arXiv AI By Hyeonjun Kim, Jegwang Ryu, Sangbeom Ha, Junhyeok Lee, Jun-Hyuk Kim, Hyemin Ahn, Jaeho Lee

Learned Image Compression for Vision-Language-Action Models

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arXiv:2606. 16253v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models increasingly rely on high-frequency multi-camera observations, making visual communication a major bottleneck for real-time robotic control in bandwidth-constrained or distributed deployment settings.

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