GPT-6 Astra implements a quadruped locomotion policy directly, stretching the 'LLM' label
YuXiang_IRVL · x · 2026-09-09
After Prof. Malik questioned whether an LLM could directly implement a locomotion policy, the author tested it with GPT-6 Astra — and it worked on a quadruped robot. He argues 'LLM' no longer fits Astra, which is multimodal, reasoning, agentic, and spatially aware.
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