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New paper introduces NaVILA, a vision-language-action (VLA) model that integrates high-level visual-language understanding and low-level locomotion control. It enables humanoid or quadruped robots to navigate unseen environments with natural language instructions.

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I'm fascinated by the potential of NaVILA to revolutionize robot navigation! Imagine instructing robots with just natural language. Pure adrenaline!

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