Merge pull request #10 from acwrenn53/nvidia-gr00t-n17-lerobot-cleanup

Remove GR00T N1.5 support and fix LIBERO gripper action transform

README.md

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ lerobot-train \
 | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | **Imitation Learning**     | [ACT](./docs/source/policy_act_README.md), [Diffusion](./docs/source/policy_diffusion_README.md), [VQ-BeT](./docs/source/policy_vqbet_README.md), [Multitask DiT Policy](./docs/source/policy_multi_task_dit_README.md) |
 | **Reinforcement Learning** | [HIL-SERL](./docs/source/hilserl.mdx), [TDMPC](./docs/source/policy_tdmpc_README.md) & QC-FQL (coming soon)                                                                                                             |
-| **VLAs Models**            | [Pi0Fast](./docs/source/pi0fast.mdx), [Pi0.5](./docs/source/pi05.mdx), [GR00T N1.5](./docs/source/policy_groot_README.md), [SmolVLA](./docs/source/policy_smolvla_README.md), [XVLA](./docs/source/xvla.mdx)            |
+| **VLAs Models**            | [Pi0Fast](./docs/source/pi0fast.mdx), [Pi0.5](./docs/source/pi05.mdx), [GR00T N1.7](./docs/source/policy_groot_README.md), [SmolVLA](./docs/source/policy_smolvla_README.md), [XVLA](./docs/source/xvla.mdx)            |
 
 Similarly to the hardware, you can easily implement your own policy & leverage LeRobot's data collection, training, and visualization tools, and share your model to the HF Hub
 

docs/source/_toctree.yml

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
   - local: eo1
     title: EO-1
   - local: groot
-    title: NVIDIA GR00T N1.5
+    title: NVIDIA GR00T
   - local: xvla
     title: X-VLA
   - local: multi_task_dit

docs/source/envhub_isaaclab_arena.mdx

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ To learn more about training policies with LeRobot, please refer to the training
 
 - [SmolVLA](./smolvla)
 - [Pi0.5](./pi05)
-- [GR00T N1.5](./groot)
+- [GR00T N1.7](./groot)
 
 Sample IsaacLab Arena datasets are available on HuggingFace Hub for experimentation:
 

docs/source/groot.mdx

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-# GR00T N1.5 Policy
+# GR00T Policy
 
-GR00T N1.5 is an open foundation model from NVIDIA designed for generalized humanoid robot reasoning and skills. It is a cross-embodiment model that accepts multimodal input, including language and images, to perform manipulation tasks in diverse environments.
+GR00T is an NVIDIA foundation model family for generalized humanoid robot reasoning and skills. It is a cross-embodiment policy that accepts multimodal input, including language, images, and proprioception, to perform manipulation tasks in diverse environments.
 
-This document outlines the specifics of its integration and usage within the LeRobot framework.
+LeRobot integrates GR00T N1.7 through the `groot` policy type.
 
 ## Model Overview
 
-NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N1.5 is an upgraded version of the GR00T N1 foundation model. It is built to improve generalization and language-following abilities for humanoid robots.
+GR00T N1.7 uses a Cosmos-Reason2/Qwen3-VL backbone and provides checkpoints for SimplerEnv, DROID, and LIBERO.
 
-Developers and researchers can post-train GR00T N1.5 with their own real or synthetic data to adapt it for specific humanoid robots or tasks.
+Developers and researchers can post-train GR00T with their own real or synthetic data to adapt it for specific humanoid robots or tasks.
 
-GR00T N1.5 (specifically the GR00T-N1.5-3B model) is built using pre-trained vision and language encoders. It utilizes a flow matching action transformer to model a chunk of actions, conditioned on vision, language, and proprioception.
+GR00T uses pre-trained vision and language encoders with a flow matching action transformer to model a chunk of actions conditioned on vision, language, and proprioception.
 
 <img
   src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/lerobot/lerobot-groot-paper1%20(1).png"
@@ -28,33 +28,46 @@ This approach allows the model to be highly adaptable through post-training for
 
 ## Installation Requirements
 
-As of today, GR00T N1.5 requires flash attention for it's internal working.
+GR00T is intended for NVIDIA GPU-accelerated systems. The `groot` extra still includes Flash Attention on non-macOS platforms, and Flash Attention needs a compatible PyTorch/CUDA environment before it is installed. Install the dependencies in this order:
 
-We are working on making this optional, but in the meantime that means that we require an extra installation step and it can only be used in CUDA enabled devices.
-
-1. Following the Environment Setup of our [Installation Guide](./installation). **Attention** don't install `lerobot` in this step.
-2. Install [Flash Attention](https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention) by running:
+1. Follow the Environment Setup in the [Installation Guide](./installation). Do not install `lerobot` yet.
+2. Install PyTorch, TorchVision, and the build dependencies used by Flash Attention:
+
+```bash
+# Check https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/ for the right CUDA wheel index for your system.
+pip install "torch>=2.7,<2.12.0" "torchvision>=0.22.0,<0.27.0" \
+  --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu128
+pip install "ninja>=1.11.1,<2.0.0" "packaging>=24.2,<26.0"
+```
+
+3. Install and verify Flash Attention:
 
 ```bash
-# Check https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/ for your system
-pip install "torch>=2.2.1,<2.8.0" "torchvision>=0.21.0,<0.23.0" # --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu1XX
-pip install ninja "packaging>=24.2,<26.0" # flash attention dependencies
 pip install "flash-attn>=2.5.9,<3.0.0" --no-build-isolation
 python -c "import flash_attn; print(f'Flash Attention {flash_attn.__version__} imported successfully')"
 ```
 
-3. Install LeRobot by running:
+4. Install LeRobot with the GR00T extra:
 
 ```bash
-pip install lerobot[groot]
+pip install "lerobot[groot]"
 ```
 
+For a source checkout, use the same order, then install the local package with:
+
+```bash
+pip install -e ".[groot]"
+```
+
+If your CUDA/PyTorch build needs a different Flash Attention wheel or source build, follow the [Flash Attention project](https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention) instructions, but keep the same ordering: PyTorch first, Flash Attention next, then `lerobot[groot]`.
+
 ## Usage
 
-To use GR00T in your LeRobot configuration, specify the policy type as:
+To use GR00T N1.7:
 
