT10 \
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+ --dataset.root=./NIAT10/Battery_sort \
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+ --output_dir=./outputs/act_battery_sort \
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+ --batch_size=8 \
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+ --steps=100000
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+ ```
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+
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+ To train across several folders, pass a comma-separated list of roots or build a
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+ `MultiLeRobotDataset` over the folders you want.
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+
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+ ## Known Issues and Caveats
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+
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+ Community-recorded teleoperation data is never uniform. Things to check before training:
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+
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+ - **Review status.** 5 of 24 datasets are flagged below. They are
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+ included for completeness; prefer the approved subset for headline results.
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+ - **Varying episode counts.** Some datasets are short (a few minutes) and will be
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+ heavily under-represented in a naive concatenation. Consider weighted sampling.
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+ - **Camera configurations differ** between datasets. Check
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+ `observation.images.*` in each `meta/info.json` before batching across folders.
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+ - **Frame rates.** 30 fps (24) — resample or filter if your policy assumes a fixed rate.
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+ - **Episode indices are per-folder.** They are not globally unique across the collection.
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+ - **Not a single merged dataset.** Loading NIAT10 as one `LeRobotDataset` will not work;
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+ point `root` at an individual folder.
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+
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+ ### Flagged datasets
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+
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+ | Folder | Status | Note |
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+ |---|---|---|
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+ | `Eraser_drawer` | fix required | <!-- TODO: what needs fixing --> |
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+ | `screwdriver_box` | fix required | <!-- TODO: what needs fixing --> |
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+ | `screwdriver_box_v1` | fix required | <!-- TODO: what needs fixing --> |
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+ | `stack_cubes` | Re-record | <!-- TODO: what needs fixing --> |
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+ | `cube` | fix required | <!-- TODO: what needs fixing --> |
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+
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+ ## Intended Use
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+
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+ - Behaviour cloning and imitation learning on tabletop manipulation
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+ - Fine-tuning vision-language-action models on a consistent hardware setup
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+ - Multi-task and task-family transfer experiments
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+ - Benchmarking data-efficiency across task types
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+ - Teaching and coursework on robot learning pipelines
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+
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+ ## Data Collection
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+
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+ All episodes were collected by **human teleoperation** on an **SO-101 (leader–follower pair)**
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+ setup. An operator moved the leader arm by hand while the follower arm mirrored the
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+ motion, and joint states, actions and synchronised video were recorded through LeRobot.
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+ No scripted or autonomous policies were used, so every trajectory reflects human
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+ timing, hesitation and correction.
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+ ### Robot
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+ | Property | Value |
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+ | Arm | SO-101 (leader–follower pair) |
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+ | Control | Leader arm (leader–follower joint mirroring) |
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+ | Recording framework | LeRobot |
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+ ### Cameras
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+ Two cameras per episode, both the same sensor:
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+ | View | Sensor |
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+ | Overhead | IMX335 5MP USB Camera (B), 5V USB 2.0, 175° wide angle |
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+ | Wrist | IMX335 5MP USB Camera (B), 5V USB 2.0, 175° wide angle |
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+ The **overhead** camera gives a fixed third-person view of the whole workspace; the
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+ **wrist** camera is mounted on the follower arm and moves with the end effector,
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+ providing close-range detail during grasps and contact. The 175° field of view keeps
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+ the full table in frame from a short mounting distance, at the cost of noticeable
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+ barrel distortion near the edges — the recordings are **not undistorted**, so
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+ calibrate or rectify yourself if your method assumes a pinhole model.
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+ Both streams were captured through LeRobot's OpenCV backend:
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+ ```json
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+ {
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+ "type": "opencv",
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+ "index_or_path": "/dev/video2",
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+ "width": 640,
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+ "height": 480,
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+ "fps": 30
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ Recorded at **640 × 480 @ 30 fps** — well below the
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+ sensor's 5MP capability, chosen to keep two USB streams stable and file sizes
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+ manageable. Device indices vary between recording sessions; check
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+ `observation.images.*` in each folder's `meta/info.json` for the exact keys and shapes
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+ a given dataset uses.
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+
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+ ### Environment and randomisation
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+ In most datasets object positions were **randomised between runs**, so the policy
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+ cannot succeed by memorising a fixed layout. Randomisation was manual rather than
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+ programmatic, so coverage is uneven — some datasets vary position more aggressively
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+ than others.
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+
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+ <!-- TODO: fill in the remaining environment details:
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+ - Table surface and background
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+ - Lighting conditions (fixed room lighting? natural light?)
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+ - Object sets used per task family
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+ - Recording period (dates) and number of operators
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+ - Whether failed episodes were discarded or kept
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+ -->
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+ ## Language Variants
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+ Not every folder is an independent recording. One dataset re-annotates episodes that
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+ already exist elsewhere in the collection:
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+ | Variant | Source episodes | Paraphrases | Difference |
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+ | `pick_place_cubes_para` | `pick_place_cubes` | 8 | Same episodes, task string expressed 8 different ways |
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+ `pick_place_cubes_para` contains the **same trajectories** as `pick_place_cubes`, with
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+ the natural-language task description rewritten in 8 different phrasings. It exists to
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+ test whether a language-conditioned policy generalises across instruction wording
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+ rather than latching onto one exact string.
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+ Two consequences worth knowing:
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+ - **Do not count both toward dataset size.** Together they represent one set of
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+ recordings, not two. The unique figures in the statistics table already exclude the
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+ variant.
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+ - **Do not put both in the same training mix without thinking.** Naively concatenating
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+ them duplicates every episode, doubling that task's weight. Either train on the
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+ paraphrased version alone, or sample the pair as one dataset.
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+
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+ ## Limitations
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+ - **Single environment.** All recordings share one lab, one table and one lighting
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+ setup. Background and surface diversity is effectively zero, so expect a large
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+ sim-to-real-style gap when deploying elsewhere.
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+ - **Single embodiment.** Everything is SO-101. Cross-embodiment transfer is untested.
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+ - **Fixed camera geometry** at 640 × 480, with uncorrected wide-angle
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+ distortion.
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+ - **Uneven dataset sizes.** Durations range from a few minutes to nearly an hour, so
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+ naive concatenation heavily over-weights the longer datasets.
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+ - **Manual randomisation** means object-position coverage is not uniform or measured.
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+ - **Human demonstrations only** — no failure cases, recovery behaviours or
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+ counterexamples, which limits use for methods that need negative data.
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+
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+ <!-- TODO: add anything else you know to be true — e.g. whether any task
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+ descriptions are inconsistent, or whether some datasets share episodes. -->
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+
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+ ## License
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+
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+ Released under the **Apache 2.0** license. Individual datasets may carry additional
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+ attribution requirements.
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+
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+ ## Citation
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+
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+ ```bibtex
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+ @misc{niat10_2026,
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+ title = {NIAT10: A Tabletop Manipulation Dataset Collection},
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+ author = {<!-- TODO: author list -->},
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+ year = {2026},
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+ url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/NIATphysicalAI/NIAT10}
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Related Resources
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+ - [LeRobot](https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot) framework used for recording
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+ - [LeRobot docs](https://huggingface.co/docs/lerobot) full documentation
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+ - [Dataset format guide](https://huggingface.co/blog/lerobot-datasets) — best practices
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+ - [SmolVLA](https://huggingface.co/blog/smolvla) — VLA model these datasets suit
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+ - [Community Dataset v3](https://huggingface.co/datasets/HuggingFaceVLA/community_dataset_v3) — larger cross-embodiment collection