arXiv AI
Jun 11
Embodied-R1.5: Evolving Physical Intelligence via Embodied Foundation Models
arXiv:2606. 11324v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We introduce Embodied-R1.
The Speedup Paradox: Rethinking Inference Speed-Quality Trade-off in Embodied Tasks
arXiv:2606. 28529v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Embodied foundation models have recently been widely used to improve robot generalization and task success rates.
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arXiv AI
Sep 17
rMuscle: Robotic Muscle Memory for Efficient Vision-Language-Action Model Inference
The paper introduces rMuscle, a real‑time Vision‑Language‑Action inference framework that mimics human muscle memory to accelerate robotic decision making. By exploiting repeated task similarity, rMuscle uses a dual‑phase cache: a Context Cache reuses visual‑token outputs and an Action Cache reuses neuron activation patterns, reducing computation and weight accesses. Experiments on RTX 4090 and Jetson Thor show 1.29–1.42× speedups on LIBERO, RoboTwin, and physical manipulation tasks while preserving success rates on real robots.
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Sep 16
rMuscle: Robotic Muscle Memory for Efficient Vision-Language-Action Model Inference
Factory work is a promising early scenario for embodied AI: assigning repetitive manual jobs to robots has clear economic payoff, and a structured station keeps the jobs tractable for current policies...
arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 27
Training-Free Interaction-Aligned Visual Token Pruning for Efficient Embodied Manipulation
The paper introduces Interaction‑Aligned Pruning (IAprune), a training‑free method for visual token pruning in embodied manipulation tasks. IAprune jointly decides per‑frame budget and token selection, using semantic‑motion spatial agreement to choose between conservative and aggressive coverage, and applies geometric residual correction to focus on under‑represented boundaries. Experiments on four policies, three simulation benchmarks, and a real‑robot platform show that IAprune matches unpruned performance on LIBERO while achieving up to 1.54× speed‑up and 1.48× acceleration on a real robot.
arXiv AI
Aug 25
ParallelWorld: Test-Time Scaling for Embodied Reasoning
arXiv:2608.22971v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Embodied Reasoning constitutes a fundamental capability of embodied intelligence, serving as the basis for autonomous perception, reasoning, and intera...
arXiv AI
Jul 28
VLASH: Real-Time VLAs via Future-State-Aware Asynchronous Inference
arXiv:2512. 01031v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Vision-Language-Action models (VLAs) are becoming increasingly capable across diverse robotic tasks.
arXiv Computation and Language
4d ago
ProgressCompass: Embodied Progress Reward Models Are Lost Without the Right Context
The paper introduces ProgressCompass, a framework that enhances Embodied Progress Reward Models (PRMs) by providing the necessary contextual information for accurate progress estimation in long manipulation tasks. It presents ContextProgress-Bench, a benchmark with 24 tasks that tests PRMs under three context-dependent scenarios—State Recall, Sequence Tracking, and Recurrence Disambiguation—showing that even history-aware PRMs struggle without proper context. By integrating a context-aware loop that leverages general-purpose vision‑language models, ProgressCompass reduces PRM progress error by up to 82% and improves rank agreement by 76%.
arXiv AI
Jul 7
Cortex: A Bidirectionally Aligned Embodied Agent Framework for Long-horizon Manipulation
arXiv:2607. 05377v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: While recent Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models show promise toward generalist manipulation policies, they struggle with long-horizon tasks due to their Markovian nature-relying solely on current observations.
arXiv AI
Aug 6
DeepThinkVLA: Enhancing Reasoning Capability of Vision-Language-Action Models
arXiv:2511. 15669v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Does Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning genuinely improve Vision Language Action (VLA) models, or does it merely add overhead?
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Aug 24
ParallelWorld: Test-Time Scaling for Embodied Reasoning
Embodied Reasoning constitutes a fundamental capability of embodied intelligence, serving as the basis for autonomous perception, reasoning, and interaction within physical environments. Recent studie...
arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 24
Just Noticeable Difference Modeling for Token Compression in Vision-Language-Action Models
arXiv:2608.21247v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Token compression has become a key technique for reducing the inference cost of large foundation models, with approaches such as token pruning and KV-c...
arXiv AI
Aug 10
Capek 0.5: An Execution-Centric Vision-Language Model for Embodied Intelligence
arXiv:2608. 06756v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language models are increasingly serving as the reasoning core of embodied agents.