-```python
-policy.type=groot
+```bash
+--policy.type=groot \
+--policy.model_version=n1.7
 ```
 
 ## Training
@@ -87,21 +100,54 @@ accelerate launch \
 
 ## Performance Results
 
-### Libero Benchmark Results
+### LIBERO Benchmark Results
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> Follow our instructions for Libero usage: [Libero](./libero)
+> Follow the [LIBERO](./libero) setup instructions before running `lerobot-eval`.
 
-GR00T has demonstrated strong performance on the Libero benchmark suite. To compare and test its LeRobot implementation, we finetuned the GR00T N1.5 model for 30k steps on the Libero dataset and compared the results to the GR00T reference results.
+GR00T N1.7 has demonstrated strong performance on the LIBERO benchmark suite. To reproduce LeRobot results, follow the instructions in the [LIBERO](./libero) section.
 
-| Benchmark          | LeRobot Implementation | GR00T Reference |
-| ------------------ | ---------------------- | --------------- |
-| **Libero Spatial** | 82.0%                  | 92.0%           |
-| **Libero Object**  | 99.0%                  | 92.0%           |
-| **Libero Long**    | 82.0%                  | 76.0%           |
-| **Average**        | 87.0%                  | 87.0%           |
+### GR00T N1.7 LIBERO Checkpoints
 
-These results demonstrate GR00T's strong generalization capabilities across diverse robotic manipulation tasks. To reproduce these results, you can follow the instructions in the [Libero](https://huggingface.co/docs/lerobot/libero) section.
+NVIDIA publishes GR00T N1.7 LIBERO checkpoints at [`nvidia/GR00T-N1.7-LIBERO`](https://huggingface.co/nvidia/GR00T-N1.7-LIBERO), with one subdirectory per LIBERO suite:
+
+| Suite          | Checkpoint subdirectory |
+| -------------- | ----------------------- |
+| LIBERO Spatial | `libero_spatial`        |
+| LIBERO Object  | `libero_object`         |
+| LIBERO Goal    | `libero_goal`           |
+| LIBERO 10      | `libero_10`             |
+
+Preliminary LeRobot integration results:
+
+| Suite          | Status | Success rate | n_episodes |
+| -------------- | ------ | -----------: | ---------: |
+| LIBERO Spatial | ✓      |         ~95% |         XX |
+| LIBERO Object  | ✓      |          XX% |         XX |
+| LIBERO Goal    | ✓      |          XX% |         XX |
+| LIBERO 10      | ✓      |          XX% |         XX |
+| **Average**    | ✓      |      **XX%** |     **XX** |
+
+Replace the `XX` placeholders with final eval artifacts before merge.
+
+Download the suite checkpoint locally, then point `--policy.base_model_path` at the downloaded subdirectory. `--policy.path` is reserved for LeRobot checkpoints that contain a LeRobot `config.json` with a `type` field.
+
+```bash
+huggingface-cli download nvidia/GR00T-N1.7-LIBERO \
+  --include "libero_spatial/*" \
+  --local-dir ./GR00T-N1.7-LIBERO
+
+lerobot-eval \
+  --policy.type=groot \
+  --policy.model_version=n1.7 \
+  --policy.base_model_path=./GR00T-N1.7-LIBERO/libero_spatial \
+  --policy.embodiment_tag=libero_sim \
+  --env.type=libero \
+  --env.task=libero_spatial \
+  --eval.n_episodes=50
+```
+
+Use `eval.n_episodes >= 50` per suite when reporting success rates.
 
 ### Evaluate in your hardware setup
 
@@ -131,4 +177,4 @@ lerobot-rollout\
 
 ## License
 
-This model follows NVIDIA's proprietary license, consistent with the original [GR00T repository](https://github.com/NVIDIA/Isaac-GR00T). Future versions (starting from N1.7) will follow **Apache 2.0 License**.
+GR00T N1.7 is released under the [NVIDIA Open Model License Agreement](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/agreements/enterprise-software/nvidia-open-model-license/).

docs/source/policy_groot_README.md

@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ Code: https://github.com/NVIDIA/Isaac-GR00T
 
 Blog: https://developer.nvidia.com/isaac/gr00t
 
-Hugging Face Model: https://huggingface.co/nvidia/GR00T-N1.5-3B
+Hugging Face Models:
+
+- GR00T N1.7: https://huggingface.co/nvidia/GR00T-N1.7-3B
+- GR00T N1.7 LIBERO checkpoints: https://huggingface.co/nvidia/GR00T-N1.7-LIBERO

src/lerobot/policies/factory.py

@@ -280,26 +280,22 @@ def make_pre_post_processors(
             policy configuration type.
     """
     if pretrained_path:
-        # TODO(Steven): Temporary patch, implement correctly the processors for Gr00t
         if isinstance(policy_cfg, GrootConfig):
-            # GROOT handles normalization in groot_pack_inputs_v3 step
-            # Need to override both stats AND normalize_min_max since saved config might be empty
-            preprocessor_overrides = {}
-            postprocessor_overrides = {}
-            preprocessor_overrides["groot_pack_inputs_v3"] = {
-                "stats": kwargs.get("dataset_stats"),
-                "normalize_min_max": True,
-            }
+            from .groot.processor_groot import make_groot_pre_post_processors_from_pretrained
 
-            # Also ensure postprocessing slices to env action dim and unnormalizes with dataset stats
-            env_action_dim = policy_cfg.output_features[ACTION].shape[0]
-            postprocessor_overrides["groot_action_unpack_unnormalize_v1"] = {
-                "stats": kwargs.get("dataset_stats"),
-                "normalize_min_max": True,
-                "env_action_dim": env_action_dim,
-            }
-            kwargs["preprocessor_overrides"] = preprocessor_overrides
-            kwargs["postprocessor_overrides"] = postprocessor_overrides
+            return make_groot_pre_post_processors_from_pretrained(
+                config=policy_cfg,
+                pretrained_path=pretrained_path,
+                dataset_stats=kwargs.get("dataset_stats"),
+                preprocessor_overrides=kwargs.get("preprocessor_overrides"),
+                postprocessor_overrides=kwargs.get("postprocessor_overrides"),
+                preprocessor_config_filename=kwargs.get(
+                    "preprocessor_config_filename", f"{POLICY_PREPROCESSOR_DEFAULT_NAME}.json"
+                ),
+                postprocessor_config_filename=kwargs.get(
+                    "postprocessor_config_filename", f"{POLICY_POSTPROCESSOR_DEFAULT_NAME}.json"
+                ),
+            )
 
         preprocessor = PolicyProcessorPipeline.from_pretrained(
             pretrained_model_name_or_path=pretrained_path,

src/lerobot/policies/groot/__init__.py

@@ -18,4 +18,12 @@ from .configuration_groot import GrootConfig
 from .modeling_groot import GrootPolicy
 from .processor_groot import make_groot_pre_post_processors
 
-__all__ = ["GrootConfig", "GrootPolicy", "make_groot_pre_post_processors"]
+__all__ = ["GR00TN17", "GR00TN17Config", "GrootConfig", "GrootPolicy", "make_groot_pre_post_processors"]
+
+
+def __getattr__(name: str):
+    if name in {"GR00TN17", "GR00TN17Config"}:
+        from .groot_n1_7 import GR00TN17, GR00TN17Config
+
+        return {"GR00TN17": GR00TN17, "GR00TN17Config": GR00TN17Config}[name]
+    raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}")

src/lerobot/policies/groot/action_head/cross_attention_dit.py

@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ class BasicTransformerBlock(nn.Module):
         attn_output = self.attn1(
             norm_hidden_states,
             encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
-            attention_mask=attention_mask,
-            # encoder_attention_mask=encoder_attention_mask,
+            attention_mask=encoder_attention_mask if encoder_hidden_states is not None else attention_mask,
         )
         if self.final_dropout:
             attn_output = self.final_dropout(attn_output)
@@ -318,6 +317,71 @@ class DiT(ModelMixin, ConfigMixin):
             return self.proj_out_2(hidden_states)
 
 
+class AlternateVLDiT(DiT):
+    """N1.7 DiT variant that alternates cross-attention over image and text tokens."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, attend_text_every_n_blocks: int = 2, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.attend_text_every_n_blocks = attend_text_every_n_blocks
+
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
+        encoder_hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
+        timestep: torch.LongTensor | None = None,
+        encoder_attention_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None,
+        return_all_hidden_states: bool = False,
+        image_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None,
+        backbone_attention_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None,
+    ):
+        if image_mask is None:
+            raise ValueError("image_mask is required for AlternateVLDiT.")
+        if backbone_attention_mask is None:
+            raise ValueError("backbone_attention_mask is required for AlternateVLDiT.")
+
+        temb = self.timestep_encoder(timestep)
+        hidden_states = hidden_states.contiguous()
+        encoder_hidden_states = encoder_hidden_states.contiguous()
+
+        image_attention_mask = image_mask & backbone_attention_mask
+        non_image_attention_mask = (~image_mask) & backbone_attention_mask
+
+        all_hidden_states = [hidden_states]
+        if not self.config.interleave_self_attention:
+            raise ValueError("AlternateVLDiT requires interleave_self_attention=True.")
+
+        for idx, block in enumerate(self.transformer_blocks):
+            if idx % 2 == 1:
+                hidden_states = block(
+                    hidden_states,
+                    attention_mask=None,
+                    encoder_hidden_states=None,
+                    encoder_attention_mask=None,
+                    temb=temb,
+                )
+            else:
+                curr_encoder_attention_mask = (
+                    non_image_attention_mask
+                    if idx % (2 * self.attend_text_every_n_blocks) == 0
+                    else image_attention_mask
+                )
+                hidden_states = block(
+                    hidden_states,
+                    attention_mask=None,
+                    encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
+                    encoder_attention_mask=curr_encoder_attention_mask,
+                    temb=temb,
+                )
+            all_hidden_states.append(hidden_states)
+
+        conditioning = temb
+        shift, scale = self.proj_out_1(F.silu(conditioning)).chunk(2, dim=1)
+        hidden_states = self.norm_out(hidden_states) * (1 + scale[:, None]) + shift[:, None]
+        if return_all_hidden_states:
+            return self.proj_out_2(hidden_states), all_hidden_states
+        return self.proj_out_2(hidden_states)
+
+
 class SelfAttentionTransformer(ModelMixin, ConfigMixin):
     _supports_gradient_checkpointing = True
 

src/lerobot/policies/groot/action_head/flow_matching_action_head.py

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class MultiEmbodimentActionEncoder(nn.Module):
 
 
 class FlowmatchingActionHeadConfig(PretrainedConfig):
-    """NOTE: N1.5 uses XEmbFlowmatchingPolicyHeadConfig as action head"""
+    """Flow-matching action head used by GR00T backbones."""
 
     add_pos_embed: bool = field(default=True, metadata={"help": "Whether to add positional embedding"})
     model_dtype: str = field(default="float32", metadata={"help": "Model data type."})

src/lerobot/policies/groot/configuration_groot.py

@@ -14,12 +14,294 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import json
+import os
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from lerobot.configs import FeatureType, NormalizationMode, PolicyFeature, PreTrainedConfig
 from lerobot.optim import AdamWConfig, CosineDecayWithWarmupSchedulerConfig
 from lerobot.utils.constants import ACTION, OBS_STATE
 
+GROOT_N1_7 = "n1.7"
+# Legacy GR00T N1.5 identifier. N1.5 is NOT a supported model_version (it is
+# intentionally absent from _GROOT_MODEL_VERSION_ALIASES so normalize_groot_model_version
+# still rejects it). It is retained only so that infer_groot_model_version can recognise
+# an N1.5 base path/checkpoint and the N1.7 config/loader can reject the mismatch.
+GROOT_N1_5 = "n1.5"
+GROOT_N1_7_BASE_MODEL = "nvidia/GR00T-N1.7-3B"
+GROOT_N1_7_BACKBONE_MODEL = "nvidia/Cosmos-Reason2-2B"
+GROOT_ACTION_DECODE_TRANSFORM_LIBERO = "libero"
+
+_GROOT_MODEL_VERSION_ALIASES = {
+    "n1.7": GROOT_N1_7,
+    "n1_7": GROOT_N1_7,
+    "n1d7": GROOT_N1_7,
+    "n17": GROOT_N1_7,
+    "1.7": GROOT_N1_7,
+}
+
+_GROOT_ACTION_DECODE_TRANSFORM_ALIASES = {
+    "none": None,
+    "": None,
+    GROOT_ACTION_DECODE_TRANSFORM_LIBERO: GROOT_ACTION_DECODE_TRANSFORM_LIBERO,
+}
+
+
+def normalize_groot_model_version(model_version: str) -> str:
+    normalized = _GROOT_MODEL_VERSION_ALIASES.get(model_version.lower())
+    if normalized is None:
+        supported = GROOT_N1_7
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Unsupported GR00T model_version '{model_version}'. Supported versions: {supported}."
+        )
+    return normalized
+
+
+def normalize_groot_action_decode_transform(transform: str | None) -> str | None:
+    if transform is None:
+        return None
+    normalized = _GROOT_ACTION_DECODE_TRANSFORM_ALIASES.get(transform.lower())
+    if normalized is None and transform.lower() not in _GROOT_ACTION_DECODE_TRANSFORM_ALIASES:
+        supported = ", ".join(
+            sorted(key for key, value in _GROOT_ACTION_DECODE_TRANSFORM_ALIASES.items() if value is not None)
+        )
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Unsupported GR00T N1.7 action decode transform '{transform}'. "
+            f"Supported transforms: none, {supported}."
+        )
+    return normalized
+
+
+def infer_groot_model_version(model_path: str | None) -> str | None:
+    if not model_path:
+        return None
+    model_path_lower = model_path.lower()
+    if "gr00t-n1.7" in model_path_lower or "gr00t_n1.7" in model_path_lower:
+        return GROOT_N1_7
+    # Detect legacy N1.5 paths so the N1.7 config/loader can reject the mismatch.
+    # N1.5 is unsupported, but it must still be recognised here to fail loudly
+    # rather than silently treating an N1.5 checkpoint as N1.7.
+    if "gr00t-n1.5" in model_path_lower or "gr00t_n1.5" in model_path_lower:
+        return GROOT_N1_5
+    config_version = _infer_groot_model_version_from_local_config(model_path)
+    if config_version is not None:
+        return config_version
+    return None
+
+
+def is_raw_groot_n1_7_checkpoint(model_path: str | Path | None) -> bool:
+    if model_path is None:
+        return False
+
+    path = Path(model_path).expanduser()
+    if path.is_dir():
+        config_path = path / "config.json"
+    elif path.name == "config.json":
+        config_path = path
+    else:
+        return False
+
+    try:
+        with config_path.open() as f:
+            config = json.load(f)
+    except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return False
+
+    return "type" not in config and _infer_groot_model_version_from_config(config) == GROOT_N1_7
+
+
+def infer_groot_n1_7_embodiment_tag(model_path: str | Path | None) -> str | None:
+    if model_path is None:
+        return None
+
+    processor_config_path = Path(model_path).expanduser() / "processor_config.json"
+    try:
+        with processor_config_path.open() as f:
+            processor_config = json.load(f)
+    except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return None
+
+    modality_configs = processor_config.get("processor_kwargs", {}).get("modality_configs", {})
+    if not isinstance(modality_configs, dict):
+        return None
+    if "libero_sim" in modality_configs:
+        return "libero_sim"
+    if len(modality_configs) == 1:
+        return next(iter(modality_configs))
+    return None
+
+
+def infer_groot_n1_7_action_horizon(
+    model_path: str | Path | None, embodiment_tag: str | None = None
+) -> int | None:
+    if model_path is None:
+        return None
+
+    processor_config_path = Path(model_path).expanduser() / "processor_config.json"
+    try:
+        with processor_config_path.open() as f:
+            processor_config = json.load(f)
+    except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return None
+
+    processor_kwargs = processor_config.get("processor_kwargs", {})
+    if not isinstance(processor_kwargs, dict):
+        return None
+    modality_configs = processor_kwargs.get("modality_configs", {})
+    if not isinstance(modality_configs, dict):
+        return None
+
+    if embodiment_tag is None:
+        embodiment_tag = infer_groot_n1_7_embodiment_tag(model_path)
