Embodied model unification: treating perception and control as one
AkshatS07 · x · 2026-08-20
Argues that the split between perception and control is an artifact of history, not how physical intelligence works. The next model is a true embodied foundation model that jointly trains VLM, ER, and VLA components as a single problem. An open-source release is planned alongside the paper.
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