Perceptron Inc releases SotA VLA model, unifying perception and control
code_star · x · 2026-08-20
Perceptron Inc has announced the training of a state-of-the-art VLA (Vision-Language-Action) model, with plans for an open-source release.
Key Insights:
- Unified Intelligence: The split between perception and control is seen as an artifact of field history, not physical intelligence. Their next model is a true embodied foundation model jointly trained as a VLM, ER, and VLA.
- Transfer Learning: The data and modeling efforts for their frontier VLM were found to have substantial transfer learning benefits for training the VLA.
- Upcoming Release: The team is sprinting towards an open-source release of the model and the accompanying paper.
Related event: Perceptron Releases SotA Embodied VLA Model, Plans to Open Source(2 posts)→
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