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Qwen-VLA: Unifying Vision-Language-Action Modeling across Tasks, Environments, and Robot Embodiments research paper by Alibaba (Qwen), 2026

Alibaba (Qwen) · May 28, 2026 · Multimodal and robotics · 37 citations · 145 upvotes · unverified

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A unified vision-language-action model is presented that integrates diverse embodied decision-making tasks through a shared architecture and training approach, demonstrating strong performance across manipulation, navigation, and trajectory prediction with generalization across different robot platforms and environments.

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About this paper
Authors
Qiuyue Wang, Mingsheng Li, Jian Guan and 37 more
arXiv
2605.30280 · PDF
Venue
arXiv.org
Citations
37, 3 influential · Semantic Scholar
Upvotes
145 · Hugging Face
Lab
Alibaba (Qwen) · on Companies · on Quarterly

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Influential citationsfirst count: 3Sep 25, 2026
Citationsfirst count: 37Sep 25, 2026
New paperFound by the weekly scan, unverifiedSep 25, 2026

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