OmniVLA-RL: A Vision-Language-Action Model with Spatial Understanding and Online RL
arXiv cs.RO / 4/21/2026
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Key Points
- The paper introduces OmniVLA-RL, a new vision-language-action model aimed at improving embodied AI performance despite known issues in spatial perception, multimodal fusion, and reinforcement learning stability.
- It uses a Mix-of-Transformers (MoT) architecture that combines specialized “reasoning,” “spatial,” and “action” experts to better integrate multimodal information for action selection.
- To improve action precision and training robustness, the authors propose Flow-GSPO, which reformulates flow matching as an SDE-based process and combines it with Group Segmented Policy Optimization (GSPO).
- Experiments on the LIBERO and LIBERO-Plus benchmarks show OmniVLA-RL outperforming prior state-of-the-art approaches, addressing core limitations of existing VLA models.
- Overall, the work advances the design and training pipeline of VLA systems by coupling spatial understanding improvements with more stable online reinforcement learning.
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