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lerobot-clone/src/lerobot/datasets/feature_utils.py
Pepijn 7ab4936b1b Add extensive language support (#3467)
* Add extensive language support

* Address review: split persistent/event schemas, drop event timestamps

- recipe.py: derive _VALID_ROLES/_VALID_STREAMS from MessageRole/MessageStream Literals
- dataset_metadata.py: keep CODEBASE_VERSION at v3.0
- language.py: remove RESERVED_STYLES; split arrow/feature schemas into
  persistent (with timestamp) and event (without timestamp); add docstrings
- language_render.py: events use frame-row timestamp implicitly; no
  per-event timestamp filtering or sorting
- converters.py: drop unused subtask_key passthrough
- add docstrings to new public APIs (recipe, render_messages_processor, collate)
- update tests for split schemas; revert uv.lock

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Add docstrings to all new helpers; revert uv.lock

Covers private helpers in recipe.py, language.py, language_render.py,
and render_messages_processor.py. Also reverts uv.lock to main (it was
re-generated by `uv run` during local checks).

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* feat(language): add motion (persistent) and trace (event-only) styles

Promote the previously-reserved motion/trace styles to first-class core
styles. motion routes to language_persistent (it tracks robot state over
time); trace routes to language_events (single-moment annotations).

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* feat(language): per-camera tagging on view-dependent styles

Adds a nullable `camera` field to the language row struct (both persistent
and event variants) so view-dependent styles like `vqa` can carry which
`observation.images.*` view they were grounded against. Without this,
multi-camera datasets ended up with multiple `(vqa, role)` rows at the
same timestamp that the resolver could not disambiguate.

- `language.py`: add `camera` to PERSISTENT_ROW_FIELDS / EVENT_ROW_FIELDS,
  to both Arrow struct types and the HF datasets feature mappings;
  introduce VIEW_DEPENDENT_STYLES = {vqa, motion, trace} plus
  `is_view_dependent_style` and `validate_camera_field` helpers (camera
  required iff style is view-dependent).
- `language_render.py`: thread an optional `camera=` kwarg through every
  resolver (`active_at`, `emitted_at`, `nth_prev`, `nth_next`) and through
  `_matching_rows` / `_select_*`, so recipes can disambiguate per-camera
  VQA with `emitted_at(t, style=vqa, role=assistant, camera=...)`.
  Without a `camera` filter, multi-row matches keep raising the existing
  ambiguity error — which is the desired behaviour on multi-camera data.
- `recipes/pi05_hirobot.yaml`: replace the single `ask_vqa` branch with
  `ask_vqa_top` and `ask_vqa_wrist` per-camera sub-recipes (each carrying
  the matching image block), keeping the original 0.20 budget and
  documenting the customization point for datasets with different cameras.
- Tests: schema test asserts the new field order; new tests cover
  `is_view_dependent_style`, `validate_camera_field` (both required and
  forbidden directions), per-camera `emitted_at` filtering, and the
  ambiguity error when two cameras emit `(vqa, assistant)` at the same
  timestamp without a `camera=` filter. RenderMessagesStep + dataset
  passthrough fixtures updated to include the new field.
- `docs/source/language_and_recipes.mdx`: document the `camera` field,
  the per-camera resolver pattern, and the canonical recipe convention.

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* fix(language): drop motion from VIEW_DEPENDENT_STYLES

Motion primitives are described in robot-frame (joint / Cartesian) terms,
not pixel space, so they are camera-agnostic. Only `vqa` (event) and
`trace` (event, pixel-trajectory) are view-dependent.

The `camera` field stays on PERSISTENT_ROW_FIELDS for schema symmetry —
the validator, resolver, and HF feature mapping behave identically across
the two columns regardless of which styles populate `camera` today —
but persistent rows now always have `camera=None` in practice.

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* feat(language): task_aug style + automatic ${task} rephrasing rotation

Adds task-prompt diversity (Xiao 2022 / CAST) without touching
``meta/tasks.parquet`` or forcing recipes to opt in. The plan reserved
``task_aug`` as a future style; this lands it now.

- ``language.py``: add ``task_aug`` to ``CORE_STYLES`` and
  ``PERSISTENT_STYLES``. ``column_for_style("task_aug")`` returns
  ``language_persistent`` so PR 2 writers route it correctly.

