# Grabette: an open system to record robot-manipulation data

DevFeed: [Grabette: an open system to record robot-manipulation data](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/grabette-an-open-system-to-record-robot-manipulation-data-7221.md>)

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

Author: Steve Nguyen; Claire Houziel; Gaelle Lannuzel; Simon Le Goff; Jeremy Laville; Étienne

Published: 2026-07-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/robotics.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [lerobot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lerobot.md>), [hugging face](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugging-face.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datasets.md>), [devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devices.md>), [hugging-face](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugging-face.md>), [lerobot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lerobot.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [robot-manipulation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robot-manipulation.md>), [robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robotics.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

## AI overview

Grabette is an open, low-cost handheld system for recording robot-manipulation demonstrations without requiring a robot, laboratory, or teleoperation rig. It uses a human-operated gripper and cameras to capture demonstrations and produce robot-ready datasets, with browser-based processing and integration with LeRobot and the Hugging Face Hub.

## Source excerpt

We're on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.