Robotics panel debates: VLA foundation models or agentic coding models for robots?
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-10-21
chrisjpaxton shared a Horizon panel by Encord on "Real-World Motion and Perception for Humanoid Robots", featuring Ken Goldberg (UC Berkeley professor & Ambi Robotics co-founder), Carolina Parada (VP and Head of Robotics, Google DeepMind), and Alberto Rodriguez (Director of Robot Behavior – Atlas, Boston Dynamics). Paxton's framing question: are VLAs/robot foundation models or agentic coding models for robotics the future? His answer: both.
Related event: DeepMind, Boston Dynamics Discuss Humanoid Motion and Perception(2 posts)→
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