- ``language_render.py``: ``_resolve_task`` now consults the persistent
  slice for rows of ``style="task_aug", role="user"``. When any exist
  it picks one deterministically by ``sample_idx`` (blake2b-keyed, not
  Python's randomized hash) so an epoch sees every rephrasing of every
  episode while the same sample still resolves identically across
  reruns. Falls back to the canonical ``meta/tasks.parquet`` task when
  no rephrasings are present, so existing datasets and unannotated runs
  keep their behaviour. Explicit ``task=`` overrides still win.

- Tests: rephrasing coverage across samples, determinism on repeat
  ``sample_idx``, fallback when persistent has no ``task_aug`` rows,
  and explicit override priority.

Recipes get this for free: any ``${task}`` placeholder rotates through
the available rephrasings. Recipes that want the literal canonical task
can override the binding.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(language): tool catalog in meta/info.json + LeRobotDatasetMetadata.tools

Stores OpenAI-style function schemas at ``meta/info.json["tools"]`` so
datasets can declare which tools are available (today: just ``say``;
tomorrow: per-dataset extensions). The ``DEFAULT_TOOLS`` constant
fills in for unannotated datasets so chat-template consumers don't
have to special-case anything.

Three pieces:

- ``language.py``: ``SAY_TOOL_SCHEMA`` and ``DEFAULT_TOOLS``
  constants. Single source of truth — PR 2's writer and PR 3's
  runtime tool registry will both import from here instead of
  duplicating the dict.
- ``dataset_metadata.py``: ``LeRobotDatasetMetadata.tools`` property
  reads ``info.json["tools"]`` and falls back to ``DEFAULT_TOOLS``.
  Returns deep-copied dicts so callers can mutate the result safely.
- ``docs/source/tools.mdx``: spec page covering the catalog, per-row
  invocations, and the three-step "how to add a new tool" workflow
  (declare schema, implement, register). Linked from the docs
  toctree under the Datasets section.

This lays the groundwork for PR 2's pipeline writing the catalog out
during annotation, and PR 3's ``src/lerobot/tools/`` package shipping
runnable implementations (one file per tool — first up:
``say.py`` wrapping Kyutai's pocket-tts).

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* Apply ruff and prettier formatting after merge

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* refactor(language): unify resolver dispatch and prune redundant test scaffolding

* Drop the unused `events` kwarg from `active_at`/`nth_prev`/`nth_next`;
  only `emitted_at` actually consults events. The dispatcher in
  `_resolve_spec` now passes events conditionally.
* Replace the dual `_persistent_sort_key`/`_event_sort_key` pair with a
  single `_row_sort_key` and drop the `sort_key` parameter from
  `_select_one`. Event rows lack `timestamp` (it is implicit in the
  frame) and now default to `0.0` for sort purposes — the
  `(style, role)` tiebreaker is unchanged.
* Inline `_select_latest` into `active_at` (its only caller).
* Collapse `emitted_at`'s dual-branch into one `_select_one` call.
* Tighten `_validate_persistent_resolver` to a single
  `column_for_style(style) != LANGUAGE_PERSISTENT` check.
* Parameterize `test_per_camera_blend_renders_both_views` over the two
  cameras and factor the sub-recipe builder into `_vqa_subrecipe` so
  the test no longer hand-rolls two near-identical recipe blocks.

Net -98 LOC; behavior, public resolver names, and test expectations
unchanged.

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* fix(language): always raise on ambiguous resolver matches

`_select_one` previously skipped its ambiguity check whenever any of
`role`/`tool_name`/`camera` was set, on the assumption that the caller
had already pinned down a unique row. That left a real ambiguity hole
for VQA: with two cameras emitting `(vqa, assistant)` at the same
frame, `emitted_at(..., role="assistant")` silently picked the first
sorted row instead of telling the recipe to add `camera=...`. The
existing `test_emitted_at_raises_on_ambiguous_per_camera_vqa` test
already encoded the desired behavior.

Tighten the check: any time `len(rows) > 1` we now raise with the
selectors echoed back, so users see exactly which fields they passed
and that more is needed to disambiguate.

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* chore: fix CI — collapse short ValueError to one line, refresh uv.lock

* `ruff format` on CI (newer version) wants the short `camera=None`
  ValueError on a single line.
* `uv.lock` was stale relative to `pyproject.toml`'s `datasets>=4.7.0`
  pin (and picked up upstream `s390x` marker fixes for cuda packages).
  CI runs `uv sync --locked` which rejected the divergence.