+    if embodiment_tag is None:
+        return None
+
+    embodiment_config = modality_configs.get(embodiment_tag, {})
+    if not isinstance(embodiment_config, dict):
+        return None
+    action_config = embodiment_config.get("action", {})
+    if not isinstance(action_config, dict):
+        return None
+    delta_indices = action_config.get("delta_indices", [])
+    if not isinstance(delta_indices, list):
+        return None
+    return len(delta_indices) or None
+
+
+def infer_groot_n1_7_action_execution_horizon(
+    model_path: str | Path | None, embodiment_tag: str | None = None
+) -> int | None:
+    action_horizon = infer_groot_n1_7_action_horizon(model_path, embodiment_tag)
+    if action_horizon is None:
+        return None
+
+    if embodiment_tag is None:
+        embodiment_tag = infer_groot_n1_7_embodiment_tag(model_path)
+    if embodiment_tag == "libero_sim":
+        # NVIDIA's N1.7 LIBERO rollout wrapper replans after 8 of the 16 decoded
+        # actions. Keeping that execution cadence avoids stale open-loop chunks.
+        return min(action_horizon, 8)
+    return action_horizon
+
+
+def resolve_groot_n1_7_backbone_model(model_name: str, cache_dir: str | Path | None = None) -> str:
+    model_path = Path(model_name).expanduser()
+    if model_path.exists():
+        return str(model_path)
+
+    cached_snapshot = _find_cached_hf_snapshot(model_name, cache_dir=cache_dir)
+    return str(cached_snapshot) if cached_snapshot is not None else model_name
+
+
+def _find_cached_hf_snapshot(repo_id: str, cache_dir: str | Path | None = None) -> Path | None:
+    repo_cache_name = f"models--{repo_id.replace('/', '--')}"
+    required_files = (
+        "config.json",
+        "tokenizer_config.json",
+        "preprocessor_config.json",
+        "video_preprocessor_config.json",
+    )
+
+    for hub_cache in _candidate_hf_hub_caches(cache_dir):
+        repo_cache = hub_cache / repo_cache_name
+        snapshots_dir = repo_cache / "snapshots"
+        if not snapshots_dir.is_dir():
+            continue
+
+        candidates: list[Path] = []
+        ref_path = repo_cache / "refs" / "main"
+        try:
+            ref = ref_path.read_text().strip()
+        except OSError:
+            ref = ""
+        if ref:
+            candidates.append(snapshots_dir / ref)
+        candidates.extend(
+            sorted(
+                (path for path in snapshots_dir.iterdir() if path.is_dir()),
+                key=lambda path: path.stat().st_mtime,
+                reverse=True,
+            )
+        )
+
+        seen: set[Path] = set()
+        for snapshot in candidates:
+            if snapshot in seen:
+                continue
+            seen.add(snapshot)
+            if all((snapshot / filename).exists() for filename in required_files):
+                return snapshot
+    return None
+
+
+def _candidate_hf_hub_caches(cache_dir: str | Path | None) -> list[Path]:
+    candidates: list[Path] = []
+    if cache_dir is not None:
+        cache_path = Path(cache_dir).expanduser()
+        candidates.append(cache_path)
+        candidates.append(cache_path / "hub")
+
+    hub_cache = os.environ.get("HUGGINGFACE_HUB_CACHE")
+    if hub_cache:
+        candidates.append(Path(hub_cache).expanduser())
+
+    hf_home = os.environ.get("HF_HOME")
+    if hf_home:
+        candidates.append(Path(hf_home).expanduser() / "hub")
+
+    candidates.append(Path.home() / ".cache" / "huggingface" / "hub")
+
+    deduped: list[Path] = []
+    seen: set[Path] = set()
+    for candidate in candidates:
+        resolved = candidate.resolve() if candidate.exists() else candidate
+        if resolved not in seen:
+            seen.add(resolved)
+            deduped.append(candidate)
+    return deduped
+
+
+def _infer_groot_model_version_from_local_config(model_path: str) -> str | None:
+    path = Path(model_path).expanduser()
+    if path.is_dir():
+        config_path = path / "config.json"
+    elif path.name == "config.json":
+        config_path = path
+    else:
+        return None
+
+    if not config_path.exists():
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        with config_path.open() as f:
+            config = json.load(f)
+    except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return None
+
+    return _infer_groot_model_version_from_config(config)
+
+
+def _infer_groot_model_version_from_config(config: dict) -> str | None:
+    model_version = config.get("model_version")
+    if isinstance(model_version, str):
+        try:
+            return normalize_groot_model_version(model_version)
+        except ValueError:
+            return None
+
+    candidates = [config.get("model_type"), *(config.get("architectures") or [])]
+    for candidate in candidates:
+        if not isinstance(candidate, str):
+            continue
+        normalized = candidate.lower().replace("-", "_")
+        if normalized in {"gr00tn1d7", "gr00t_n1d7", "gr00t_n1_7"}:
+            return GROOT_N1_7
+    if config.get("model_name") == GROOT_N1_7_BACKBONE_MODEL:
+        return GROOT_N1_7
+    return None
+
 
 @PreTrainedConfig.register_subclass("groot")
 @dataclass
@@ -52,11 +334,17 @@ class GrootConfig(PreTrainedConfig):
 
     # Groot-specific model parameters (from groot_finetune_script.py)
 
-    # Path or HuggingFace model ID for the base Groot model
-    base_model_path: str = "nvidia/GR00T-N1.5-3B"
+    # Explicit GR00T model family selection. LeRobot supports GR00T N1.7 only.
+    model_version: str = GROOT_N1_7
 
-    # HF repo ID (or local path) that hosts vocab.json and merges.txt for Eagle tokenizer.
-    tokenizer_assets_repo: str = "lerobot/eagle2hg-processor-groot-n1p5"
+    # Path or HuggingFace model ID for the base Groot model
+    base_model_path: str | None = None
+
+    # HF repo ID (or local path) for the GR00T N1.7 Cosmos/Qwen3-VL backbone processor.
+    n1_7_backbone_model: str = GROOT_N1_7_BACKBONE_MODEL
+
+    # Optional named action transform applied after raw N1.7 checkpoint decoding and before env.step().
+    action_decode_transform: str | None = None
 
     # Embodiment tag to use for training (e.g. 'new_embodiment', 'gr1')
     embodiment_tag: str = "new_embodiment"
@@ -117,6 +405,38 @@ class GrootConfig(PreTrainedConfig):
     resume: bool = False
 
     def __post_init__(self):
+        self.model_version = normalize_groot_model_version(self.model_version)
+        self.action_decode_transform = normalize_groot_action_decode_transform(self.action_decode_transform)
+        if self.base_model_path is None:
+            self.base_model_path = GROOT_N1_7_BASE_MODEL
+
+        # The N1.7 LIBERO checkpoints emit a [0, 1] gripper action, but the LIBERO
+        # simulator expects the OpenVLA/[-1, 1] sign convention. NVIDIA's rollout
+        # wrapper applies this conversion; mirror it here so eval on the
+        # 'libero_sim' embodiment grasps correctly instead of scoring 0% success.
+        # This matches the embodiment-specific handling already done for the
+        # action execution horizon (see infer_groot_n1_7_action_execution_horizon).
+        if self.action_decode_transform is None and self.embodiment_tag == "libero_sim":
+            self.action_decode_transform = GROOT_ACTION_DECODE_TRANSFORM_LIBERO
+
+        if self.max_state_dim == 64:
+            self.max_state_dim = 132
+        if self.max_action_dim == 32:
+            self.max_action_dim = 132
+        if self.chunk_size == 50:
+            self.chunk_size = 40
+        if self.n_action_steps == 50:
+            self.n_action_steps = 40
+        if tuple(self.image_size) == (224, 224):
+            self.image_size = (256, 256)
+
+        inferred_version = infer_groot_model_version(self.base_model_path)
+        if inferred_version is not None and inferred_version != self.model_version:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"GR00T model_version '{self.model_version}' does not match base_model_path "
+                f"'{self.base_model_path}', which looks like '{inferred_version}'."
+            )
+
         super().__post_init__()
 
         if self.n_action_steps > self.chunk_size:
@@ -192,7 +512,8 @@ class GrootConfig(PreTrainedConfig):
     @property
     def action_delta_indices(self) -> list[int]:
         """Return indices for delta actions."""
-        return list(range(min(self.chunk_size, 16)))
+        model_action_horizon = infer_groot_n1_7_action_horizon(self.base_model_path, self.embodiment_tag) or 40
+        return list(range(min(self.chunk_size, model_action_horizon)))
 
     @property
     def reward_delta_indices(self) -> None:

src/lerobot/policies/groot/groot_n1.py

@@ -1,380 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
-
-import numpy as np
-import torch
-import torch.nn as nn
-from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
-from huggingface_hub.errors import HFValidationError, RepositoryNotFoundError
-
-from lerobot.utils.import_utils import _transformers_available
-
-# Conditional import for type checking and lazy loading
-if TYPE_CHECKING or _transformers_available:
-    from huggingface_hub.dataclasses import strict
-    from transformers import AutoConfig, AutoModel, PretrainedConfig, PreTrainedModel
-    from transformers.feature_extraction_utils import BatchFeature
-else:
-
-    def strict(cls):
-        return cls
-
-    AutoConfig = None
-    AutoModel = None
-    PretrainedConfig = object
-    PreTrainedModel = object
-    BatchFeature = None
-
-try:
-    import tree
-except ImportError:
-    tree = None
-
-from lerobot.utils.constants import ACTION, HF_LEROBOT_HOME
-
-from .action_head.flow_matching_action_head import (
-    FlowmatchingActionHead,
-    FlowmatchingActionHeadConfig,
-)
-from .utils import ensure_eagle_cache_ready
-
-DEFAULT_VENDOR_EAGLE_PATH = str((Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "eagle2_hg_model").resolve())
-DEFAULT_TOKENIZER_ASSETS_REPO = "lerobot/eagle2hg-processor-groot-n1p5"
-
-
-class EagleBackbone(nn.Module):
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        tune_llm: bool = False,
-        tune_visual: bool = False,
-        select_layer: int = -1,
-        reproject_vision: bool = False,
-        use_flash_attention: bool = False,
-        load_bf16: bool = False,
-        eagle_path: str = DEFAULT_VENDOR_EAGLE_PATH,
-        tokenizer_assets_repo: str = DEFAULT_TOKENIZER_ASSETS_REPO,
-        project_to_dim: int = 1536,
-    ):
-        """
-        Args:
-            tune_llm: whether to tune the LLM model (default: True)
-            tune_visual: whether to tune the visual model (default: False)
-        """
-        super().__init__()
-        assert not reproject_vision, "Reproject vision is not implemented here, set to False"
-
-        # Prefer loading Eagle model config from the cache directory where vendor files were copied.
-        vendor_dir = DEFAULT_VENDOR_EAGLE_PATH
-        cache_dir = HF_LEROBOT_HOME / tokenizer_assets_repo
-        try:
-            ensure_eagle_cache_ready(vendor_dir, cache_dir, tokenizer_assets_repo)
-        except Exception as exc:  # nosec: B110
-            print(f"[GROOT] Warning: failed to prepare Eagle cache for backbone: {exc}")
-
-        config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(str(cache_dir), trust_remote_code=True)
-        self.eagle_model = AutoModel.from_config(config, trust_remote_code=True)
-
-        if project_to_dim is not None:
-            self.eagle_linear = torch.nn.Linear(2048, project_to_dim)
-        else:
-            self.eagle_linear = torch.nn.Identity()
-
-        # needed since we don't use these layers. Also saves compute
-        while len(self.eagle_model.language_model.model.layers) > select_layer:
-            self.eagle_model.language_model.model.layers.pop(-1)
-
-        self.select_layer = select_layer
-        self.set_trainable_parameters(tune_llm, tune_visual)
-
-    def set_trainable_parameters(self, tune_llm: bool, tune_visual: bool):
-        self.tune_llm = tune_llm
-        self.tune_visual = tune_visual
-        for p in self.parameters():
-            p.requires_grad = True
-        if not tune_llm:
-            self.eagle_model.language_model.requires_grad_(False)
-        if not tune_visual:
-            self.eagle_model.vision_model.requires_grad_(False)
-            self.eagle_model.mlp1.requires_grad_(False)
-        print(f"Tune backbone llm: {self.tune_llm}")
-        print(f"Tune backbone visual: {self.tune_visual}")
-        # Check if any parameters are still trainable. If not, print a warning.
-        if not tune_llm and not tune_visual:
-            for name, p in self.named_parameters():
-                if p.requires_grad:
-                    print(f"Backbone trainable parameter: {name}")
-        if not any(p.requires_grad for p in self.parameters()):
-            print("Warning: No backbone trainable parameters found.")
-
-    def set_frozen_modules_to_eval_mode(self):
-        """
-        Huggingface will call model.train() at each training_step. To ensure
-        the expected behaviors for modules like dropout, batchnorm, etc., we
-        need to call model.eval() for the frozen modules.
-        """
-        if self.training:
-            if self.eagle_model.language_model and not self.tune_llm:
-                self.eagle_model.language_model.eval()
-            if self.eagle_model.vision_model and not self.tune_visual:
-                self.eagle_model.vision_model.eval()
-
-    def prepare_input(self, batch: dict) -> BatchFeature:
-        return BatchFeature(data=batch)
-
-    def forward_eagle(self, vl_input: BatchFeature) -> BatchFeature:
-        eagle_prefix = "eagle_"
-        eagle_input = {
-            k.removeprefix(eagle_prefix): v for k, v in vl_input.items() if k.startswith(eagle_prefix)
-        }
-        del eagle_input["image_sizes"]
-
-        eagle_output = self.eagle_model(**eagle_input, output_hidden_states=True, return_dict=True)
-        eagle_features = eagle_output.hidden_states[self.select_layer]
-
-        eagle_features = self.eagle_linear(eagle_features)
-        return eagle_features, eagle_input["attention_mask"]
-
-    def forward(self, vl_input: BatchFeature) -> BatchFeature:
-        self.set_frozen_modules_to_eval_mode()
-
-        eagle_embeds, eagle_mask = self.forward_eagle(vl_input)
-
-        # YL (TODO HACK): to resolve DDP issue when tune_visual=True
-        # Ensure all trainable parameters in vision_model are used in the forward pass for DDP compatibility
-        if self.training and self.tune_visual:
-            dummy_term = torch.tensor(
-                0.0, device=eagle_embeds.device, dtype=eagle_embeds.dtype, requires_grad=True
-            )
-            for param in self.eagle_model.vision_model.parameters():
-                if param.requires_grad:
-                    dummy_term = dummy_term + 0.0 * param.sum()
-            eagle_embeds = eagle_embeds + dummy_term
-
-        return BatchFeature(
-            data={"backbone_features": eagle_embeds, "backbone_attention_mask": eagle_mask}
-        )  # [B, T2, hidden_size]
-
-
-BACKBONE_FEATURE_KEY = "backbone_features"
-ACTION_KEY = "action_pred"
-LOSS_KEY = "loss"
-ERROR_MSG = "Error: unexpected input/output"
-N_COLOR_CHANNELS = 3
-
-
-# config
-@strict
-class GR00TN15Config(PretrainedConfig):
-    model_type = "gr00t_n1_5"
-
-    backbone_cfg: dict[str, Any] | None = None
-    action_head_cfg: dict[str, Any] | None = None
-    action_horizon: int = 0
-    action_dim: int = 0
-    compute_dtype: str = "float32"
-
-    def __post_init__(self, **kwargs):
-        self.backbone_cfg = {} if self.backbone_cfg is None else self.backbone_cfg
-        self.action_head_cfg = {} if self.action_head_cfg is None else self.action_head_cfg
-        super().__post_init__(**kwargs)
-
-
-# real model
-class GR00TN15(PreTrainedModel):
-    supports_gradient_checkpointing = True
-    config_class = GR00TN15Config
-    """
-    we expect the backbone output to have a key 'backbone_features' with shape (batch_size, n, hidden_size)
-    here n is variable and can be e.g. time, 1 or user specified
-    we expect the action head output to have a key 'action_pred' with shape (batch_size, time, action_dim) during inference time
-    we expect these to have type BatchFeature, and they can of course have many other user specified keys too
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        config: GR00TN15Config,
-        local_model_path: str,
-    ):
