I do! VLAs struggle with context and memory, and some of the more important information at least for long-horizon tasks will be organized spatially and temporally. Real, deployed robots need to go places to work reliably. Plus SLAM is one of those things that's, genuinely, solved; at least to the level we care about. It's just not broadly available yet.
Hi Chris, speaking of SLAM, do you think it still an essential component during this VLA era?
I do! VLAs struggle with context and memory, and some of the more important information at least for long-horizon tasks will be organized spatially and temporally. Real, deployed robots need to go places to work reliably. Plus SLAM is one of those things that's, genuinely, solved; at least to the level we care about. It's just not broadly available yet.
what do you think about Cerulion ? ( cerulion.com)
Honestly, I know nothing about it, will have to look into it.