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* fix(language): keep base install green — drop processor re-export, gate dataset-extra tests

`lerobot.processor` re-exported `RenderMessagesStep` at the package
level, so importing anything from `lerobot.processor` pulled in
`lerobot.datasets.language` → `lerobot.datasets/__init__.py` →
`require_package("datasets")`, which fails in the Tier 1 base install
that intentionally omits the `[dataset]` extra. The chain bricked
collection for unrelated suites (`tests/policies/pi0_pi05/...`,
`tests/envs/...`, etc.).

* Stop re-exporting `RenderMessagesStep` from `lerobot.processor`. The
  only consumer (the test) already imports from the submodule.
  Document the deliberate omission in the module docstring.
* Add `pytest.importorskip("datasets", ...)` (and `pandas` where
  needed) at the top of the four PR-added tests that exercise the
  language stack:
  - tests/datasets/test_language.py
  - tests/datasets/test_language_render.py
  - tests/processor/test_render_messages_processor.py
  - tests/utils/test_collate.py

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* fix(language): address review — tools accessor, motion docs, conditional collate

* **`meta.tools` actually reads `info.json["tools"]`.** `DatasetInfo`
  had no `tools` field, so `from_dict` silently dropped the key (it
  warned about unknown fields then discarded them) and the property
  always returned `DEFAULT_TOOLS`. Added `tools: list[dict] | None`
  to the dataclass; `to_dict()` drops it when unset so existing
  datasets keep a clean `info.json`. Fixed the accessor to read
  `self.info.tools` (the previous `.get(...)` would have raised
  AttributeError on the dataclass anyway). Added regression tests:
  fallback when absent, round-trip from disk, and round-trip
  through `DatasetInfo.from_dict` / `to_dict`.

* **`motion` is not view-dependent — fix the docs.** The mdx claimed
  rows of style `motion` must carry `camera`, but `VIEW_DEPENDENT_STYLES
  = {"vqa", "trace"}` and the validator agrees: motion primitives are
  joint/Cartesian-frame, not pixel-space. Updated both call-out
  paragraphs in `language_and_recipes.mdx`.

* **Conditional `collate_fn` swap.** Added `meta.has_language_columns`
  and gate the `lerobot_collate_fn` swap in `lerobot_train.py` on it,
  so non-language datasets keep PyTorch's `default_collate`. Also
  added a pass-through test in `test_collate.py` that asserts on a
  plain tensor batch the custom collate matches `default_collate`
  key-for-key, plus a test for the `None`-sample drop path.

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* review: dedupe regex, centralize column names, harden collate, more tests

* **#2 — dedupe `_PLACEHOLDER_RE`.** The same regex was compiled in
  `recipe.py` and `language_render.py`. Promote to module-level
  `PLACEHOLDER_RE` in `recipe.py` (its primary owner — declares
  template syntax) and import from `language_render.py`.
* **#3 — centralize language column names.** `io_utils.py` had
  hardcoded `{"language_persistent", "language_events"}` literals at
  two sites. Replace with `LANGUAGE_COLUMNS` import so a future column
  rename can't silently desync.
* **#4 — defensive collate preserved-keys.** `lerobot_collate_fn`
  silently filtered language fields from samples that didn't have
  them, which would hand downstream consumers a preserved list
  shorter than the tensor batch. Now: if any sample carries a key,
  every sample in the batch must carry it; otherwise raise a
  `ValueError` so the upstream rendering bug surfaces at the boundary.
* **#5 — `_scalar` rejects non-singleton lists.** Previously a zero-
  or multi-element list fell through and triggered confusing
  `float([])` errors downstream. Now raises `ValueError` with the
  actual length.
* **#6 — refactor `_extract_complementary_data`.** Replace 11 lines
  of `key = {... if ... else {}}` plus an 11-line splat dict with a
  single `_COMPLEMENTARY_KEYS` tuple iterated once.
* **#7 — document `EXTENDED_STYLES`.** Was an empty `set()` with no
  comment. Add a docstring explaining it's an intentional extension
  point: downstream modules append project-local styles before
  `column_for_style` is called.
* **#9 — `tools.mdx` notes the runtime layer is future work.** The
  page referenced `src/lerobot/tools/`, `registry.py`, and
  `get_tools(meta)` — none exist in this PR. Added a callout at the
  start of "How to add your own tool" plus a note on the
  implementations paragraph.
* **#10 — tests for YAML round-trip, malformed rows, blend
  validation.** `test_recipe.py` grew from 1 case to 12 covering:
  blend-or-messages exclusivity, target-turn requirement, blend
  emptiness, weight presence/positivity, nested-blend rejection,
  `from_dict` with nested blends, `from_yaml` / `load_recipe`
  agreement, top-level non-mapping rejection. Added a malformed-row
  test for `_normalize_rows` that asserts non-dict entries raise
  `TypeError`.

