Peking U & MSRA: BCP optimizes robot replanning timing via lightweight policy
机器之心 · wechat · 2026-08-20
Researchers from Peking University and Microsoft Research Asia proposed Bernoulli-Continuation Policy (BCP) to address failures in VLA robots caused by fixed execution horizons. Fixed replanning rhythms often miss precision-sensitive stages.
- Method: Freezes the base VLA and trains a lightweight 16.4M parameter head. It decomposes "how long to execute" into a series of Bernoulli decisions (continue or replan), optimized via GRPO and a Replanning-Efficiency Reward.
- Results: On RoboTwin2.0 (50 tasks), LingBot-VLA's success rate increased from 89.88% to 93.94%, achieving SOTA among VLA methods. Real-world mug-hanging success rose from 44% to 84%.
- Benefits: Despite slightly more VLA calls, total execution steps and runtime decreased due to higher precision. The method is plug-and-play and requires no changes to the base VLA.
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