Opus 5.5 demos nail spatial perception, but tactile sensing remains VLA robotics' frontier
bookwormengr · x · 2026-09-27
- A viral demo shows Opus 5.5 and Astra-like models precisely perceiving physical space and exact object locations (e.g., going back to fill in an arm after noticing the lines were dotted) — a major milestone for the VLA approach.
- The commenter argues the real final frontier for robotics is tactile sensation: manipulating cloth, rubber, sponge, glass; turning screws, pushing buttons.
- Such signals require embodiment-specific data, which is exactly where VLA-based approaches struggle most and will continue to.
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