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Qwen-RobotNav Technical Report: A Scalable Navigation Model Designed for an Agentic Navigation System research paper by Alibaba (Qwen), 2026

Alibaba (Qwen) · Foundation models · Jun 18, 2026 · 23 citations · 29 upvotes · unverified

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Qwen-RobotNav is a scalable navigation model with a parameterized interface enabling dynamic task modes and observation parameters, achieving state-of-the-art performance through multi-task training and zero-shot generalization to real-world robotics.

By Jiazhao Zhang, Gengze Zhou, Hale Yin and 31 more · arXiv 2606.18112 · PDF · Code

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arXiv.org
Citations
23, 2 influential · Semantic Scholar
Upvotes
29 · Hugging Face
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CitationsNov 9, 2026Citations rose from 22 to 23.
CitationsNov 2, 2026Influential citations rose from 1 to 2.
CitationsNov 2, 2026Citations rose from 13 to 22.
CitationsOct 12, 2026Citations rose from 11 to 13.
CitationsOct 5, 2026Citations rose from 8 to 11.
CitationsSep 28, 2026Influential citations rose from 0 to 1.
CitationsSep 28, 2026Citations rose from 7 to 8.
CitationsSep 25, 2026A first count of 0 influential citations.
CitationsSep 25, 2026A first count of 7 citations.
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