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* review: emitted_at uses 0.1s tolerance; MessageTurn requires stream at construction

* **Float tolerance in `emitted_at` for persistent styles.** The
  ``_timestamp(row) == t`` exact-equality check silently missed any
  caller that derived ``t`` arithmetically (e.g. ``frame_idx / fps``)
  even though the parquet timestamp would only differ by ULPs. Added
  ``EMITTED_AT_TOLERANCE_S = 0.1`` and check ``abs(...) <= tolerance``
  instead, with a docstring explaining why exact equality wasn't
  enough and why 0.1 s is safe at typical 30–100 Hz control rates.
  Test asserts the new behavior at half-window (matches) and
  double-window (no match) using the constant so it stays in sync.

* **`MessageTurn.stream` is required at construction.** It was typed
  ``MessageStream | None = None`` so YAML could omit ``stream:`` and
  pass the dataclass invariant — but ``_validate_rendered`` rejected
  ``None`` streams later, surfacing the error at the first sample
  instead of at recipe load. Now ``__post_init__`` raises
  ``ValueError`` if ``stream`` is ``None``, with the list of valid
  streams in the message. The redundant late-stage check in
  ``_validate_rendered`` is replaced with a one-line comment that
  cites the upstream invariant. Test pins the new construction-time
  rejection.

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* docs(tools): drop follow-up-PR references

Reword the two callouts in `tools.mdx` to describe the runtime layer
in present tense ("not part of the catalog layer shipped today",
"those modules don't yet exist in the tree") instead of pointing at a
specific follow-up PR. Keeps the doc honest about what works now
without coupling it to a particular release order.

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* review: address CarolinePascal feedback

- language timestamps: float64 -> float32 to match LeRobotDataset frame
  timestamps (Arrow struct + HF feature)
- dataset_metadata: hoist `.language` imports to module top — language.py
  has no lerobot imports, so there is no circular-import risk
- dataset_metadata: add a `meta.tools` setter that persists the catalog to
  info.json and reloads `meta.info`
- feature_utils: validate the `language` dtype instead of returning "" —
  warn (non-fatal) when a non-empty value is written at record time
- centralize the scalar-unwrap helper as `lerobot.utils.utils.unwrap_scalar`,
  shared by render_messages_processor and language_render
- docs: move `## Layer 2 — recipe anatomy` ahead of the resolver sections,
  which describe recipe bindings rather than dataset layout
- language_render: note in EMITTED_AT_TOLERANCE_S that persistent rows change
  on a human-action timescale, not the camera frame rate

