# π0 and π0-FAST: Vision-Language-Action Models for General Robot Control

DevFeed: [π0 and π0-FAST: Vision-Language-Action Models for General Robot Control](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/0-and-0-fast-vision-language-action-models-for-general-robot-control-7440.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/pi0>)

Author: Dana Aubakirova; Pablo Montalvo; Mustafa Shukor; Remi Cadene

Published: 2025-02-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [foundation-models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/foundation-models.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [lerobot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lerobot.md>), [Machine learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [multimodal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multimodal.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [post-training](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/post-training.md>), [PyTorch](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pytorch.md>), [sim-to-real transfer robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sim-to-real-transfer-robotics.md>)

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## AI overview

The article introduces π0 and π0-FAST, prototype Vision-Language-Action models and learning frameworks for generalist robot control. π0 uses large-scale pretraining and flow matching-based action generation, trained on data from seven robotic platforms and 68 tasks to support dexterous manipulation across different robot embodiments.

## Source excerpt

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