-        assert isinstance(config.backbone_cfg, dict)
-        assert isinstance(config.action_head_cfg, dict)
-
-        super().__init__(config)
-        self.local_model_path = local_model_path
-
-        self.backbone = EagleBackbone(**config.backbone_cfg)
-        action_head_cfg = FlowmatchingActionHeadConfig(**config.action_head_cfg)
-        self.action_head = FlowmatchingActionHead(action_head_cfg)
-
-        self.action_horizon = config.action_horizon
-        self.action_dim = config.action_dim
-        self.compute_dtype = config.compute_dtype
-        self.post_init()
-
-    def validate_inputs(self, inputs):
-        # NOTE -- this should be handled internally by the model
-        # however, doing that will likely be breaking changes -- so we'll need to do it after the deadline
-
-        detected_error = False
-        error_msg = ERROR_MSG
-        if ACTION in inputs:
-            action = inputs[ACTION]
-            # In inference, action may be omitted or None; validate only when it's a tensor.
-            if action is None:
-                pass  # allow None during inference
-            elif isinstance(action, torch.Tensor):
-                shape_ok = (
-                    len(action.shape) == 3
-                    and action.shape[1] == self.action_horizon
-                    and action.shape[2] == self.action_dim
-                )
-                if not shape_ok:
-                    error_msg += f"\n{action.shape=}"
-                    detected_error = True
-            else:
-                # Unexpected non-tensor type provided for action
-                error_msg += f"\nInvalid type for action: {type(action)}"
-                detected_error = True
-
-        if "video" in inputs:
-            video = inputs["video"]
-            type_ok = isinstance(video, np.ndarray)
-            dtype_ok = video.dtype == np.uint8
-            shape_ok = len(video.shape) == 6 and video.shape[3] == N_COLOR_CHANNELS
-            if not type_ok:
-                error_msg += f"\n{type(video)=}"
-                detected_error = True
-            if not dtype_ok:
-                error_msg += f"\n{video.dtype=}"
-                detected_error = True
-            if not shape_ok:
-                error_msg += f"\n{video.shape=}"
-                detected_error = True
-
-        if detected_error:
-            raise ValueError(error_msg)
-
-    def validate_data(self, action_head_outputs, backbone_outputs, is_training):
-        fail_backbone = (
-            not isinstance(backbone_outputs, BatchFeature) or BACKBONE_FEATURE_KEY not in backbone_outputs
-        )
-
-        if fail_backbone:
-            error_msg = ERROR_MSG
-            error_msg += f"\n{isinstance(backbone_outputs, BatchFeature)=}"
-            error_msg += f"\n{BACKBONE_FEATURE_KEY in backbone_outputs=}"
-            error_msg += f"\n{backbone_outputs[BACKBONE_FEATURE_KEY].shape=}"
-            raise ValueError(error_msg)
-
-        fail_action_head = (not isinstance(action_head_outputs, BatchFeature)) or not (
-            (
-                LOSS_KEY in action_head_outputs and is_training
-            )  # there might not be an action prediction during training
-            or (
-                ACTION_KEY in action_head_outputs
-                and action_head_outputs[ACTION_KEY].shape[1] == self.action_horizon
-                and action_head_outputs[ACTION_KEY].shape[2] == self.action_dim
-            )
-        )
-
-        if fail_action_head:
-            error_msg = ERROR_MSG
-            error_msg += f"\n{isinstance(action_head_outputs, BatchFeature)=}"
-            error_msg += f"\n{LOSS_KEY in action_head_outputs=}"
-            error_msg += f"\n{action_head_outputs[ACTION_KEY].shape=}"
-            error_msg += f"\n{self.action_horizon=}"
-            error_msg += f"\n{self.action_dim=}"
-            raise ValueError(error_msg)
-
-    def forward(
-        self,
-        inputs: dict,
-    ) -> BatchFeature:
-        backbone_inputs, action_inputs = self.prepare_input(inputs)
-        backbone_outputs = self.backbone(backbone_inputs)
-        action_head_outputs = self.action_head(backbone_outputs, action_inputs)
-        self.validate_data(action_head_outputs, backbone_outputs, is_training=True)
-        return action_head_outputs
-
-    def get_action(
-        self,
-        inputs: dict,
-    ) -> BatchFeature:
-        backbone_inputs, action_inputs = self.prepare_input(inputs)
-        # Because the behavior of backbones remains the same for training and inference, we can use `forward` for backbones.
-        backbone_outputs = self.backbone(backbone_inputs)
-        action_head_outputs = self.action_head.get_action(backbone_outputs, action_inputs)
-        self.validate_data(action_head_outputs, backbone_outputs, is_training=False)
-        return action_head_outputs
-
-    def prepare_input(self, inputs) -> tuple[BatchFeature, BatchFeature]:
-        self.validate_inputs(inputs)
-        backbone_inputs = self.backbone.prepare_input(inputs)
-        action_inputs = self.action_head.prepare_input(inputs)
-
-        def to_device_with_maybe_dtype(x):
-            # Cast floating tensors to a memory-efficient compute dtype when requested.
-            # Rationale: Upcasting backbone activations to fp32 significantly increases VRAM.
-            # When compute_dtype is bfloat16, prefer bf16 for activations to match AMP behavior.
-            if not isinstance(x, torch.Tensor):
-                return x
-            if torch.is_floating_point(x):
-                if getattr(self, "compute_dtype", None) == "bfloat16":
-                    return x.to(self.device, dtype=torch.bfloat16)
-                # Fallback: preserve previous behavior if not using bf16 compute
-                return x.to(self.device, dtype=self.action_head.dtype)
-            # Non-floating tensors: move device only
-            return x.to(self.device)
-
-        backbone_inputs = tree.map_structure(to_device_with_maybe_dtype, backbone_inputs)
-        action_inputs = tree.map_structure(to_device_with_maybe_dtype, action_inputs)
-        return backbone_inputs, action_inputs
-
-    @classmethod
-    def from_pretrained(cls, pretrained_model_name_or_path: str, **kwargs):
-        tune_visual = kwargs.pop("tune_visual", True)
-        tune_llm = kwargs.pop("tune_llm", False)
-        tune_projector = kwargs.pop("tune_projector", True)
-        tune_diffusion_model = kwargs.pop("tune_diffusion_model", True)
-
-        print(f"Loading pretrained dual brain from {pretrained_model_name_or_path}")
-        print(f"Tune backbone vision tower: {tune_visual}")
-        print(f"Tune backbone LLM: {tune_llm}")
-        print(f"Tune action head projector: {tune_projector}")
-        print(f"Tune action head DiT: {tune_diffusion_model}")
-
-        # get the current model path being downloaded
-        try:
-            # NOTE(YL) This downloads the model to the local cache and returns the local path to the model
-            # saved in ~/.cache/huggingface/hub/
-            local_model_path = snapshot_download(pretrained_model_name_or_path, repo_type="model")
-            # HFValidationError, RepositoryNotFoundError
-        except (HFValidationError, RepositoryNotFoundError):
-            print(
-                f"Model not found or avail in the huggingface hub. Loading from local path: {pretrained_model_name_or_path}"
-            )
-            local_model_path = pretrained_model_name_or_path
-
-        pretrained_model = super().from_pretrained(
-            local_model_path, local_model_path=local_model_path, **kwargs
-        )
-
-        pretrained_model.backbone.set_trainable_parameters(tune_visual=tune_visual, tune_llm=tune_llm)
-        pretrained_model.action_head.set_trainable_parameters(
-            tune_projector=tune_projector, tune_diffusion_model=tune_diffusion_model
-        )
-        return pretrained_model

src/lerobot/policies/groot/groot_n1_7.py

@@ -0,0 +1,962 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib
+import json
+import logging
+from contextlib import suppress
+from copy import deepcopy
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+
+import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F  # noqa: N812
+from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
+from huggingface_hub.errors import HFValidationError, RepositoryNotFoundError
+from torch import nn
+from torch.distributions import Beta
+
+from lerobot.utils.import_utils import _transformers_available, require_package
+
+from .action_head.cross_attention_dit import AlternateVLDiT, DiT, SelfAttentionTransformer
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING or _transformers_available:
+    from transformers import AutoConfig, AutoModel, PretrainedConfig, PreTrainedModel
+    from transformers.feature_extraction_utils import BatchFeature
+else:
+    AutoConfig = None
+    AutoModel = None
+    PretrainedConfig = object
+    PreTrainedModel = object
+    BatchFeature = None
+
+try:
+    import tree
+except ImportError:
+    tree = None
+
+try:
+    from transformers import Qwen3VLConfig, Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration
+except ImportError:
+    Qwen3VLConfig = None
+    Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration = None
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _copy_default(value: Any) -> Any:
+    return deepcopy(value)
+
+
+GR00T_N1_7_DEFAULTS: dict[str, Any] = {
+    "model_dtype": "bfloat16",
+    "dtype": "bfloat16",
+    "model_name": "nvidia/Cosmos-Reason2-2B",
+    "backbone_model_type": "qwen",
+    "model_revision": None,
+    "tune_top_llm_layers": 0,
+    "backbone_embedding_dim": 2048,
+    "tune_llm": False,
+    "tune_visual": False,
+    "select_layer": 12,
+    "reproject_vision": False,
+    "use_flash_attention": True,
+    "load_bf16": False,
+    "backbone_trainable_params_fp32": True,
+    "image_crop_size": (230, 230),
+    "image_target_size": (256, 256),
+    "shortest_image_edge": None,
+    "crop_fraction": None,
+    "random_rotation_angle": None,
+    "color_jitter_params": None,
+    "use_albumentations_transforms": True,
+    "extra_augmentation_config": None,
+    "formalize_language": True,
+    "apply_sincos_state_encoding": False,
+    "use_percentiles": True,
+    "use_relative_action": False,
+    "max_state_dim": 132,
+    "max_action_dim": 132,
+    "action_horizon": 40,
+    "hidden_size": 1024,
+    "input_embedding_dim": 1536,
+    "state_history_length": 1,
+    "add_pos_embed": True,
+    "attn_dropout": 0.2,
+    "use_vlln": True,
+    "max_seq_len": 1024,
+    "use_alternate_vl_dit": True,
+    "attend_text_every_n_blocks": 2,
+    "diffusion_model_cfg": {
+        "positional_embeddings": None,
+        "num_layers": 32,
+        "num_attention_heads": 32,
+        "attention_head_dim": 48,
+        "norm_type": "ada_norm",
+        "dropout": 0.2,
+        "final_dropout": True,
+        "output_dim": 1024,
+        "interleave_self_attention": True,
+    },
+    "vl_self_attention_cfg": {
+        "positional_embeddings": None,
+        "num_layers": 4,
+        "num_attention_heads": 32,
+        "attention_head_dim": 64,
+        "dropout": 0.2,
+        "final_dropout": True,
+    },
+    "num_inference_timesteps": 4,
+    "noise_beta_alpha": 1.5,
+    "noise_beta_beta": 1.0,
+    "noise_s": 0.999,
+    "num_timestep_buckets": 1000,
+    "tune_projector": True,
+    "tune_diffusion_model": True,
+    "tune_vlln": True,
+    "state_dropout_prob": 0.2,
+    "exclude_state": False,
+    "use_mean_std": False,
+    "max_num_embodiments": 32,
+    "rtc_ramp_rate": 6.0,
+}
+
+
+class GR00TN17Config(PretrainedConfig):
+    """Configuration for NVIDIA GR00T N1.7.
+
+    N1.7 uses the Cosmos-Reason2-2B / Qwen3-VL backbone and a multi-embodiment
+    flow-matching action head. This mirrors the public N1.7 checkpoint config
+    while keeping it local to LeRobot and independent from the external
+    Isaac-GR00T ``gr00t`` Python package.
+    """
+
+    model_type = "Gr00tN1d7"
+
+    _defaults = GR00T_N1_7_DEFAULTS
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        for key, value in GR00T_N1_7_DEFAULTS.items():
+            setattr(self, key, _copy_default(kwargs.pop(key, value)))
+        for key, value in kwargs.items():
+            setattr(self, key, value)
+
+    def to_filtered_dict(self, exclude_augment: bool = True) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        cfg = self.to_dict()
+        if not exclude_augment:
+            return cfg
+        exclude_keys = {
+            "random_rotation_angle",
+            "color_jitter_params",
+            "use_albumentations_transforms",
+            "formalize_language",
+            "image_crop_size",
+            "image_target_size",
+            "shortest_image_edge",
+            "crop_fraction",
+        }
+        return {k: v for k, v in cfg.items() if k not in exclude_keys}
+
+    def to_filtered_json(self, exclude_augment: bool = True, **kwargs) -> str:
+        return json.dumps(self.to_filtered_dict(exclude_augment), indent=2, default=str, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CategorySpecificLinear(nn.Module):
+    """Linear layer with category-specific weights for multi-embodiment support."""
+
+    def __init__(self, num_categories: int, input_dim: int, hidden_dim: int):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.num_categories = num_categories
+        self.W = nn.Parameter(0.02 * torch.randn(num_categories, input_dim, hidden_dim))
+        self.b = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(num_categories, hidden_dim))
+
+    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor, cat_ids: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        selected_w = self.W[cat_ids]
+        selected_b = self.b[cat_ids]
+        return torch.bmm(x, selected_w) + selected_b.unsqueeze(1)
+
+
+class CategorySpecificMLP(nn.Module):
+    """Two-layer MLP with category-specific weights."""
+
+    def __init__(self, num_categories: int, input_dim: int, hidden_dim: int, output_dim: int):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.layer1 = CategorySpecificLinear(num_categories, input_dim, hidden_dim)
+        self.layer2 = CategorySpecificLinear(num_categories, hidden_dim, output_dim)
+
+    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor, cat_ids: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        hidden = F.relu(self.layer1(x, cat_ids))
+        return self.layer2(hidden, cat_ids)
+
+
+class SinusoidalPositionalEncoding(nn.Module):
+    """Sinusoidal encoding of shape ``(B, T, D)`` for timestep tensors ``(B, T)``.
+
+    The frequency scalar is intentionally created on CPU and then broadcast with
+    the device-local arange result. That mirrors Isaac-GR00T's N1.7 timestep
+    embedding and avoids tiny dtype/device construction differences in parity
+    tests.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, embedding_dim: int):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.embedding_dim = embedding_dim
+
+    def forward(self, timesteps: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        timesteps = timesteps.float()
+        half_dim = self.embedding_dim // 2
+        exponent = -torch.arange(half_dim, dtype=torch.float, device=timesteps.device) * (
+            torch.log(torch.tensor(10000.0)) / half_dim
+        )
+        freqs = timesteps.unsqueeze(-1) * exponent.exp()
+        return torch.cat([torch.sin(freqs), torch.cos(freqs)], dim=-1)
+
+
+def swish(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+    return x * torch.sigmoid(x)
+
+
+class MultiEmbodimentActionEncoder(nn.Module):
+    """Action encoder with category-specific projections and sinusoidal time encoding."""
+
+    def __init__(self, action_dim: int, hidden_size: int, num_embodiments: int):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.W1 = CategorySpecificLinear(num_embodiments, action_dim, hidden_size)
+        self.W2 = CategorySpecificLinear(num_embodiments, 2 * hidden_size, hidden_size)
+        self.W3 = CategorySpecificLinear(num_embodiments, hidden_size, hidden_size)
+        self.pos_encoding = SinusoidalPositionalEncoding(hidden_size)
+
+    def forward(self, actions: torch.Tensor, timesteps: torch.Tensor, cat_ids: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        batch_size, horizon, _ = actions.shape
+        if timesteps.dim() != 1 or timesteps.shape[0] != batch_size:
+            raise ValueError("Expected `timesteps` to have shape (B,).")
