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    "OpenPI",
    "Physical Intelligence",
    "simple_client",
    "ALOHA_SIM",
    "DROID",
    "LIBERO"
  ],
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    "format": "Python CLI / WebSocket policy client",
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    "latency-measurement"
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      "controller": "none",
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      "os": "unknown",
      "robot": "none",
      "runtime": "openpi-client",
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      "status": "contributor_reported"
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      "robot": "none",
      "runtime": "openpi-client",
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      "status": "contributor_reported"
    },
    {
      "controller": "none",
      "observation": "synthetic_libero",
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      "robot": "none",
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      "status": "contributor_reported"
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  "invocation": {
    "entrypoint": "uv run examples/simple_client/main.py --env ALOHA_SIM --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000 --num-steps 20",
    "notes": "Run from the pinned checkout only after configuring the upstream environment and a compatible policy server. Supported --env values in the source are ALOHA, ALOHA_SIM, DROID and LIBERO. Optional timing-file output writes a Parquet file. Credentials, if required by the chosen server, must be configured locally. This documented command has not been executed."
  },
  "kind": "community_skill",
  "license": {
    "scope": "The pinned repository license covers this example source code. Preserve upstream notices and attribution. Model weights, datasets, external policy servers and third-party dependencies retain their own applicable licenses.",
    "spdx": "Apache-2.0",
    "url": "https://github.com/Physical-Intelligence/openpi/blob/215abfb217dbac7d5f1273282331b9b1866c0479/LICENSE",
    "verified": false
  },
  "name": "OpenPI random-observation policy client",
  "requirements": {
    "hardware": [
      "CPU client; no physical robot is required",
      "Policy-server compute and model requirements are configured separately"
    ],
    "notes": "Source inspection only. Random RGB-shaped arrays and synthetic numeric state are sent to the configured server; the returned data is used for timing statistics. The upstream full workspace documents Ubuntu 22.04 and Python >=3.11. Client-only platform portability, installation, policy inference and robot execution were not tested. The server and model/checkpoint setup are separate.",
    "packages": [
      "openpi-client==0.1.0 from the pinned packages/openpi-client source",
      "numpy>=1.22.4,<2.0.0",
      "polars>=1.30.0",
      "rich>=14.0.0",
      "tyro>=0.9.5",
      "tqdm (imported by this example; follow the upstream environment)"
    ],
    "python": ">=3.11 for the pinned upstream workspace; the example also uses Python 3.10 union annotations",
    "system": [
      "Network access to an operator-configured OpenPI WebSocket policy server",
      "Pinned upstream checkout and its configured uv environment"
    ]
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    "robot-independent"
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  "source": {
    "authors": [
      "Physical Intelligence contributors"
    ],
    "bytes": 6281,
    "commit": "215abfb217dbac7d5f1273282331b9b1866c0479",
    "path": "examples/simple_client/main.py",
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    "url": "https://github.com/Physical-Intelligence/openpi/blob/215abfb217dbac7d5f1273282331b9b1866c0479/examples/simple_client/main.py"
  },
  "summary": "Send synthetic ALOHA, ALOHA_SIM, DROID or LIBERO observation-shaped data to an OpenPI WebSocket policy server and report inference timing. This client generates random inputs; it does not read robot cameras, run a robot controller or move physical hardware.",
  "access": {
    "mode": "source_reference",
    "hub_prepare": false,
    "instructions": "Inspect the exact pinned upstream artifact and setup instructions. This record has no Hub runtime adapter.",
    "setup_url": "https://github.com/Physical-Intelligence/openpi/blob/215abfb217dbac7d5f1273282331b9b1866c0479/examples/simple_client/README.md"
  },
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    "runtime_verification": "not_run",
    "checked_at": "2026-10-17",
    "inspection": "Data-only intake structure checked. Source content, checksum, license and runtime claims require maintainer review; no submitted code was executed."
  },
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