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  1. ObsGraph: Hierarchical Observation Representation for Embodied Reasoning and Exploration

    Jun 23, 2026Taekbeom Lee, Youngseok Jang, Jeonghwa Heo +2Graph-Based Retrieval3D Scene Representation

    Seoul National University

  2. Vesta: A Generalist Embodied Reasoning Model

    Jun 18, 2026Johan Bjorck, Zhiqi Li, Yunze Man +29Visual Spatial ReasoningRobot Foundation Models

    Co-first authors (alphabetical order). · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Core authors (alphabetical order). +8

  3. ERQA-Plus: A Diagnostic Benchmark for Reasoning in Embodied AI

    Jun 16, 2026Hong Yang, Basura FernandoVisual Spatial ReasoningEmbodied QA

    Centre for Frontier AI Research Agency for Science, Technology and Research Singapore · Centre for Frontier AI Research, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore · College of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  4. RoboPIN: Grounded Embodied Reasoning via Pinned Chain-of-Thought

    Jun 14, 2026Yaoting Huang, Yifu Yuan, Linqi Han +6Visual Spatial ReasoningCoT Reasoning

    1Tianjin University

  5. Embodied-R1.5: Evolving Physical Intelligence via Embodied Foundation Models

    Jun 9, 2026Yifu Yuan, Yaoting Huang, Xianze Yao +20Long-Horizon Robotic ManipulationRobot Foundation Models

    Tianjin University · Tencent Hunyuan

  6. Planning Takes More Than Token Prediction: Causal Plan for Benchmarking and Building Physically Grounded Embodied Reasoners

    Jun 1, 2026Zheng Lu, Mingqi Gao, Qinlei Xie +7Physical ReasoningAI Agent Benchmarks

    Tsinghua University · Microsoft Research Asia · MBZUAI

  7. MindClaw: Closed-Loop Embodied Mental-State Reasoning for Precision Intervention

    May 31, 2026Ruoxuan Zhang, Qiaoqiao Wan, Zhengguang Wang +4Theory of MindAssistive Robotics

    Jilin University · Microsoft Asia · National Taiwan University

  8. Extending Embodied Question Answering from Perception to Decision

    May 25, 2026Xicheng Gong, Qiwei Li, Peiran Xu +1Embodied QAVLM Reasoning

    Peking University

  9. EgoProx: Evaluating MLLMs on Egocentric 3D Proximity Reasoning Across a Cognitive Hierarchy

    May 23, 2026Jinzhao Li, Yinuo Chen, Dongxu Piao +9Spatial Reasoning BenchmarksLLM Evaluation

    College of AI, Tsinghua University · 2ByteDance · 3State Key Laboratory of General Artificial Intelligence, BIGAI

  10. Probing an Embodied LLM: When Higher Observation Fidelity Hurts Problem Solving

    May 19, 2026Oussama Zenkri, Oliver BrockLarge Language Model-Based Robot PlanningLLM Agent Evaluation

    Robotics and Biology Laboratory, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany · Science of Intelligence, Research Cluster of Excellence, Berlin, Germany · Robotics Institute Germany (RIG)

  11. Beyond the Cartesian Illusion: Testing Two-Stage Multi-Modal Theory of Mind under Perceptual Bottlenecks

    May 18, 2026Yajing Zhou, Xiangyu KongAudio-Visual UnderstandingVisual Spatial Reasoning

    College of Computer Science, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, No.55 Taihang Road, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, China

  12. Pelican-Unify 1.0: A Unified Embodied Intelligence Model for Understanding, Reasoning, Imagination and Action

    May 14, 2026Yi Zhang, Yinda Chen, Che Liu +26Action-Conditioned Video GenerationUnified Multimodal Models

    Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics (X-Humanoid) WFM System Group

  13. PRISM: : Planning and Reasoning with Intent in Simulated Embodied Environments

    May 12, 2026Yunn Kang Lim, Pengzhan Sun, Ziyi Bai +4Long-Horizon Agent EvaluationAI Agent Benchmarks

    1A*STAR · 2National University of Singapore · 3BAAI

  14. MolmoAct2: Action Reasoning Models for Real-world Deployment

    May 4, 2026Haoquan Fang, Jiafei Duan, Donovan Clay +26RoboticsEfficient VLA Models

    1Allen Institute for AI · University of Washington · 3National University of Singapore +6

  15. KinDER: A Physical Reasoning Benchmark for Robot Learning and Planning

    Apr 28, 2026Yixuan Huang, Bowen Li, Vaibhav Saxena +9Robotics SimulationRobotics

    Princeton University · Carnegie Mellon University · Georgia Tech +3

  16. Unmasking the Illusion of Embodied Reasoning in Vision-Language-Action Models

    Apr 20, 2026Haiweng Xu, Sipeng Zheng, Hao Luo +3VLM EvaluationVLM Reasoning

    1Peking University · 3BeingBeyond · 2Tsinghua University

  17. Chain Of Interaction Benchmark (COIN): When Reasoning meets Embodied Interaction

    Apr 18, 2026Xianhao Wang, Xiaojian Ma, Haozhe Hu +7Long-Horizon Robotic ManipulationRobotics

    University of Science and Technology of China · Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI) · Xidian University +2

  18. SplatReasoner: Enhancing Embodied Reasoning and Grounding by Novel View Synthesis

    Jan 19, 2026Kim Yu-Ji, Dahye Lee, Kim Jun-Seong +6VLM ReasoningVisually Grounded Reasoning

    POSTECH · KAIST · ETRI +1

  19. Robobench: A Comprehensive Evaluation Benchmark for Multimodal Large Language Models as Embodied Brain

    Oct 20, 2025Yulin Luo, Chun-Kai Fan, Menghang Dong +19Long-Horizon Robotic ManipulationMultimodal Large Language Models

    State Key Laboratory of Multimedia Information Processing, School of Computer2026 Science, Peking University · Institute for Brain and Intelligence, Fudan University · University of Science andJul Technology Beijing +2

  20. BuilderBench: The Building Blocks of Intelligent Agents

    Oct 7, 2025Raj Ghugare, Roger Creus Castanyer, Catherine Ji +4Long-Horizon Agent EvaluationRobot Manipulation Benchmarks

    Princeton University · Mila – Quebec AI Institute · Université de Montréal