TOPReward: Token Probabilities as Hidden Zero-Shot Rewards for Robotics research paper by Ai2, 2026
Ai2 · Inference and efficiency · Feb 22, 2026 · 43 citations · 26 upvotes · unverified
What it shows
TOPReward is a probabilistically grounded temporal value function that uses pretrained video Vision-Language Models to estimate robotic task progress through internal token logits, achieving superior performance in zero-shot evaluations across diverse real-world tasks.
By Shirui Chen, Cole Harrison, Ying-Chun Lee and 6 more · arXiv 2602.19313 · PDF · Code
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- 43, 7 influential · Semantic Scholar
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