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PhyCritic: Multimodal Critic Models for Physical AI research paper by NVIDIA, 2026

NVIDIA · Multimodal and robotics · Feb 11, 2026 · 17 citations · 55 upvotes · unverified

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PhyCritic is a multimodal critic model designed for physical AI tasks through a two-stage RLVR pipeline that enhances perception and reasoning capabilities.

By Tianyi Xiong, Shihao Wang, Guilin Liu and 5 more · arXiv 2602.11124 · PDF

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Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
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17, 2 influential · Semantic Scholar
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55 · Hugging Face
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CitationsNov 9, 2026Citations rose from 16 to 17.
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CitationsOct 12, 2026Influential citations rose from 1 to 2.
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CitationsSep 25, 2026A first count of 1 influential citations.
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