LIBERO-X: Robustness Litmus for Vision-Language-Action Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.06556v1
• Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:59:12 GMT
• Title: LIBERO-X: Robustness Litmus for Vision-Language-Action Models
• Authors: Guodong Wang, Chenkai Zhang, Qingjie Liu, Jinjin Zhang, Jiancheng Cai, Junjie Liu, Xinmin Liu,
• Abstract summary: This work systematically rethinks VLA benchmarking from both evaluation and data perspectives.<n>We introduce LIBERO-X, a benchmark featuring a hierarchical evaluation protocol with progressive difficulty levels targeting three core capabilities.<n> Experiments with representative VLA models reveal significant performance drops under cumulative perturbations.
• Score: 32.29541801424534
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Reliable benchmarking is critical for advancing Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, as it reveals their generalization, robustness, and alignment of perception with language-driven manipulation tasks. However, existing benchmarks often provide limited or misleading assessments due to insufficient evaluation protocols that inadequately capture real-world distribution shifts. This work systematically rethinks VLA benchmarking from both evaluation and data perspectives, introducing LIBERO-X, a benchmark featuring: 1) A hierarchical evaluation protocol with progressive difficulty levels targeting three core capabilities: spatial generalization, object recognition, and task instruction understanding. This design enables fine-grained analysis of performance degradation under increasing environmental and task complexity; 2) A high-diversity training dataset collected via human teleoperation, where each scene supports multiple fine-grained manipulation objectives to bridge the train-evaluation distribution gap. Experiments with representative VLA models reveal significant performance drops under cumulative perturbations, exposing persistent limitations in scene comprehension and instruction grounding. By integrating hierarchical evaluation with diverse training data, LIBERO-X offers a more reliable foundation for assessing and advancing VLA development.

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