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Follow-up: VSArena now has a proper VLA track (camera + language, no privileged state) — repo and docs are public
VSArena, an open-source robotics benchmark platform, has launched a new Vision-Language-Action (VLA) track that restricts policy inputs to only camera images and language instructions—removing privileged state information like cube poses—to better reflect real-world embodied AI constraints.
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"VSArena launched a new VLA benchmark track where policies receive only camera images and language instructions—not privileged state—enabling more realistic embodied AI evaluation."
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Aug 23, 2026