Robotics community splits as Astra, Fable, Muse zero-shot benchmarks; VLA investors despair
MikeShou1 · x · 2026-09-14
NYU professor Lerrel Pinto senses 'deep despair' in academia as Astra, Fable and Muse zero-shot robotics and world-model benchmarks — a step jump in progress. Responder Kostas Penn disagrees: structured methods like hand-eye calibration and classic motion planning still work, and the real despair belongs to VLA investors, not practitioners.
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