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# Copyright 2024 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.
import logging
from pprint import pformat
import datasets
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image as PILImage
from lerobot.configs import VIDEO_ENCODER_INFO_KEYS
from lerobot.utils.constants import DEFAULT_FEATURES
from lerobot.utils.utils import is_valid_numpy_dtype_string
from .language import (
LANGUAGE_PERSISTENT,
is_language_column,
language_events_column_feature,
language_persistent_column_feature,
)
from .utils import (
DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE,
DEFAULT_DATA_FILE_SIZE_IN_MB,
DEFAULT_DATA_PATH,
DEFAULT_VIDEO_FILE_SIZE_IN_MB,
DEFAULT_VIDEO_PATH,
DatasetInfo,
)
def get_hf_features_from_features(features: dict) -> datasets.Features:
"""Convert a LeRobot features dictionary to a `datasets.Features` object.
Args:
features (dict): A LeRobot-style feature dictionary.
Returns:
datasets.Features: The corresponding Hugging Face `datasets.Features` object.
Raises:
ValueError: If a feature has an unsupported shape.
"""
hf_features = {}
for key, ft in features.items():
if is_language_column(key):
hf_features[key] = (
language_persistent_column_feature()
if key == LANGUAGE_PERSISTENT
else language_events_column_feature()
)
elif ft["dtype"] == "video":
continue
elif ft["dtype"] == "image":
hf_features[key] = datasets.Image()
elif ft["shape"] == (1,):
hf_features[key] = datasets.Value(dtype=ft["dtype"])
elif len(ft["shape"]) == 1:
hf_features[key] = datasets.Sequence(
length=ft["shape"][0], feature=datasets.Value(dtype=ft["dtype"])
)
elif len(ft["shape"]) == 2:
hf_features[key] = datasets.Array2D(shape=ft["shape"], dtype=ft["dtype"])
elif len(ft["shape"]) == 3:
hf_features[key] = datasets.Array3D(shape=ft["shape"], dtype=ft["dtype"])
elif len(ft["shape"]) == 4:
hf_features[key] = datasets.Array4D(shape=ft["shape"], dtype=ft["dtype"])
elif len(ft["shape"]) == 5:
hf_features[key] = datasets.Array5D(shape=ft["shape"], dtype=ft["dtype"])
else:
raise ValueError(f"Corresponding feature is not valid: {ft}")
return datasets.Features(hf_features)
def create_empty_dataset_info(
codebase_version: str,
fps: int,
features: dict,
use_videos: bool,
robot_type: str | None = None,
chunks_size: int | None = None,
data_files_size_in_mb: int | None = None,
video_files_size_in_mb: int | None = None,
) -> DatasetInfo:
"""Create a template ``DatasetInfo`` object for a new dataset's ``meta/info.json``.
Args:
codebase_version (str): The version of the LeRobot codebase.
fps (int): The frames per second of the data.
features (dict): The LeRobot features dictionary for the dataset.
use_videos (bool): Whether the dataset will store videos.
robot_type (str | None): The type of robot used, if any.
chunks_size (int | None): Max files per chunk directory. Defaults to ``DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE``.
data_files_size_in_mb (int | None): Max parquet file size in MB. Defaults to ``DEFAULT_DATA_FILE_SIZE_IN_MB``.
video_files_size_in_mb (int | None): Max video file size in MB. Defaults to ``DEFAULT_VIDEO_FILE_SIZE_IN_MB``.
Returns:
DatasetInfo: A typed dataset information object with initial metadata.
"""
return DatasetInfo(
codebase_version=codebase_version,
fps=fps,
features=features,
robot_type=robot_type,
chunks_size=chunks_size or DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE,
data_files_size_in_mb=data_files_size_in_mb or DEFAULT_DATA_FILE_SIZE_IN_MB,
video_files_size_in_mb=video_files_size_in_mb or DEFAULT_VIDEO_FILE_SIZE_IN_MB,
data_path=DEFAULT_DATA_PATH,
video_path=DEFAULT_VIDEO_PATH if use_videos else None,
)
def features_equal_for_merge(features_a: dict[str, dict], features_b: dict[str, dict]) -> bool:
"""Return whether two LeRobotDatasetMetadata ``features`` dicts are compatible for aggregation.
For video features, keys under ``info`` related to video encoding parameters are ignored during
comparison as they do not prevent aggregation.
"""
def _without_encoder_info_keys(feature: dict) -> dict:
filtered = dict(feature)
filtered_info = filtered.get("info")
if isinstance(filtered_info, dict):
filtered["info"] = {
info_key: info_value
for info_key, info_value in filtered_info.items()
if info_key not in VIDEO_ENCODER_INFO_KEYS
}
return filtered
if set(features_a) != set(features_b):
return False
for key in features_a:
fa_key = features_a[key]
fb_key = features_b[key]
if fa_key.get("dtype") != fb_key.get("dtype"):
return False
if fa_key.get("dtype") != "video":
if fa_key != fb_key:
return False
continue
if _without_encoder_info_keys(fa_key) != _without_encoder_info_keys(fb_key):
return False
return True
def check_delta_timestamps(
delta_timestamps: dict[str, list[float]], fps: int, tolerance_s: float, raise_value_error: bool = True
) -> bool:
"""Check if delta timestamps are multiples of 1/fps +/- tolerance.
