arXiv AI By Gabriele La Malfa, Nitay Alon, Emanuele La Malfa, Reuth Mirsky, Stefan Sarkadi

Explore, Map, Remember, Decide: Are Embodied VLMs Ready for Safety-Critical Scenarios?

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arXiv:2608. 08077v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Theory of Space framework (ToS) assesses the spatial understanding of curiosity-driven Vision-Language Models (VLMs) under partial observability.

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