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New EgoTools dataset and benchmark target egocentric tool-use reasoning

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Researchers have introduced EgoTools, a new suite designed to improve egocentric tool-use understanding in real-world videos. This suite includes EgoTools-Data, a 100-hour dataset of egocentric recordings with detailed annotations, and EgoTools-Bench, a 1,000-question benchmark for evaluating tool-use reasoning. Current models like Gemini-3.1 Pro show limitations, particularly in perception and grounding, highlighting the need for better training resources. AI

IMPACT This research aims to advance AI's ability to understand and reason about tool use in real-world egocentric video, potentially improving embodied agents.

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New EgoTools dataset and benchmark target egocentric tool-use reasoning

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Shulin Tian, Junsu Kim, Shuai Liu, Hao Li, Yujiao Shen, Sihan Li, Zhe Yang, Yeongon Kim, Feiyu Li, Jialin Wu, Yichi Zhang, Wenhui Wang, Runmao Yao, Yuhao Dong, Zhaoxi Chen, Fangzhou Hong, Antonino Furnari, Jingkang Yang, Hongyuan Zhu, Ziwei Liu ·

    EgoTools: Towards Tool-Centric Reasoning in Real-World Egocentric Videos

    arXiv:2609.39378v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Real-world embodied tasks, from everyday activities to professional procedures, require agents to act under physical constraints while tracking evolving object and task states. Tool use sits at the heart of such tasks, as many every…

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