# facebookresearch/pyrobot

PyRobot: An Open Source Robotics Research Platform

Repository: https://github.com/facebookresearch/pyrobot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pyrobot
Homepage: https://pyrobot.org
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-07-30T21:33:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2771, "days_push": 34, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2307, forks 352 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:35.783378+00:00)

## What it is
PyRobot is a lightweight, high-level Python library providing hardware-independent APIs for robotic manipulation and navigation, built on top of ROS. It also includes the low-level software stack for LoCoBot, a low-cost mobile manipulator hardware platform.

## Use cases
- control a LoCoBot or Sawyer robot arm from Python
- run robot learning experiments and benchmarks
- simulate a mobile manipulator in Gazebo
- perform robot navigation and grasping tasks
- add support for a custom robot via configuration files
- calibrate a robot camera and arm

## When to choose
- you need a high-level, hardware-agnostic Python API for robot manipulation and navigation
- you are doing robot learning research on LoCoBot or Sawyer
- you want to benchmark algorithms across different robots with a common interface

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively developed robotics framework (the project targets Ubuntu 16.04 and ROS Kinetic)
- you work outside Linux/ROS ecosystems
- you need production-grade industrial robot control rather than research tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: robotics, sdk, simulation, machine-learning
- domain: robotics, machine-learning
- platform: python
- tags: robot-learning, locobot, sawyer, ros, manipulation, navigation, hardware-abstraction, benchmarking, research, automation, linux

## Member repositories
- facebookresearch/pyrobot (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.783378+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:39:39.248170+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/facebookresearch/pyrobot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.783378+00:00, sha ce41ed007da1)
  - homepage: https://pyrobot.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:20:02.225352+00:00, sha d262807159ba)
  - site_page: https://pyrobot.org/docs/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T10:20:02.234750+00:00, sha b6876a21d2f4)
  - site_page: https://pyrobot.org/docs/datasets (fetched 2026-08-29T10:20:02.236545+00:00, sha 7c31222c2c05)
  - site_page: https://pyrobot.org/docs/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T10:20:02.238514+00:00, sha 2d5d01a61170)
  - site_page: https://pyrobot.org/docs/overview.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:20:02.240519+00:00, sha b6876a21d2f4)
  - site_page: https://pyrobot.org/docs/calibration.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:20:02.242268+00:00, sha 3d8e7eaeeee0)
  - site_page: https://pyrobot.org/docs/datasets.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:20:02.243983+00:00, sha 7c31222c2c05)
  - site_page: https://pyrobot.org/docs/new_robot_support.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:20:02.245637+00:00, sha 3b2fd46973e4)
  - site_page: https://pyrobot.org/docs/contact.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:20:02.247322+00:00, sha ca47442a7ff9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.