Dual-system VLA research implementation

OpenHelix

OpenHelix is an independent research implementation exploring a dual-system VLA architecture inspired by Figure’s Helix work.

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OpenHelix-Team/OpenHelix official repository

OpenHelix-Team · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official README inspected live. Repository code terms do not automatically cover model weights, data, or third-party assets.

OpenHelix original paper

OpenHelix Team · Published 2025-05-06 · Source accessed 2026-09-28

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Architecture and scope

It is not Figure’s Helix source code or a release of Figure’s weights. The repository provides its own prompt-tuning variants and evaluation configuration.

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OpenHelix-Team/OpenHelix official repository

OpenHelix-Team · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official README inspected live. Repository code terms do not automatically cover model weights, data, or third-party assets.

OpenHelix original paper

OpenHelix Team · Published 2025-05-06 · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Integration and evaluation

The maintained evaluation path names CALVIN ABC-D and an episode-length setting. Environment fixes and the specific prompt-tuning checkpoint must accompany any reproduced result.

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OpenHelix-Team/OpenHelix official repository

OpenHelix-Team · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official README inspected live. Repository code terms do not automatically cover model weights, data, or third-party assets.

OpenHelix original paper

OpenHelix Team · Published 2025-05-06 · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Evidence boundary

A shared architectural inspiration does not establish performance equivalence or vendor support.

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OpenHelix-Team/OpenHelix official repository

OpenHelix-Team · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official README inspected live. Repository code terms do not automatically cover model weights, data, or third-party assets.

OpenHelix original paper

OpenHelix Team · Published 2025-05-06 · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Model identity

Developer
OpenHelix Team
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OpenHelix-Team/OpenHelix official repository

OpenHelix-Team · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official README inspected live. Repository code terms do not automatically cover model weights, data, or third-party assets.

Exact version / scope
OpenHelix reference implementation
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OpenHelix-Team/OpenHelix official repository

OpenHelix-Team · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official README inspected live. Repository code terms do not automatically cover model weights, data, or third-party assets.

Category
Dual-system VLA research implementation
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Sources 1
OpenHelix-Team/OpenHelix official repository

OpenHelix-Team · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official README inspected live. Repository code terms do not automatically cover model weights, data, or third-party assets.

Access model
Public code and prompt-tuning checkpoints
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OpenHelix-Team/OpenHelix official repository

OpenHelix-Team · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official README inspected live. Repository code terms do not automatically cover model weights, data, or third-party assets.

License
Not publicly disclosed

Inputs, outputs & embodiment

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Outputs
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Embodiment
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Implementation & training

Compute
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Training-data disclosures
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Integrations
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Reported benchmark results

Context before scores. Results from different benchmarks are not directly comparable. A simulation result does not establish real-world reliability, safety or commercial availability.
No result meets our complete revision and methodology requirements for this record yet. Inspect the original benchmark documentation before comparing published scores.

What this evidence does not establish

  • A shared architectural inspiration does not establish performance equivalence or vendor support.
  • Pricing and deployment service terms were not verified.

Relationships & deployments

Related reading is an editorial crosslink. Sourced connections describe relationships reported in the cited material. A link to a versioned profile does not establish compatibility with that version unless the connection note explicitly identifies it.

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OpenHelix → CALVIN
Sources 1
OpenHelix-Team/OpenHelix official repository

OpenHelix-Team · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official README inspected live. Repository code terms do not automatically cover model weights, data, or third-party assets.

Connection reviewed 2026-09-28

Record history & verified changes

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Sources & evidence

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OpenHelix-Team/OpenHelix official repository

OpenHelix-Team · Repository · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

License: MIT code. Factual summary and attribution only; no upstream prose, images, weights, or dataset redistributed.

Official README inspected live. Repository code terms do not automatically cover model weights, data, or third-party assets.

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OpenHelix original paper

OpenHelix Team · Paper · Published 2025-05-06 · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Factual summary and attribution only; no upstream prose, images, weights, or dataset redistributed.