This ensures that adding these delta timestamps to any existing timestamp in
the dataset will result in a value that aligns with the dataset's frame rate.
Args:
delta_timestamps (dict): A dictionary where values are lists of time
deltas in seconds.
fps (int): The frames per second of the dataset.
tolerance_s (float): The allowed tolerance in seconds.
raise_value_error (bool): If True, raises an error on failure.
Returns:
bool: True if all deltas are valid, False otherwise.
Raises:
ValueError: If any delta is outside the tolerance and `raise_value_error` is True.
"""
outside_tolerance = {}
for key, delta_ts in delta_timestamps.items():
within_tolerance = [abs(ts * fps - round(ts * fps)) / fps <= tolerance_s for ts in delta_ts]
if not all(within_tolerance):
outside_tolerance[key] = [
ts for ts, is_within in zip(delta_ts, within_tolerance, strict=True) if not is_within
]
if len(outside_tolerance) > 0:
if raise_value_error:
raise ValueError(
f"""
The following delta_timestamps are found outside of tolerance range.
Please make sure they are multiples of 1/{fps} +/- tolerance and adjust
their values accordingly.
\n{pformat(outside_tolerance)}
"""
)
return False
return True
def get_delta_indices(delta_timestamps: dict[str, list[float]], fps: int) -> dict[str, list[int]]:
"""Convert delta timestamps in seconds to delta indices in frames.
Args:
delta_timestamps (dict): A dictionary of time deltas in seconds.
fps (int): The frames per second of the dataset.
Returns:
dict: A dictionary of frame delta indices.
"""
delta_indices = {}
for key, delta_ts in delta_timestamps.items():
delta_indices[key] = [round(d * fps) for d in delta_ts]
return delta_indices
def validate_frame(frame: dict, features: dict) -> None:
# DEFAULT_FEATURES (timestamp, frame_index, episode_index, index, task_index) are
# auto-populated by the recording pipeline (add_frame / save_episode) and must not
# be supplied by the caller. Excluding them here means any frame dict that contains
# these keys will be rejected as extra features.
expected_features = set(features) - set(DEFAULT_FEATURES)
actual_features = set(frame)
# task is a special required field that's not part of regular features
if "task" not in actual_features:
raise ValueError("Feature mismatch in `frame` dictionary:\nMissing features: {'task'}\n")
# Remove task from actual_features for regular feature validation
actual_features_for_validation = actual_features - {"task"}
error_message = validate_features_presence(actual_features_for_validation, expected_features)
common_features = actual_features_for_validation & expected_features
for name in common_features:
error_message += validate_feature_dtype_and_shape(name, features[name], frame[name])
if error_message:
raise ValueError(error_message)
def validate_features_presence(actual_features: set[str], expected_features: set[str]) -> str:
"""Check for missing or extra features in a frame.
Args:
actual_features (set[str]): The set of feature names present in the frame.
expected_features (set[str]): The set of feature names expected in the frame.
Returns:
str: An error message string if there's a mismatch, otherwise an empty string.
"""
error_message = ""
missing_features = expected_features - actual_features
extra_features = actual_features - expected_features
if missing_features or extra_features:
error_message += "Feature mismatch in `frame` dictionary:\n"
if missing_features:
error_message += f"Missing features: {missing_features}\n"
if extra_features:
error_message += f"Extra features: {extra_features}\n"
return error_message
def validate_feature_dtype_and_shape(
name: str, feature: dict, value: np.ndarray | PILImage.Image | str
) -> str:
"""Validate the dtype and shape of a single feature's value.
Args:
name (str): The name of the feature.
feature (dict): The feature specification from the LeRobot features dictionary.
value: The value of the feature to validate.
Returns:
str: An error message if validation fails, otherwise an empty string.
Raises:
NotImplementedError: If the feature dtype is not supported for validation.
"""
expected_dtype = feature["dtype"]
expected_shape = feature["shape"]
if is_valid_numpy_dtype_string(expected_dtype):
return validate_feature_numpy_array(name, expected_dtype, expected_shape, value)
elif expected_dtype in ["image", "video"]:
return validate_feature_image_or_video(name, expected_shape, value)
elif expected_dtype == "string":
return validate_feature_string(name, value)
elif expected_dtype == "language":
return validate_feature_language(name, value)
else:
raise NotImplementedError(f"The feature dtype '{expected_dtype}' is not implemented yet.")
def validate_feature_numpy_array(
name: str, expected_dtype: str, expected_shape: list[int], value: np.ndarray
) -> str:
"""Validate a feature that is expected to be a numpy array.
Args:
