Update SmolVLA README.md (#1228)

Author: mshukor

README.md

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 ### Acknowledgment
 
+- The LeRobot team 🤗 for building SmolVLA [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01844), [Blog](https://huggingface.co/blog/smolvla).
 - Thanks to Tony Zhao, Zipeng Fu and colleagues for open sourcing ACT policy, ALOHA environments and datasets. Ours are adapted from [ALOHA](https://tonyzhaozh.github.io/aloha) and [Mobile ALOHA](https://mobile-aloha.github.io).
 - Thanks to Cheng Chi, Zhenjia Xu and colleagues for open sourcing Diffusion policy, Pusht environment and datasets, as well as UMI datasets. Ours are adapted from [Diffusion Policy](https://diffusion-policy.cs.columbia.edu) and [UMI Gripper](https://umi-gripper.github.io).
 - Thanks to Nicklas Hansen, Yunhai Feng and colleagues for open sourcing TDMPC policy, Simxarm environments and datasets. Ours are adapted from [TDMPC](https://github.com/nicklashansen/tdmpc) and [FOWM](https://www.yunhaifeng.com/FOWM).
@@ -368,6 +369,15 @@ If you want, you can cite this work with:
 ```
 
 Additionally, if you are using any of the particular policy architecture, pretrained models, or datasets, it is recommended to cite the original authors of the work as they appear below:
+- [SmolVLA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01844)
+```bibtex
+@article{shukor2025smolvla,
+  title={SmolVLA: A Vision-Language-Action Model for Affordable and Efficient Robotics},
+  author={Shukor, Mustafa and Aubakirova, Dana and Capuano, Francesco and Kooijmans, Pepijn and Palma, Steven and Zouitine, Adil and Aractingi, Michel and Pascal, Caroline and Russi, Martino and Marafioti, Andres and Alibert, Simon and Cord, Matthieu and Wolf, Thomas and Cadene, Remi},
+  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.01844},
+  year={2025}
+}
+```
 
 - [Diffusion Policy](https://diffusion-policy.cs.columbia.edu)
 ```bibtex