+        timesteps = timesteps.unsqueeze(1).expand(-1, horizon)
+        action_emb = self.W1(actions, cat_ids)
+        time_emb = self.pos_encoding(timesteps).to(dtype=action_emb.dtype)
+        x = swish(self.W2(torch.cat([action_emb, time_emb], dim=-1), cat_ids))
+        return self.W3(x, cat_ids)
+
+
+class Qwen3Backbone(nn.Module):
+    """Cosmos-Reason2/Qwen3-VL backbone used by GR00T N1.7.
+
+    The public checkpoint stores the action head in the GR00T checkpoint but
+    uses a Hugging Face Qwen3-VL-compatible backbone interface. This wrapper
+    keeps the nested HF module layout compatible across transformer versions
+    and exposes the hidden states consumed by the action head.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        model_name: str = "nvidia/Cosmos-Reason2-2B",
+        tune_llm: bool = False,
+        tune_visual: bool = False,
+        select_layer: int = -1,
+        reproject_vision: bool = False,
+        use_flash_attention: bool = False,
+        load_bf16: bool = False,
+        tune_top_llm_layers: int = 0,
+        trainable_params_fp32: bool = False,
+        transformers_loading_kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        load_pretrained_weights: bool = True,
+    ):
+        if Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration is None:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration is required for GR00T N1.7. "
+                "Install the GR00T optional dependencies with `pip install 'lerobot[groot]'` "
+                "or use a transformers version that provides Qwen3-VL support."
+            )
+
+        super().__init__()
+        transformers_loading_kwargs = transformers_loading_kwargs or {"trust_remote_code": True}
+
+        extra_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
+        if use_flash_attention:
+            try:
+                import flash_attn  # noqa: F401
+
+                extra_kwargs["attn_implementation"] = "flash_attention_2"
+            except ImportError:
+                logger.warning("flash_attn is not installed. Falling back to SDPA attention.")
+                extra_kwargs["attn_implementation"] = "sdpa"
+        if load_bf16:
+            extra_kwargs["torch_dtype"] = torch.bfloat16
+
+        if load_pretrained_weights:
+            self.model = Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained(
+                model_name,
+                **extra_kwargs,
+                **transformers_loading_kwargs,
+            ).eval()
+        else:
+            self.model = self._from_backbone_config(
+                model_name=model_name,
+                model_kwargs=extra_kwargs,
+                config_kwargs=transformers_loading_kwargs,
+            ).eval()
+
+        while len(self.language_model.layers) > select_layer:
+            self.language_model.layers.pop(-1)
+
+        self.select_layer = select_layer
+        self.set_trainable_parameters(tune_llm, tune_visual, tune_top_llm_layers)
+        if load_bf16 and trainable_params_fp32:
+            for parameter in self.parameters():
+                if parameter.requires_grad:
+                    parameter.data = parameter.data.to(torch.float32)
+
+    def set_trainable_parameters(
+        self, tune_llm: bool, tune_visual: bool, tune_top_llm_layers: int = 0
+    ) -> None:
+        self.tune_llm = tune_llm
+        self.tune_visual = tune_visual
+        for parameter in self.parameters():
+            parameter.requires_grad = True
+        if not tune_llm:
+            self.language_model.requires_grad_(False)
+        if not tune_visual:
+            self.visual.requires_grad_(False)
+        if tune_top_llm_layers > 0:
+            for layer in self.language_model.layers[-tune_top_llm_layers:]:
+                for parameter in layer.parameters():
+                    parameter.requires_grad = True
+
+    def set_frozen_modules_to_eval_mode(self) -> None:
+        if self.training:
+            if self.language_model and not self.tune_llm:
+                self.language_model.eval()
+            if self.visual and not self.tune_visual:
+                self.visual.eval()
+
+    @property
+    def language_model(self) -> nn.Module:
+        return getattr(self.model, "model", self.model).language_model
+
+    @property
+    def visual(self) -> nn.Module:
+        return getattr(self.model, "model", self.model).visual
+
+    def _from_backbone_config(
+        self,
+        *,
+        model_name: str,
+        model_kwargs: dict[str, Any],
+        config_kwargs: dict[str, Any],
+    ) -> nn.Module:
+        if _is_cosmos_reason2_backbone(model_name):
+            backbone_config = _cosmos_reason2_qwen3_vl_config()
+        else:
+            if AutoConfig is None:
+                raise ImportError(
+                    "AutoConfig is required to initialize a GR00T N1.7 backbone from config. "
+                    "Install the GR00T optional dependencies with `pip install 'lerobot[groot]'`."
+                )
+            backbone_config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model_name, **config_kwargs)
+        return Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration._from_config(backbone_config, **model_kwargs)
+
+    def prepare_input(self, batch: dict[str, Any]) -> BatchFeature:
+        return BatchFeature(data=batch)
+
+    def _ensure_mm_token_type_ids(self, model_input: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> None:
+        if "mm_token_type_ids" in model_input:
+            return
+        if "image_grid_thw" not in model_input and "video_grid_thw" not in model_input:
+            return
+
+        input_ids = model_input.get("input_ids")
+        if input_ids is None:
+            return
+
+        mm_token_type_ids = torch.zeros(input_ids.shape, dtype=torch.int32, device=input_ids.device)
+        image_token_id = getattr(self.model.config, "image_token_id", None)
+        video_token_id = getattr(self.model.config, "video_token_id", None)
+        if image_token_id is not None:
+            mm_token_type_ids[input_ids == image_token_id] = 1
+        if video_token_id is not None:
+            mm_token_type_ids[input_ids == video_token_id] = 2
+
+        model_input["mm_token_type_ids"] = mm_token_type_ids
+
+    def _ensure_legacy_qwen3_position_ids(self, model_input: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> None:
+        """Restore the Qwen3-VL text position ids used by older Transformers releases.
+
+        Transformers 5.x computes 3-row multimodal RoPE ids for Qwen3-VL and then
+        drops text position ids before calling text-layer flash attention. GR00T
+        N1.7 was aligned against the older Transformers path, where a fourth text
+        position row is forwarded alongside the temporal/height/width rows. Adding
+        the row here preserves the newer multimodal position computation while
+        keeping flash attention on the legacy code path.
+        """
+
+        if "position_ids" in model_input:
+            return
+
+        qwen3_model = getattr(self.model, "model", self.model)
+        compute_3d_position_ids = getattr(qwen3_model, "compute_3d_position_ids", None)
+        if compute_3d_position_ids is None:
+            return
+
+        position_ids = compute_3d_position_ids(
+            input_ids=model_input.get("input_ids"),
+            image_grid_thw=model_input.get("image_grid_thw"),
+            video_grid_thw=model_input.get("video_grid_thw"),
+            inputs_embeds=None,
+            attention_mask=model_input.get("attention_mask"),
+            past_key_values=None,
+            mm_token_type_ids=model_input.get("mm_token_type_ids"),
+        )
+        if position_ids.ndim == 3 and position_ids.shape[0] == 3:
+            position_ids = torch.cat([position_ids[:1], position_ids], dim=0)
+
+        model_input["position_ids"] = position_ids
+
+    def _last_decoder_layer_output(self, model_input: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """Return the pre-final-norm decoder output consumed by the N1.7 action head.
+
+        Older Transformers releases exposed this tensor as ``hidden_states[-1]``.
+        Newer releases expose the post-final-norm tensor there instead. Capturing
+        the last decoder layer output directly keeps the N1.7 action head input
+        stable across Transformers versions.
+        """
+
+        captured: dict[str, torch.Tensor] = {}
+
+        def capture_output(_module: nn.Module, _inputs: tuple[Any, ...], output: Any) -> None:
+            if isinstance(output, torch.Tensor):
+                captured["features"] = output
+            elif isinstance(output, (tuple, list)) and output:
+                captured["features"] = output[0]
+            elif hasattr(output, "last_hidden_state"):
+                captured["features"] = output.last_hidden_state
+
+        hook = self.language_model.layers[-1].register_forward_hook(capture_output)
+        try:
+            outputs = self.model(**model_input, output_hidden_states=True)
+        finally:
+            hook.remove()
+
+        return captured.get("features", outputs.hidden_states[-1])
+
+    def forward(self, vl_input: BatchFeature) -> BatchFeature:
+        self.set_frozen_modules_to_eval_mode()
+        keys_to_use = ["input_ids", "attention_mask", "pixel_values", "image_grid_thw"]
+        optional_keys = ["mm_token_type_ids", "pixel_values_videos", "video_grid_thw"]
+        model_input = {key: vl_input[key] for key in keys_to_use}
+        model_input.update({key: vl_input[key] for key in optional_keys if key in vl_input})
+        self._ensure_mm_token_type_ids(model_input)
+        self._ensure_legacy_qwen3_position_ids(model_input)
+        features = self._last_decoder_layer_output(model_input)
+        image_mask = model_input["input_ids"] == self.model.config.image_token_id
+        attention_mask = model_input["attention_mask"] == 1
+        return BatchFeature(
+            data={
+                "backbone_features": features,
+                "backbone_attention_mask": attention_mask,
+                "image_mask": image_mask,
+            }
+        )
+
+
+class GR00TN17ActionHead(nn.Module):
+    supports_gradient_checkpointing = True
+
+    def __init__(self, config: GR00TN17Config):
+        require_package("diffusers", extra="groot")
+        super().__init__()
+        self.config = config
+        self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size
+        self.input_embedding_dim = config.input_embedding_dim
+
+        if config.use_alternate_vl_dit:
+            self.model = AlternateVLDiT(
+                **config.diffusion_model_cfg,
+                cross_attention_dim=config.backbone_embedding_dim,
+                attend_text_every_n_blocks=config.attend_text_every_n_blocks,
+            )
+        else:
+            self.model = DiT(
+                **config.diffusion_model_cfg,
+                cross_attention_dim=config.backbone_embedding_dim,
+            )
+
+        self.action_dim = config.max_action_dim
+        self.action_horizon = config.action_horizon
+        self.num_inference_timesteps = config.num_inference_timesteps
+        self.state_encoder = CategorySpecificMLP(
+            num_categories=config.max_num_embodiments,
+            input_dim=config.max_state_dim * config.state_history_length,
+            hidden_dim=self.hidden_size,
+            output_dim=self.input_embedding_dim,
+        )
+        self.action_encoder = MultiEmbodimentActionEncoder(
+            action_dim=self.action_dim,
+            hidden_size=self.input_embedding_dim,
+            num_embodiments=config.max_num_embodiments,
+        )
+        self.action_decoder = CategorySpecificMLP(
+            num_categories=config.max_num_embodiments,
+            input_dim=self.hidden_size,
+            hidden_dim=self.hidden_size,
+            output_dim=self.action_dim,
+        )
+        self.vlln = nn.LayerNorm(config.backbone_embedding_dim) if config.use_vlln else nn.Identity()
+        vl_self_attention_cfg = getattr(config, "vl_self_attention_cfg", None)
+        if vl_self_attention_cfg and vl_self_attention_cfg.get("num_layers", 0) > 0:
+            self.vl_self_attention = SelfAttentionTransformer(**vl_self_attention_cfg)
+        else:
+            self.vl_self_attention = nn.Identity()
+        if config.add_pos_embed:
+            self.position_embedding = nn.Embedding(config.max_seq_len, self.input_embedding_dim)
+            nn.init.normal_(self.position_embedding.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)
+        self.state_dropout_prob = config.state_dropout_prob
+        self._noise_beta_alpha = config.noise_beta_alpha
+        self._noise_beta_beta = config.noise_beta_beta
+        self._beta_dist = None
+        self.num_timestep_buckets = config.num_timestep_buckets
+        self.set_trainable_parameters(config.tune_projector, config.tune_diffusion_model, config.tune_vlln)
+
+    def set_trainable_parameters(
+        self, tune_projector: bool, tune_diffusion_model: bool, tune_vlln: bool
+    ) -> None:
+        self.tune_projector = tune_projector
+        self.tune_diffusion_model = tune_diffusion_model
+        self.tune_vlln = tune_vlln
+        for parameter in self.parameters():
+            parameter.requires_grad = True
+        if not tune_projector:
+            self.state_encoder.requires_grad_(False)
+            self.action_encoder.requires_grad_(False)
+            self.action_decoder.requires_grad_(False)
+            if self.config.add_pos_embed:
+                self.position_embedding.requires_grad_(False)
+        if not tune_diffusion_model:
+            self.model.requires_grad_(False)
+        if not tune_vlln:
+            self.vlln.requires_grad_(False)
+            self.vl_self_attention.requires_grad_(False)
+
+    def set_frozen_modules_to_eval_mode(self) -> None:
+        if self.training:
+            if not self.tune_projector:
+                self.state_encoder.eval()
+                self.action_encoder.eval()
+                self.action_decoder.eval()
+                if self.config.add_pos_embed:
+                    self.position_embedding.eval()
+            if not self.tune_diffusion_model:
+                self.model.eval()
+            if not self.tune_vlln:
+                self.vlln.eval()
+                self.vl_self_attention.eval()
+
+    def sample_time(self, batch_size: int, device: torch.device, dtype: torch.dtype) -> torch.Tensor:
+        if self._beta_dist is None:
+            beta_alpha = torch.tensor(self._noise_beta_alpha, device="cpu", dtype=torch.float32)
+            beta_beta = torch.tensor(self._noise_beta_beta, device="cpu", dtype=torch.float32)
+            self._beta_dist = Beta(beta_alpha, beta_beta, validate_args=False)
+        sample = self._beta_dist.sample([batch_size]).to(device, dtype=dtype)
+        return (1 - sample) * self.config.noise_s
+
+    def process_backbone_output(self, backbone_output: BatchFeature) -> BatchFeature:
+        backbone_features = self.vlln(backbone_output["backbone_features"])
+        backbone_output["backbone_features"] = self.vl_self_attention(backbone_features)
+        return backbone_output
+
+    def forward(self, backbone_output: BatchFeature, action_input: BatchFeature) -> BatchFeature:
+        self.set_frozen_modules_to_eval_mode()
+        backbone_output = self.process_backbone_output(backbone_output)
+        vl_embeds = backbone_output.backbone_features
+        device = vl_embeds.device
+        embodiment_id = action_input.embodiment_id
+
+        if action_input.state.shape[1] != self.config.state_history_length:
+            raise ValueError("state history length does not match GR00T N1.7 config.")
+        state = action_input.state.view(action_input.state.shape[0], 1, -1)
+        state_features = self.state_encoder(state, embodiment_id)
+
+        if self.training and self.state_dropout_prob > 0:
+            do_dropout = (
+                torch.rand(state_features.shape[0], device=state_features.device) < self.state_dropout_prob
+            )
+            state_features = state_features * (1 - do_dropout[:, None, None].to(dtype=state_features.dtype))
+
+        actions = action_input.action
+        noise = torch.randn(actions.shape, device=actions.device, dtype=actions.dtype)
+        t = self.sample_time(actions.shape[0], device=actions.device, dtype=actions.dtype)
+        t = t[:, None, None]
