Real-Time RL in the Real World: Robots Master Tasks in Under 100 Episodes
svlevine · x · 2026-07-04
The RL portion of this method is nearly identical to standard RL, except it treats language instructions as actions. Because a strong VLA is highly controllable, these "actions" are highly expressive. The team ran RL directly in the real world in real-time, demonstrating that the robot could master tasks in under 100 episodes.
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