“The VLA is controlling the whole humanoid body from like fingertips to the feet... you need to reason entirely about how the body is, and also all the sensory information about how the environment is”

"The Cognitive Revolution" · One Brain, Any Body: Google DeepMind's Keerthana on Gemini Robotics 2, Cross-Embodiment & Humanoids

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use a VLA model to control the entire humanoid body from fingertips to feet, integrating sensory information to decide actions

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