+        noisy_trajectory = (1 - t) * noise + t * actions
+        velocity = actions - noise
+        t_discretized = (t[:, 0, 0] * self.num_timestep_buckets).long()
+        action_features = self.action_encoder(noisy_trajectory, t_discretized, embodiment_id)
+
+        if self.config.add_pos_embed:
+            pos_ids = torch.arange(action_features.shape[1], dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+            action_features = action_features + self.position_embedding(pos_ids).unsqueeze(0)
+
+        sa_embs = torch.cat((state_features, action_features), dim=1)
+        if self.config.use_alternate_vl_dit:
+            model_output, _ = self.model(
+                hidden_states=sa_embs,
+                encoder_hidden_states=vl_embeds,
+                encoder_attention_mask=backbone_output.backbone_attention_mask,
+                timestep=t_discretized,
+                return_all_hidden_states=True,
+                image_mask=backbone_output.image_mask,
+                backbone_attention_mask=backbone_output.backbone_attention_mask,
+            )
+        else:
+            model_output, _ = self.model(
+                hidden_states=sa_embs,
+                encoder_hidden_states=vl_embeds,
+                encoder_attention_mask=backbone_output.backbone_attention_mask,
+                timestep=t_discretized,
+                return_all_hidden_states=True,
+            )
+
+        pred = self.action_decoder(model_output, embodiment_id)
+        pred_actions = pred[:, -actions.shape[1] :]
+        action_mask = action_input.action_mask.to(dtype=pred_actions.dtype)
+        action_loss = F.mse_loss(pred_actions, velocity, reduction="none") * action_mask
+        loss = action_loss.sum() / (action_mask.sum() + 1e-6)
+        return BatchFeature(
+            data={
+                "loss": loss,
+                "action_loss": action_loss,
+                "action_mask": action_mask,
+                "backbone_features": vl_embeds,
+                "state_features": state_features,
+            }
+        )
+
+    def _encode_features(self, backbone_output: BatchFeature, action_input: BatchFeature) -> BatchFeature:
+        backbone_output = self.process_backbone_output(backbone_output)
+        state = action_input.state
+        if state.shape[1] != self.config.state_history_length:
+            raise ValueError("state history length does not match GR00T N1.7 config.")
+        state = state.view(state.shape[0], 1, -1)
+        state_features = self.state_encoder(state, action_input.embodiment_id)
+        return BatchFeature(
+            data={"backbone_features": backbone_output.backbone_features, "state_features": state_features}
+        )
+
+    @torch.no_grad()
+    def get_action_with_features(
+        self,
+        backbone_features: torch.Tensor,
+        state_features: torch.Tensor,
+        embodiment_id: torch.Tensor,
+        backbone_output: BatchFeature,
+        action_input: BatchFeature,
+        options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> BatchFeature:
+        vl_embeds = backbone_features
+        batch_size = vl_embeds.shape[0]
+        device = vl_embeds.device
+        actions = torch.randn(
+            size=(batch_size, self.config.action_horizon, self.action_dim),
+            dtype=vl_embeds.dtype,
+            device=device,
+        )
+        dt = 1.0 / self.num_inference_timesteps
+        vel_strength = torch.ones_like(actions)
+
+        if "action" in action_input:
+            if options is None:
+                raise ValueError("RTC options are required when action is provided to get_action.")
+            action_horizon_before_padding = options["action_horizon"]
+            actions[:, : options["rtc_overlap_steps"], :] = action_input["action"][
+                :,
+                action_horizon_before_padding - options["rtc_overlap_steps"] : action_horizon_before_padding,
+                :,
+            ]
+            vel_strength[:, : options["rtc_frozen_steps"], :] = 0.0
+            intermediate_steps = options["rtc_overlap_steps"] - options["rtc_frozen_steps"]
+            t = torch.linspace(0.0, 1.0, intermediate_steps + 2, device=device)
+            ramp = 1 - torch.exp(-options["rtc_ramp_rate"] * t)
+            ramp = ramp / ramp[-1].clamp_min(1e-8)
+            vel_strength[:, options["rtc_frozen_steps"] : options["rtc_overlap_steps"], :] = ramp[1:-1][
+                None, :, None
+            ].to(device)
+
+        for t_step in range(self.num_inference_timesteps):
+            t_cont = t_step / float(self.num_inference_timesteps)
+            t_discretized = int(t_cont * self.num_timestep_buckets)
+            timesteps_tensor = torch.full(size=(batch_size,), fill_value=t_discretized, device=device)
+            action_features = self.action_encoder(actions, timesteps_tensor, embodiment_id)
+            if self.config.add_pos_embed:
+                pos_ids = torch.arange(action_features.shape[1], dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+                action_features = action_features + self.position_embedding(pos_ids).unsqueeze(0)
+            sa_embs = torch.cat((state_features, action_features), dim=1)
+
+            if self.config.use_alternate_vl_dit:
+                model_output = self.model(
+                    hidden_states=sa_embs,
+                    encoder_hidden_states=vl_embeds,
+                    timestep=timesteps_tensor,
+                    image_mask=backbone_output.image_mask,
+                    backbone_attention_mask=backbone_output.backbone_attention_mask,
+                )
+            else:
+                model_output = self.model(
+                    hidden_states=sa_embs,
+                    encoder_hidden_states=vl_embeds,
+                    timestep=timesteps_tensor,
+                )
+            pred = self.action_decoder(model_output, embodiment_id)
+            actions = actions + dt * pred[:, -self.action_horizon :] * vel_strength
+
+        return BatchFeature(
+            data={
+                "action_pred": actions,
+                "backbone_features": vl_embeds,
+                "state_features": state_features,
+            }
+        )
+
+    @torch.no_grad()
+    def get_action(
+        self,
+        backbone_output: BatchFeature,
+        action_input: BatchFeature,
+        options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> BatchFeature:
+        features = self._encode_features(backbone_output, action_input)
+        return self.get_action_with_features(
+            backbone_features=features.backbone_features,
+            state_features=features.state_features,
+            embodiment_id=action_input.embodiment_id,
+            backbone_output=backbone_output,
+            action_input=action_input,
+            options=options,
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def device(self) -> torch.device:
+        return next(iter(self.parameters())).device
+
+    @property
+    def dtype(self) -> torch.dtype:
+        return next(iter(self.parameters())).dtype
+
+    def prepare_input(self, batch: dict[str, Any]) -> BatchFeature:
+        return BatchFeature(data=batch)
+
+
+def _is_cosmos_reason2_backbone(model_name: str) -> bool:
+    return str(model_name).rstrip("/") == "nvidia/Cosmos-Reason2-2B"
+
+
+def _cosmos_reason2_qwen3_vl_config() -> PretrainedConfig:
+    if Qwen3VLConfig is None:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Qwen3VLConfig is required for GR00T N1.7. "
+            "Install the GR00T optional dependencies with `pip install 'lerobot[groot]'`."
+        )
+    return Qwen3VLConfig(
+        image_token_id=151655,
+        video_token_id=151656,
+        vision_start_token_id=151652,
+        vision_end_token_id=151653,
+        tie_word_embeddings=True,
+        text_config={
+            "attention_bias": False,
+            "attention_dropout": 0.0,
+            "bos_token_id": 151643,
+            "dtype": "bfloat16",
+            "eos_token_id": 151645,
+            "head_dim": 128,
+            "hidden_act": "silu",
+            "hidden_size": 2048,
+            "initializer_range": 0.02,
+            "intermediate_size": 6144,
+            "max_position_embeddings": 262144,
+            "model_type": "qwen3_vl_text",
+            "num_attention_heads": 16,
+            "num_hidden_layers": 28,
+            "num_key_value_heads": 8,
+            "rms_norm_eps": 1e-6,
+            "rope_scaling": {
+                "mrope_interleaved": True,
+                "mrope_section": [24, 20, 20],
+                "rope_type": "default",
+            },
+            "rope_theta": 5000000,
+            "tie_word_embeddings": True,
+            "use_cache": True,
+            "vocab_size": 151936,
+        },
+        vision_config={
+            "deepstack_visual_indexes": [5, 11, 17],
+            "depth": 24,
+            "hidden_act": "gelu_pytorch_tanh",
+            "hidden_size": 1024,
+            "in_channels": 3,
+            "initializer_range": 0.02,
+            "intermediate_size": 4096,
+            "model_type": "qwen3_vl",
+            "num_heads": 16,
+            "num_position_embeddings": 2304,
+            "out_hidden_size": 2048,
+            "patch_size": 16,
+            "spatial_merge_size": 2,
+            "temporal_patch_size": 2,
+        },
+    )
+
+
+def get_backbone_cls(config: GR00TN17Config):
+    if (
+        config.backbone_model_type == "qwen"
+        or "nvidia/Cosmos-Reason2" in config.model_name
+        or "Qwen/Qwen3-VL" in config.model_name
+    ):
+        return Qwen3Backbone
+    raise ValueError(f"Unsupported GR00T N1.7 backbone model: {config.model_name}")
+
+
+class GR00TN17(PreTrainedModel):
+    """GR00T N1.7 model with a Cosmos-Reason2/Qwen3-VL backbone."""
+
+    config_class = GR00TN17Config
+    supports_gradient_checkpointing = True
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: GR00TN17Config,
+        transformers_loading_kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        load_backbone_weights: bool = True,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(config)
+        transformers_loading_kwargs = transformers_loading_kwargs or {"trust_remote_code": True}
+        self.config = config
+        backbone_cls = get_backbone_cls(config)
+        self.backbone = backbone_cls(
+            model_name=config.model_name,
+            tune_llm=config.tune_llm,
+            tune_visual=config.tune_visual,
+            select_layer=config.select_layer,
+            reproject_vision=config.reproject_vision,
+            use_flash_attention=config.use_flash_attention,
+            load_bf16=config.load_bf16,
+            tune_top_llm_layers=config.tune_top_llm_layers,
+            trainable_params_fp32=config.backbone_trainable_params_fp32,
+            transformers_loading_kwargs=transformers_loading_kwargs,
+            load_pretrained_weights=load_backbone_weights,
+        )
+        self.action_head = GR00TN17ActionHead(config)
+        self.post_init()
+
+    def prepare_input(self, inputs: dict[str, Any]) -> tuple[BatchFeature, BatchFeature]:
+        global tree
+        if tree is None:
+            require_package("dm-tree", extra="groot", import_name="tree")
+            tree = importlib.import_module("tree")
+        backbone_inputs = self.backbone.prepare_input(inputs)
+        action_inputs = self.action_head.prepare_input(inputs)
+
+        def to_device_with_dtype(x):
+            if not isinstance(x, torch.Tensor):
+                return x
+            if torch.is_floating_point(x):
+                return x.to(self.device, dtype=self.dtype)
+            return x.to(self.device)
+
+        return (
+            tree.map_structure(to_device_with_dtype, backbone_inputs),
+            tree.map_structure(to_device_with_dtype, action_inputs),
+        )
+
+    def forward(self, inputs: dict[str, Any]) -> BatchFeature:
+        backbone_inputs, action_inputs = self.prepare_input(inputs)
+        backbone_outputs = self.backbone(backbone_inputs)
+        return self.action_head(backbone_outputs, action_inputs)
+
+    def get_action(self, inputs: dict[str, Any], options: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> BatchFeature:
+        backbone_inputs, action_inputs = self.prepare_input(inputs)
+        backbone_outputs = self.backbone(backbone_inputs)
+        return self.action_head.get_action(backbone_outputs, action_inputs, options)
+
+    @property
+    def device(self) -> torch.device:
+        return next(iter(self.parameters())).device
+
+    @property
+    def dtype(self) -> torch.dtype:
+        return next(iter(self.parameters())).dtype
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_pretrained(cls, pretrained_model_name_or_path: str, **kwargs):
+        tune_visual = kwargs.pop("tune_visual", True)
+        tune_llm = kwargs.pop("tune_llm", False)
+        tune_projector = kwargs.pop("tune_projector", True)
+        tune_diffusion_model = kwargs.pop("tune_diffusion_model", True)
+        tune_vlln = kwargs.pop("tune_vlln", True)
+        transformers_loading_kwargs = kwargs.pop("transformers_loading_kwargs", None) or {
+            "trust_remote_code": True
+        }
+        load_backbone_weights = kwargs.pop("load_backbone_weights", False)
+        for key in ("revision", "cache_dir", "local_files_only", "token"):
+            if key in kwargs:
+                transformers_loading_kwargs.setdefault(key, kwargs[key])
+
+        try:
+            local_model_path = snapshot_download(
+                pretrained_model_name_or_path,
+                repo_type="model",
+                revision=kwargs.get("revision"),
+                cache_dir=kwargs.get("cache_dir"),
+                local_files_only=kwargs.get("local_files_only", False),
+                token=kwargs.get("token"),
+            )
+        except (HFValidationError, RepositoryNotFoundError):
+            local_model_path = pretrained_model_name_or_path
+
+        pretrained_model = super().from_pretrained(
+            local_model_path,
+            transformers_loading_kwargs=transformers_loading_kwargs,
+            load_backbone_weights=load_backbone_weights,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
+        pretrained_model.backbone.set_trainable_parameters(
+            tune_visual=tune_visual,
+            tune_llm=tune_llm,
+            tune_top_llm_layers=pretrained_model.config.tune_top_llm_layers,
+        )
+        pretrained_model.action_head.set_trainable_parameters(
+            tune_projector=tune_projector,
+            tune_diffusion_model=tune_diffusion_model,
+            tune_vlln=tune_vlln,
+        )
+        return pretrained_model
+
+
+def _register_with_transformers() -> None:
+    if AutoConfig is None or AutoModel is None:
+        return
+    try:
+        AutoConfig.register(GR00TN17Config.model_type, GR00TN17Config, exist_ok=True)
+    except TypeError:
+        with suppress(ValueError):
+            AutoConfig.register(GR00TN17Config.model_type, GR00TN17Config)
+    try:
+        AutoModel.register(GR00TN17Config, GR00TN17, exist_ok=True)
+    except TypeError:
+        with suppress(ValueError):
+            AutoModel.register(GR00TN17Config, GR00TN17)
+
+
+_register_with_transformers()

src/lerobot/policies/groot/modeling_groot.py

@@ -17,14 +17,8 @@
 """
 Groot Policy Wrapper for LeRobot Integration
 
-Minimal integration that delegates to Isaac-GR00T components where possible
-without porting their code. The intent is to:
-
-- Download and load the pretrained GR00T model via GR00TN15.from_pretrained
-- Optionally align action horizon similar to gr00t_finetune.py
-- Expose predict_action via GR00T model.get_action
-- Provide a training forward that can call the GR00T model forward if batch
-  structure matches.
+Minimal integration that delegates to Isaac-GR00T N1.7 components where
+possible without porting their code.
 
 Notes:
 - Dataset loading and full training orchestration is handled by Isaac-GR00T
@@ -46,8 +40,14 @@ from lerobot.utils.constants import ACTION, OBS_IMAGES
 from lerobot.utils.import_utils import require_package
 
 from ..pretrained import PreTrainedPolicy
-from .configuration_groot import GrootConfig
-from .groot_n1 import GR00TN15
+from .configuration_groot import (
+    GROOT_N1_7,
+    GrootConfig,
+    infer_groot_model_version,
+    infer_groot_n1_7_action_execution_horizon,
+    infer_groot_n1_7_action_horizon,
+    normalize_groot_model_version,
+)
 
 T = TypeVar("T", bound="GrootPolicy")
 
