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New framework WareFly-VLA enables language-guided UAV control in warehouses

Researchers have introduced WareFly-VLA, a new framework and dataset designed for vision-language-action (VLA) models to control unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in smart warehouses. The framework includes a dataset of human-teleoperated flight episodes and synchronized control commands, aimed at enabling language-guided human search and tracking. Evaluations using four open-source VLA architectures revealed challenges in generalization and continuous action modeling for aerial platforms. AI

IMPACT This framework could advance the development of autonomous aerial robots capable of understanding and acting on natural language commands in complex environments.

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New framework WareFly-VLA enables language-guided UAV control in warehouses

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Thinh D. Le, Son T. Nguyen, Duong Q. Nguyen, Dung D. Le, Ngo Anh Vien, H. Nguyen-Xuan ·

    WareFly-VLA: A Vision-Language-Action Framework for UAV Navigation and Human Tracking in Smart Warehouses

    arXiv:2610.08526v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have achieved impressive results in robotic manipulation and ground-mobile navigation, yet language-conditioned control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in smart warehouses remains largely une…