name (str): The name of the feature.
expected_dtype (str): The expected numpy dtype as a string.
expected_shape (list[int]): The expected shape.
value (np.ndarray): The numpy array to validate.
Returns:
str: An error message if validation fails, otherwise an empty string.
"""
error_message = ""
if isinstance(value, np.ndarray):
actual_dtype = value.dtype
actual_shape = value.shape
if actual_dtype != np.dtype(expected_dtype):
error_message += f"The feature '{name}' of dtype '{actual_dtype}' is not of the expected dtype '{expected_dtype}'.\n"
if actual_shape != expected_shape:
error_message += f"The feature '{name}' of shape '{actual_shape}' does not have the expected shape '{expected_shape}'.\n"
else:
error_message += f"The feature '{name}' is not a 'np.ndarray'. Expected type is '{expected_dtype}', but type '{type(value)}' provided instead.\n"
return error_message
def validate_feature_image_or_video(
name: str, expected_shape: list[str], value: np.ndarray | PILImage.Image
) -> str:
"""Validate a feature that is expected to be an image or video frame.
Accepts `np.ndarray` (channel-first or channel-last) or `PIL.Image.Image`.
Args:
name (str): The name of the feature.
expected_shape (list[str]): The expected shape (C, H, W).
value: The image data to validate.
Returns:
str: An error message if validation fails, otherwise an empty string.
"""
# Note: The check of pixels range ([0,1] for float and [0,255] for uint8) is done by the image writer threads.
error_message = ""
if isinstance(value, np.ndarray):
actual_shape = value.shape
c, h, w = expected_shape
if len(actual_shape) != 3 or (actual_shape != (c, h, w) and actual_shape != (h, w, c)):
error_message += f"The feature '{name}' of shape '{actual_shape}' does not have the expected shape '{(c, h, w)}' or '{(h, w, c)}'.\n"
elif isinstance(value, PILImage.Image):
pass
else:
error_message += f"The feature '{name}' is expected to be of type 'PIL.Image' or 'np.ndarray' channel first or channel last, but type '{type(value)}' provided instead.\n"
return error_message
def validate_feature_string(name: str, value: str) -> str:
"""Validate a feature that is expected to be a string.
Args:
name (str): The name of the feature.
value (str): The value to validate.
Returns:
str: An error message if validation fails, otherwise an empty string.
"""
if not isinstance(value, str):
return f"The feature '{name}' is expected to be of type 'str', but type '{type(value)}' provided instead.\n"
return ""
def validate_feature_language(name: str, value) -> str:
"""Validate a feature that is expected to hold language annotations.
Language columns (``language_persistent`` / ``language_events``) are
populated after recording by the annotation pipeline, not at record time.
Any value supplied here is dropped before the frame is written, so a
non-empty value almost certainly signals a mistake. We warn rather than
fail to keep recording resilient.
Args:
name (str): The name of the feature.
value: The value to validate.
Returns:
str: Always an empty string — language values are non-fatal.
"""
if value is not None:
logging.warning(
f"The feature '{name}' is a 'language' column populated by the annotation pipeline, "
f"not at record time. The provided value will be dropped."
)
return ""
def validate_episode_buffer(episode_buffer: dict, total_episodes: int, features: dict) -> None:
"""Validate the episode buffer before it's written to disk.
Ensures the buffer has the required keys, contains at least one frame, and
has features consistent with the dataset's specification.
Args:
episode_buffer (dict): The buffer containing data for a single episode.
total_episodes (int): The current total number of episodes in the dataset.
features (dict): The LeRobot features dictionary for the dataset.
Raises:
ValueError: If the buffer is invalid.
NotImplementedError: If the episode index is manually set and doesn't match.
"""
if "size" not in episode_buffer:
raise ValueError("size key not found in episode_buffer")
if "task" not in episode_buffer:
raise ValueError("task key not found in episode_buffer")
if episode_buffer["episode_index"] != total_episodes:
# TODO(aliberts): Add option to use existing episode_index
raise NotImplementedError(
"You might have manually provided the episode_buffer with an episode_index that doesn't "
"match the total number of episodes already in the dataset. This is not supported for now."
)
if episode_buffer["size"] == 0:
raise ValueError("You must add one or several frames with `add_frame` before calling `add_episode`.")
buffer_keys = set(episode_buffer.keys()) - {"task", "size"}
if not buffer_keys == set(features):
raise ValueError(
f"Features from `episode_buffer` don't match the ones in `features`."
f"In episode_buffer not in features: {buffer_keys - set(features)}"
f"In features not in episode_buffer: {set(features) - buffer_keys}"
)