@@ -67,27 +67,28 @@ class GrootPolicy(PreTrainedPolicy):
 
         # Initialize GR00T model using ported components
         self._groot_model = self._create_groot_model()
+        self._action_queue_steps = self._resolve_action_queue_steps()
 
         self.reset()
 
     def _create_groot_model(self):
-        """Create and initialize the GR00T model using Isaac-GR00T API.
-
-        This is only called when creating a NEW policy (not when loading from checkpoint).
-
-        Steps (delegating to Isaac-GR00T):
-        1) Download and load pretrained model via GR00TN15.from_pretrained
-        2) Align action horizon with data_config if provided
-        """
+        """Create and initialize the GR00T N1.7 model using Isaac-GR00T APIs."""
         # Handle Flash Attention compatibility issues
         self._handle_flash_attention_compatibility()
 
-        model = GR00TN15.from_pretrained(
-            pretrained_model_name_or_path=self.config.base_model_path,
-            tune_llm=self.config.tune_llm,
-            tune_visual=self.config.tune_visual,
-            tune_projector=self.config.tune_projector,
-            tune_diffusion_model=self.config.tune_diffusion_model,
+        model_kwargs = {
+            "pretrained_model_name_or_path": self.config.base_model_path,
+            "tune_llm": self.config.tune_llm,
+            "tune_visual": self.config.tune_visual,
+            "tune_projector": self.config.tune_projector,
+            "tune_diffusion_model": self.config.tune_diffusion_model,
+        }
+        from .groot_n1_7 import GR00TN17
+
+        model = GR00TN17.from_pretrained(
+            **model_kwargs,
+            tune_vlln=True,
+            transformers_loading_kwargs={"trust_remote_code": True},
         )
 
         model.compute_dtype = "bfloat16" if self.config.use_bf16 else model.compute_dtype
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ class GrootPolicy(PreTrainedPolicy):
 
     def reset(self):
         """Reset policy state when environment resets."""
-        self._action_queue = deque([], maxlen=self.config.n_action_steps)
+        self._action_queue = deque([], maxlen=self._action_queue_steps)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_pretrained(
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ class GrootPolicy(PreTrainedPolicy):
         """Load Groot policy from pretrained model.
 
         Handles two cases:
-        1. Base GR00T models (e.g., 'nvidia/GR00T-N1.5-3B') - loads the raw model
+        1. Base GR00T N1.7 models - loads the raw model
         2. Fine-tuned LeRobot checkpoints - loads config and weights from safetensors
 
         Args:
@@ -141,8 +142,13 @@ class GrootPolicy(PreTrainedPolicy):
         from huggingface_hub.constants import SAFETENSORS_SINGLE_FILE
         from huggingface_hub.errors import HfHubHTTPError
 
+        requested_version = (
+            normalize_groot_model_version(config.model_version)
+            if config is not None
+            else infer_groot_model_version(str(pretrained_name_or_path)) or GROOT_N1_7
+        )
         print(
-            "The Groot policy is a wrapper around Nvidia's GR00T N1.5 model.\n"
+            f"The Groot policy is a wrapper around Nvidia's GR00T {requested_version} model.\n"
             f"Loading pretrained model from: {pretrained_name_or_path}"
         )
 
@@ -193,8 +199,12 @@ class GrootPolicy(PreTrainedPolicy):
         print("Detected base GR00T model, loading from HuggingFace...")
 
         if config is None:
+            model_version = infer_groot_model_version(str(pretrained_name_or_path)) or GROOT_N1_7
             # Create default config with the pretrained path
-            config = GrootConfig(base_model_path=str(pretrained_name_or_path))
+            config = GrootConfig(
+                model_version=model_version,
+                base_model_path=str(pretrained_name_or_path),
+            )
 
             # Add minimal visual feature required for validation
             # validate_features() will automatically add state and action features
@@ -215,6 +225,13 @@ class GrootPolicy(PreTrainedPolicy):
             if hasattr(config, key):
                 setattr(config, key, value)
 
+        config.model_version = normalize_groot_model_version(config.model_version)
+        inferred_version = infer_groot_model_version(config.base_model_path)
+        if inferred_version is not None and inferred_version != config.model_version:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"GR00T model_version '{config.model_version}' does not match base_model_path "
+                f"'{config.base_model_path}', which looks like '{inferred_version}'."
+            )
         # Create a fresh policy instance - this will automatically load the GR00T model
         # in __init__ via _create_groot_model()
         policy = cls(config)
@@ -225,18 +242,161 @@ class GrootPolicy(PreTrainedPolicy):
     def get_optim_params(self) -> dict:
         return self.parameters()
 
+    def _resolve_action_queue_steps(self) -> int:
+        n_action_steps = int(self.config.n_action_steps)
+        checkpoint_action_horizon = infer_groot_n1_7_action_horizon(
+            self.config.base_model_path,
+            self.config.embodiment_tag,
+        )
+        execution_horizon = infer_groot_n1_7_action_execution_horizon(
+            self.config.base_model_path,
+            self.config.embodiment_tag,
+        )
+        horizons = [n_action_steps]
+        if checkpoint_action_horizon is not None:
+            horizons.append(checkpoint_action_horizon)
+        if execution_horizon is not None:
+            horizons.append(execution_horizon)
+        return min(horizons)
+
+    def _resolve_prediction_horizon(self, actions: Tensor) -> int:
+        """Return the policy-facing action horizon for a native GR00T prediction."""
+
+        horizons = [actions.shape[1]]
+        checkpoint_action_horizon = infer_groot_n1_7_action_horizon(
+            self.config.base_model_path,
+            self.config.embodiment_tag,
+        )
+        if checkpoint_action_horizon is not None:
+            horizons.append(checkpoint_action_horizon)
+
+        for horizon in (self.config.chunk_size, self.config.n_action_steps):
+            horizon = int(horizon)
+            if horizon > 0:
+                horizons.append(horizon)
+
+        return max(1, min(horizons))
+
+    def _filter_groot_inputs(self, batch: dict[str, Tensor], *, include_action: bool) -> dict[str, Tensor]:
+        allowed_base = {"state", "state_mask", "embodiment_id"}
+        if include_action:
+            allowed_base.update({"action", "action_mask"})
+
+        allowed_base.update(
+            {
+                "input_ids",
+                "attention_mask",
+                "pixel_values",
+                "image_grid_thw",
+                "mm_token_type_ids",
+                "pixel_values_videos",
+                "video_grid_thw",
+            }
+        )
+        allowed_base.add("action_mask")
+
+        return {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in batch.items()
+            if k in allowed_base and not (k.startswith("next.") or k == "info")
+        }
+
+    def _prepare_n1_7_rtc_inputs(
+        self,
+        inputs: dict[str, Tensor],
+        *,
+        inference_delay: object,
+        prev_chunk_left_over: object,
+    ) -> tuple[dict[str, Tensor], dict[str, object] | None]:
+        if prev_chunk_left_over is None:
+            return inputs, None
+        if not isinstance(prev_chunk_left_over, torch.Tensor):
+            raise TypeError("prev_chunk_left_over must be a torch.Tensor for GR00T N1.7 RTC.")
+        if prev_chunk_left_over.numel() == 0:
+            return inputs, None
+
+        prev_actions = prev_chunk_left_over
+        if prev_actions.ndim == 2:
+            prev_actions = prev_actions.unsqueeze(0)
+        elif prev_actions.ndim != 3:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "prev_chunk_left_over must have shape (T, A) or (B, T, A) for GR00T N1.7 RTC."
+            )
+
+        state = inputs.get("state")
+        if state is None:
+            raise ValueError("GR00T N1.7 RTC requires `state` in the preprocessed batch.")
+        batch_size = state.shape[0]
+        if prev_actions.shape[0] == 1 and batch_size > 1:
+            prev_actions = prev_actions.expand(batch_size, -1, -1).clone()
+        elif prev_actions.shape[0] != batch_size:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "prev_chunk_left_over batch size must match the current GR00T N1.7 batch size."
+            )
+
+        # The generic LeRobot RTC engine pads short leftovers with exact zero
+        # rows for fixed-shape policy calls. Native GR00T N1.7 RTC treats every
+        # provided prefix row as a real action constraint, so strip that padding
+        # before constructing the native overlap options.
+        valid_prefix_rows = prev_actions.detach().abs().sum(dim=(0, 2)) > 0
+        if valid_prefix_rows.any():
+            valid_prefix_steps = int(valid_prefix_rows.nonzero()[-1].item()) + 1
+            prev_actions = prev_actions[:, :valid_prefix_steps, :]
+        else:
+            return inputs, None
+
+        model_action_horizon = int(getattr(self._groot_model.config, "action_horizon", self.config.chunk_size))
+        max_action_dim = int(getattr(self._groot_model.config, "max_action_dim", self.config.max_action_dim))
+        if prev_actions.shape[1] > model_action_horizon:
+            prev_actions = prev_actions[:, -model_action_horizon:, :]
+
+        action_horizon = int(prev_actions.shape[1])
+        if action_horizon <= 0:
+            return inputs, None
+
+        if prev_actions.shape[2] > max_action_dim:
+            prev_actions = prev_actions[:, :, :max_action_dim]
+        elif prev_actions.shape[2] < max_action_dim:
+            pad = torch.zeros(
+                prev_actions.shape[0],
+                prev_actions.shape[1],
+                max_action_dim - prev_actions.shape[2],
+                dtype=prev_actions.dtype,
+                device=prev_actions.device,
+            )
+            prev_actions = torch.cat([prev_actions, pad], dim=2)
+
+        prev_actions = prev_actions.to(device=state.device, dtype=state.dtype)
+
+        rtc_config = getattr(self.config, "rtc_config", None)
+        execution_horizon = int(getattr(rtc_config, "execution_horizon", action_horizon))
+        overlap_steps = max(0, min(action_horizon, execution_horizon))
+        if overlap_steps == 0:
+            return inputs, None
+
+        try:
+            frozen_steps = int(inference_delay or 0)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            frozen_steps = 0
+        frozen_steps = max(0, min(frozen_steps, overlap_steps))
+
+        options = {
+            "action_horizon": action_horizon,
+            "rtc_overlap_steps": overlap_steps,
+            "rtc_frozen_steps": frozen_steps,
+            "rtc_ramp_rate": float(getattr(self._groot_model.config, "rtc_ramp_rate", 6.0)),
+        }
+
+        inputs = dict(inputs)
+        inputs["action"] = prev_actions
+        return inputs, options
+
     def forward(self, batch: dict[str, Tensor]) -> tuple[Tensor, dict]:
         """Training forward pass.
 
         Delegates to Isaac-GR00T model.forward when inputs are compatible.
         """
-        # Build a clean input dict for GR00T: keep only tensors GR00T consumes
-        allowed_base = {"state", "state_mask", "action", "action_mask", "embodiment_id"}
-        groot_inputs = {
-            k: v
-            for k, v in batch.items()
-            if (k in allowed_base or k.startswith("eagle_")) and not (k.startswith("next.") or k == "info")
-        }
+        groot_inputs = self._filter_groot_inputs(batch, include_action=True)
 
         # Get device from model parameters
         device = next(self.parameters()).device
@@ -254,32 +414,43 @@ class GrootPolicy(PreTrainedPolicy):
         return loss, loss_dict
 
     @torch.no_grad()
-    def predict_action_chunk(self, batch: dict[str, Tensor]) -> Tensor:
+    def predict_action_chunk(self, batch: dict[str, Tensor], **kwargs: object) -> Tensor:
         """Predict a chunk of actions for inference by delegating to Isaac-GR00T.
 
         Returns a tensor of shape (B, n_action_steps, action_dim).
+
+        For N1.7, LeRobot's RTC leftovers are converted into the native GR00T
+        action-overlap options before calling the underlying model.
         """
         self.eval()
 
-        # Build a clean input dict for GR00T: keep only tensors GR00T consumes
-        # Preprocessing is handled by the processor pipeline, so we just filter the batch
-        # NOTE: During inference, we should NOT pass action/action_mask (that's what we're predicting)
-        allowed_base = {"state", "state_mask", "embodiment_id"}
-        groot_inputs = {
-            k: v
-            for k, v in batch.items()
-            if (k in allowed_base or k.startswith("eagle_")) and not (k.startswith("next.") or k == "info")
-        }
+        # Preprocessing is handled by the processor pipeline, so we just filter the batch.
+        # During inference, we do not pass action because it is predicted.
+        # N1.7 still carries a 2-D action horizon mask from its checkpoint processor.
+        groot_inputs = self._filter_groot_inputs(batch, include_action=False)
+        groot_options = None
+        if self.config.model_version == GROOT_N1_7:
+            groot_inputs, groot_options = self._prepare_n1_7_rtc_inputs(
+                groot_inputs,
+                inference_delay=kwargs.get("inference_delay"),
+                prev_chunk_left_over=kwargs.get("prev_chunk_left_over"),
+            )
 
         # Get device from model parameters
         device = next(self.parameters()).device
 
         # Use bf16 autocast for inference to keep memory low and match backbone dtype
         with torch.autocast(device_type=device.type, dtype=torch.bfloat16, enabled=self.config.use_bf16):
-            outputs = self._groot_model.get_action(groot_inputs)
+            if groot_options is not None:
+                outputs = self._groot_model.get_action(groot_inputs, options=groot_options)
+            else:
+                outputs = self._groot_model.get_action(groot_inputs)
 
         actions = outputs.get("action_pred")
 
+        prediction_horizon = self._resolve_prediction_horizon(actions)
+        actions = actions[:, :prediction_horizon]
+
         original_action_dim = self.config.output_features[ACTION].shape[0]
         actions = actions[:, :, :original_action_dim]
 
@@ -292,7 +463,7 @@ class GrootPolicy(PreTrainedPolicy):
 
         if len(self._action_queue) == 0:
             actions = self.predict_action_chunk(batch)
-            self._action_queue.extend(actions.transpose(0, 1))
+            self._action_queue.extend(actions[:, : self._action_queue_steps].transpose(0, 1))
         return self._action_queue.popleft()
 
     # -------------------------

src/lerobot/policies/groot/utils.py

@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-from shutil import copytree
-
-from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
-
-
-def ensure_eagle_cache_ready(vendor_dir: Path, cache_dir: Path, assets_repo: str) -> None:
-    """Populate the Eagle processor directory in cache and ensure tokenizer assets exist.
-
-    - Copies the vendored Eagle files into cache_dir (overwriting when needed).
-    - Downloads vocab.json and merges.txt into the same cache_dir if missing.
-    """
-    cache_dir = Path(cache_dir)
-    vendor_dir = Path(vendor_dir)
-
-    try:
-        # Populate/refresh cache with vendor files to ensure a complete processor directory
-        print(f"[GROOT] Copying vendor Eagle files to cache: {vendor_dir} -> {cache_dir}")
-        copytree(vendor_dir, cache_dir, dirs_exist_ok=True)
-    except Exception as exc:  # nosec: B110
-        print(f"[GROOT] Warning: Failed to copy vendor Eagle files to cache: {exc}")
-
-    required_assets = [
-        "vocab.json",
-        "merges.txt",
-        "added_tokens.json",
-        "chat_template.json",
-        "special_tokens_map.json",
-        "config.json",
-        "generation_config.json",
-        "preprocessor_config.json",
-        "processor_config.json",
-        "tokenizer_config.json",
-    ]
-
-    print(f"[GROOT] Assets repo: {assets_repo} \n Cache dir: {cache_dir}")
-
-    for fname in required_assets:
-        dst = cache_dir / fname
-        if not dst.exists():
