Humanoid-VLA: Towards Universal Humanoid Control with Visual Integration

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14795v2
• Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:09:14 GMT
• Title: Humanoid-VLA: Towards Universal Humanoid Control with Visual Integration
• Authors: Pengxiang Ding, Jianfei Ma, Xinyang Tong, Binghong Zou, Xinxin Luo, Yiguo Fan, Ting Wang, Hongchao Lu, Panzhong Mo, Jinxin Liu, Yuefan Wang, Huaicheng Zhou, Wenshuo Feng, Jiacheng Liu, Siteng Huang, Donglin Wang,
• Abstract summary: We propose a novel framework that integrates language understanding, egocentric scene perception, and motion control, enabling universal humanoid control.<n>Humanoid-VLA begins with language-motion pre-alignment using non-egocentric human motion datasets paired with textual descriptions.<n>We then incorporate egocentric visual context through a parameter efficient video-conditioned fine-tuning, enabling context-aware motion generation.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: This paper addresses the limitations of current humanoid robot control frameworks, which primarily rely on reactive mechanisms and lack autonomous interaction capabilities due to data scarcity. We propose Humanoid-VLA, a novel framework that integrates language understanding, egocentric scene perception, and motion control, enabling universal humanoid control. Humanoid-VLA begins with language-motion pre-alignment using non-egocentric human motion datasets paired with textual descriptions, allowing the model to learn universal motion patterns and action semantics. We then incorporate egocentric visual context through a parameter efficient video-conditioned fine-tuning, enabling context-aware motion generation. Furthermore, we introduce a self-supervised data augmentation strategy that automatically generates pseudoannotations directly derived from motion data. This process converts raw motion sequences into informative question-answer pairs, facilitating the effective use of large-scale unlabeled video data. Built upon whole-body control architectures, extensive experiments show that Humanoid-VLA achieves object interaction and environment exploration tasks with enhanced contextual awareness, demonstrating a more human-like capacity for adaptive and intelligent engagement.

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