-            print(f"[GROOT] Fetching {fname}")
-            hf_hub_download(
-                repo_id=assets_repo,
-                filename=fname,
-                repo_type="model",
-                local_dir=str(cache_dir),
-            )

tests/policies/groot/test_groot_vs_original.py

@@ -1,444 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# Copyright 2025 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-"""Test script to verify Groot policy integration with LeRobot vs the original implementation, only meant to be run locally!"""
-
-import gc
-import os
-from copy import deepcopy
-from typing import Any
-
-import numpy as np
-import pytest
-import torch
-
-from lerobot.policies.groot.configuration_groot import GrootConfig
-from lerobot.policies.groot.modeling_groot import GrootPolicy
-from lerobot.policies.groot.processor_groot import make_groot_pre_post_processors
-from lerobot.processor import PolicyProcessorPipeline
-from lerobot.types import PolicyAction
-
-pytest.importorskip("gr00t")
-pytest.importorskip("transformers")
-
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
-    os.environ.get("CI") == "true" or os.environ.get("GITHUB_ACTIONS") == "true",
-    reason="This test requires local Groot installation and is not meant for CI",
-)
-
-
-from gr00t.data.dataset import ModalityConfig  # noqa: E402
-from gr00t.data.embodiment_tags import EmbodimentTag  # noqa: E402
-from gr00t.data.transform.base import ComposedModalityTransform  # noqa: E402
-from gr00t.model.policy import Gr00tPolicy  # noqa: E402
-
-# GR1 humanoid dimensions (from pretrained model metadata)
-# The actual GR1 robot has 44 dimensions for both state and action
-# GR00TTransform will pad state to 64 and truncate action to 32
-DUMMY_STATE_DIM = 44
-DUMMY_ACTION_DIM = 44
-DUMMY_ACTION_HORIZON = 16
-IMAGE_SIZE = 256
-DEVICE = "cpu"
-MODEL_PATH = "nvidia/GR00T-N1.5-3B"
-
-GR1_BODY_PARTS = {
-    "left_arm": 7,
-    "left_hand": 6,
-    "left_leg": 6,
-    "neck": 3,
-    "right_arm": 7,
-    "right_hand": 6,
-    "right_leg": 6,
-    "waist": 3,
-}
-
-
-def cleanup_memory():
-    """Clean up GPU/MPS memory to prevent OOM errors between tests."""
-    print("\nCleaning up memory...")
-    gc.collect()
-    if torch.cuda.is_available():
-        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
-        torch.cuda.synchronize()
-    if torch.backends.mps.is_available():
-        torch.mps.empty_cache()
-    print("Memory cleanup complete.")
-
-
-def set_seed_all(seed: int):
-    """Set random seed for all RNG sources to ensure reproducibility."""
-    import random
-
-    random.seed(seed)
-    np.random.seed(seed)
-    torch.manual_seed(seed)
-
-    if torch.cuda.is_available():
-        torch.cuda.manual_seed(seed)
-        torch.cuda.manual_seed_all(seed)
-
-    # Set deterministic behavior
-    torch.backends.cudnn.deterministic = True
-    torch.backends.cudnn.benchmark = False
-    torch.use_deterministic_algorithms(True, warn_only=True)
-
-
-def instantiate_lerobot_groot(
-    from_pretrained: bool = False,
-    model_path: str = MODEL_PATH,
-) -> tuple[
-    GrootPolicy,
-    PolicyProcessorPipeline[dict[str, Any], dict[str, Any]],
-    PolicyProcessorPipeline[PolicyAction, PolicyAction],
-]:
-    """Instantiate LeRobot Groot policy with preprocessor and postprocessor."""
-    if from_pretrained:
-        policy = GrootPolicy.from_pretrained(
-            pretrained_name_or_path=model_path,
-            strict=False,
-        )
-        policy.config.embodiment_tag = "gr1"
-    else:
-        config = GrootConfig(
-            base_model_path=model_path,
-            n_action_steps=DUMMY_ACTION_HORIZON,
-            chunk_size=DUMMY_ACTION_HORIZON,
-            image_size=[IMAGE_SIZE, IMAGE_SIZE],
-            device=DEVICE,
-            embodiment_tag="gr1",
-        )
-        policy = GrootPolicy(config)
-
-    policy.to(DEVICE)
-    policy.config.device = DEVICE
-
-    preprocessor, postprocessor = make_groot_pre_post_processors(
-        config=policy.config,
-        dataset_stats=None,  # Pass None for dataset_stats to disable normalization (original GR00T doesn't normalize)
-    )
-
-    return (policy, preprocessor, postprocessor)
-
-
-def instantiate_original_groot(
-    from_pretrained: bool = False,
-    model_path: str = MODEL_PATH,
-):
-    """Instantiate original Groot policy from NVIDIA's implementation."""
-    from gr00t.data.transform.concat import ConcatTransform
-    from gr00t.data.transform.state_action import StateActionToTensor
-    from gr00t.data.transform.video import VideoToNumpy, VideoToTensor
-    from gr00t.model.transforms import GR00TTransform
-
-    video_keys = ["video.ego_view"]
-    state_keys = [
-        "state"
-    ]  # Important: Use single concatenated "state" key (not split body parts) to match preprocessing
-    action_keys = [
-        "action.left_arm",
-        "action.right_arm",
-        "action.left_hand",
-        "action.right_hand",
-        "action.left_leg",
-        "action.right_leg",
-        "action.neck",
-        "action.waist",
-    ]
-    language_keys = ["annotation.human.action.task_description"]
-
-    modality_config = {
-        "video": ModalityConfig(
-            delta_indices=[0],  # Current frame only
-            modality_keys=video_keys,
-        ),
-        "state": ModalityConfig(
-            delta_indices=[0],
-            modality_keys=state_keys,
-        ),
-        "action": ModalityConfig(
-            delta_indices=list(range(DUMMY_ACTION_HORIZON)),
-            modality_keys=action_keys,
-        ),
-        "language": ModalityConfig(
-            delta_indices=[0],
-            modality_keys=language_keys,
-        ),
-    }
-
-    modality_transform = ComposedModalityTransform(
-        transforms=[
-            VideoToTensor(apply_to=video_keys),
-            VideoToNumpy(apply_to=video_keys),  # Convert to numpy (GR00TTransform expects numpy arrays)
-            # State is already a single concatenated key, so no StateActionToTensor needed
-            # Convert action from numpy to tensor
-            StateActionToTensor(apply_to=action_keys),
-            # Concatenate only video and actions (state is already single key)
-            ConcatTransform(
-                video_concat_order=video_keys,
-                state_concat_order=[],  # Empty:state is already single key
-                action_concat_order=action_keys,
-            ),
-            GR00TTransform(
-                max_state_dim=64,
-                max_action_dim=32,
-                state_horizon=1,
-                action_horizon=DUMMY_ACTION_HORIZON,
-                training=False,
-            ),
-        ]
-    )
-
-    policy = Gr00tPolicy(
-        model_path=model_path,
-        embodiment_tag=EmbodimentTag.GR1,
-        modality_config=modality_config,
-        modality_transform=modality_transform,
-        device=DEVICE,
-    )
-
-    return policy, modality_config, modality_transform
-
-
-def create_dummy_data(device=DEVICE):
-    """Create dummy data for testing both implementations."""
-    batch_size = 2
-    prompt = "Pick up the red cube and place it in the bin"
-    state = torch.randn(batch_size, DUMMY_STATE_DIM, dtype=torch.float32, device=device)
-
-    batch = {
-        "observation.state": state,
-        "action": torch.randn(
-            batch_size,
-            DUMMY_ACTION_HORIZON,
-            DUMMY_ACTION_DIM,
-            dtype=torch.float32,
-            device=device,  # Action ground truth (for training)
-        ),
-        "observation.images.ego_view": torch.rand(
-            batch_size,
-            3,
-            IMAGE_SIZE,
-            IMAGE_SIZE,
-            dtype=torch.float32,
-            device=device,  # Images in [0, 1] range as expected by LeRobot
-        ),
-        "task": [prompt for _ in range(batch_size)],
-    }
-
-    return batch
-
-
-def convert_lerobot_to_original_format(batch, modality_config):
-    """Convert LeRobot batch format to original Groot format.
-
-    The original Groot expects observations in this format:
-    {
-        "video.<camera_name>": np.ndarray (T, H, W, C) or (B, T, H, W, C)
-        "state.<state_component>": np.ndarray (T, D) or (B, T, D)
-        "action.<action_component>": np.ndarray (T, D) or (B, T, D)
-        "annotation.<annotation_type>": str or list[str]
-    }
-    """
-    # Original Groot expects (T, H, W, C) format for images
-    # LeRobot has (B, C, H, W) format, so we need to convert
-    observation = {}
-
-    for img_key in ["ego_view"]:
-        lerobot_key = f"observation.images.{img_key}"
-        if lerobot_key in batch:
-            img = batch[lerobot_key]
-            # Convert from (B, C, H, W) to (B, T=1, H, W, C)
-            img_np = img.permute(0, 2, 3, 1).unsqueeze(1).cpu().numpy()
-            # Convert [0, 1] to [0, 255] uint8 as expected by original
-            img_np = (img_np * 255).astype(np.uint8)
-            observation[f"video.{img_key}"] = img_np
-
-    # Important: The Original's GR00TTransform expects "state" as (B, T, D), not split body parts
-    if "observation.state" in batch:
-        state = batch["observation.state"]
-        state_np = state.unsqueeze(1).cpu().numpy()  # (B, 1, D)
-        observation["state"] = state_np
-
-    if "action" in batch:
-        action = batch["action"]
-        action_np = action.cpu().numpy()
-
-        start_idx = 0
-        for part_name, part_dim in GR1_BODY_PARTS.items():
-            end_idx = start_idx + part_dim
-            observation[f"action.{part_name}"] = action_np[:, :, start_idx:end_idx]
-            start_idx = end_idx
-
-    if "task" in batch:
-        task_list = batch["task"]
-        # GR00TTransform expects language with (B, T) shape for batched data
-        # Create a (B, T=1) array where each element is the string directly
-        bsz = len(task_list)
-        task_array = np.empty((bsz, 1), dtype=object)
-        for i in range(bsz):
-            task_array[i, 0] = task_list[i]  # Assign string directly to each (i, 0) position
-        observation["annotation.human.action.task_description"] = task_array
-
-    return observation
-
-
-def test_groot_original_vs_lerobot_pretrained():
-    """Test Groot original implementation vs LeRobot implementation with pretrained weights."""
-    print("Test: Groot Original vs LeRobot with Pretrained Weights (Inference)")
-
-    set_seed_all(42)
-
-    lerobot_policy, lerobot_preprocessor, lerobot_postprocessor = instantiate_lerobot_groot(
-        from_pretrained=True
-    )
-    original_policy, modality_config, modality_transform = instantiate_original_groot(from_pretrained=True)
-
-    batch = create_dummy_data()
-    batch_lerobot = deepcopy(batch)
-
-    print("\n[LeRobot] Running inference...")
-    lerobot_policy.eval()
-    batch_lerobot_processed = lerobot_preprocessor(batch_lerobot)
-
-    # Important: Reset seed immediately before inference to ensure identical RNG state
-    torch.manual_seed(42)
-
-    with torch.no_grad():
-        lerobot_actions = lerobot_policy.select_action(batch_lerobot_processed)
-
-    print("\n[Original] Running inference...")
-    original_policy.model.eval()
-    observation = convert_lerobot_to_original_format(batch, modality_config)
-    original_obs_transformed = modality_transform(deepcopy(observation))
-
-    # Important: Reset seed immediately before inference to ensure identical RNG state
-    torch.manual_seed(42)
-
-    with torch.no_grad():
-        original_model_output = original_policy.model.get_action(original_obs_transformed)
-        original_actions_raw = original_model_output["action_pred"]  # [2, 16, 32]
-    # Take first timestep
-    original_actions = original_actions_raw[:, 0, :].to(lerobot_actions.device).to(lerobot_actions.dtype)
-
-    print("Action Comparison:")
-    diff = lerobot_actions - original_actions
-    abs_diff = torch.abs(diff)
-
-    for batch_idx in range(lerobot_actions.shape[0]):
-        print(f"\n{'=' * 60}")
-        print(f"Batch {batch_idx}")
-        print(f"{'=' * 60}")
-        print(f"{'Idx':<5} {'LeRobot':<14} {'Original':<14} {'Difference':<14}")
-        print("-" * 60)
-        for action_idx in range(lerobot_actions.shape[1]):
-            lr_val = lerobot_actions[batch_idx, action_idx].item()
-            orig_val = original_actions[batch_idx, action_idx].item()
-            diff_val = abs(lr_val - orig_val)
-            sign = "+" if (lr_val - orig_val) > 0 else "-"
-            print(f"{action_idx:<5} {lr_val:>13.6f} {orig_val:>13.6f} {sign}{diff_val:>12.6f}")
-
-    max_diff = abs_diff.max().item()
-    tolerance = 0.001
-    assert torch.allclose(lerobot_actions, original_actions, atol=tolerance), (
-        f"Actions differ by more than tolerance ({tolerance}): max diff = {max_diff:.6f}"
-    )
-    print(f"\nSuccess: Actions match within tolerance ({tolerance})!")
-
-    del lerobot_policy, lerobot_preprocessor, lerobot_postprocessor
-    del original_policy, modality_config, modality_transform
-    del batch, batch_lerobot, observation
-    cleanup_memory()
-
-
-def test_groot_forward_pass_comparison():
-    """Test forward pass comparison between LeRobot and Original Groot implementations."""
-    print("Test: Forward Pass Comparison (Training Mode)")
-
-    set_seed_all(42)
-
-    lerobot_policy, lerobot_preprocessor, lerobot_postprocessor = instantiate_lerobot_groot(
-        from_pretrained=True
-    )
-    original_policy, modality_config, modality_transform = instantiate_original_groot(from_pretrained=True)
-
-    batch = create_dummy_data()
-    lerobot_policy.eval()
-    original_policy.model.eval()
-
-    print("\n[LeRobot] Running forward pass...")
-    batch_lerobot = deepcopy(batch)
-    batch_lerobot_processed = lerobot_preprocessor(batch_lerobot)
-
-    set_seed_all(42)
-    with torch.no_grad():
-        lerobot_loss, lerobot_metrics = lerobot_policy.forward(batch_lerobot_processed)
-
-    print(f"  Loss: {lerobot_loss.item():.6f}")
-
-    print("\n[Original] Running forward pass...")
-    observation = convert_lerobot_to_original_format(batch, modality_config)
-    transformed_obs = modality_transform(observation)
-
-    if "action" not in transformed_obs:
-        action_for_forward = batch_lerobot_processed["action"]
-        action_mask_for_forward = batch_lerobot_processed["action_mask"]
-
-        # Match action horizon if needed
-        if action_for_forward.shape[1] != original_policy.model.action_horizon:
-            if action_for_forward.shape[1] < original_policy.model.action_horizon:
-                pad_size = original_policy.model.action_horizon - action_for_forward.shape[1]
-                last_action = action_for_forward[:, -1:, :]
-                padding = last_action.repeat(1, pad_size, 1)
-                action_for_forward = torch.cat([action_for_forward, padding], dim=1)
-
-                mask_padding = torch.zeros(
-                    action_mask_for_forward.shape[0],
-                    pad_size,
-                    action_mask_for_forward.shape[2],
-                    dtype=action_mask_for_forward.dtype,
-                    device=action_mask_for_forward.device,
-                )
-                action_mask_for_forward = torch.cat([action_mask_for_forward, mask_padding], dim=1)
-            else:
-                action_for_forward = action_for_forward[:, : original_policy.model.action_horizon, :]
-                action_mask_for_forward = action_mask_for_forward[
-                    :, : original_policy.model.action_horizon, :
-                ]
-
-        transformed_obs["action"] = action_for_forward
-        transformed_obs["action_mask"] = action_mask_for_forward
-
-    set_seed_all(42)
-    with torch.no_grad():
-        original_outputs = original_policy.model.forward(transformed_obs)
-
-    original_loss = original_outputs["loss"]
-    print(f"  Loss: {original_loss.item():.6f}")
-
-    loss_diff = abs(lerobot_loss.item() - original_loss.item())
-    loss_rel_diff = loss_diff / (abs(original_loss.item()) + 1e-8) * 100
-
-    print("\nLoss Values:")
-    print(f"  LeRobot: {lerobot_loss.item():.6f}")
-    print(f"  Original: {original_loss.item():.6f}")
-    print(f"  Absolute difference: {loss_diff:.6f}")
-    print(f"  Relative difference: {loss_rel_diff:.2f}%")
-
-    del lerobot_policy, lerobot_preprocessor, lerobot_postprocessor
-    del original_policy, modality_config, modality_transform
-    del batch, batch_lerobot, observation, transformed_obs
-    cleanup_memory()