# Multimodal and embodied agents Area: [LLM agents and tool use](https://mlsanity.com/agents/index.md). HTML: https://mlsanity.com/agents/multimodal-and-embodied-agents/ ## Key facts - Multimodal and embodied agents: 1,469 papers on arXiv since 2022 (data through 14 Oct 2026). - 74 of its 1,469 mapped papers (5%) cite “Language Models as Zero-Shot Planners: Extracting Actionable Knowledge for Embodied Agents” (2022, arXiv 2201.07207). - 69 of its 1,469 mapped papers (5%) cite “VideoAgent: Long-form Video Understanding with Large Language Model as Agent” (2024, arXiv 2403.10517). - 160 new papers 17 Sep–14 Oct. ## Most cited here - [Language Models as Zero-Shot Planners: Extracting Actionable Knowledge for Embodied Agents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2201.07207/) (2022), cited by 74 papers here - [VideoAgent: Long-form Video Understanding with Large Language Model as Agent](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.10517/) (2024), cited by 69 papers here - [VideoAgent: A Memory-augmented Multimodal Agent for Video Understanding](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.11481/) (2024), cited by 61 papers here - [LLM-Planner: Few-Shot Grounded Planning for Embodied Agents with Large Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.04088/) (2022), cited by 51 papers here - [EmbodiedBench: Comprehensive Benchmarking Multi-modal Large Language Models for Vision-Driven Embodied Agents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.09560/) (2025), cited by 40 papers here - [WebWatcher: Breaking New Frontier of Vision-Language Deep Research Agent](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2508.05748/) (2025), cited by 37 papers here - [Deep Video Discovery: Agentic Search with Tool Use for Long-form Video Understanding](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.18079/) (2025), cited by 36 papers here - [Embodied Agent Interface: Benchmarking LLMs for Embodied Decision Making](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2410.07166/) (2024), cited by 32 papers here - [SceneCraft: An LLM Agent for Synthesizing 3D Scene as Blender Code](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.01248/) (2024), cited by 30 papers here - [DeepEyesV2: Toward Agentic Multimodal Model](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.05271/) (2025), cited by 30 papers here ## New (17 Sep–14 Oct) - [DeSpatial: The devil of Agentic Spatial Reasoning Lies in 3D Itself](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.20990/) (2026-10-14) - [Any Time, Any Space: A World-State-Centric Framework for Agentic Video Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.20571/) (2026-10-14) - [PhySGA: A Physics-Space Grounded Agentic Framework for Generalizable and Interactive 3D Composition](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.20560/) (2026-10-14) - [Look Before You Restore: Learning to Predict Before Acting for Agentic Image Restoration](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.20384/) (2026-10-14) - [Reflect After Failure: Brain-Inspired Self-Evolving Agents for Embodied Spatial Intelligence](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.20312/) (2026-10-14) - [HM3D-M3: A Benchmark for Multi-Agent, Multi-Modal, Multi-Object Goal Navigation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.20121/) (2026-10-14) - [BluePixel: Toward Native 4K Agentic Image Editing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.19882/) (2026-10-14) - [F2A-ObjectNav: An Adaptive Agentic Architecture for Object-Goal Navigation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.19618/) (2026-10-14) - [Cracking Mobile Manipulation: From Failure Diagnosis to Agentic Robot System](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.19600/) (2026-10-14) - [ActICL: Post-Training for Agentic Multimodal In-Context Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.19475/) (2026-10-14) - [How Far Can Coding Agents Go in Visual Generation?](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.19025/) (2026-10-13) - [ChunkAct: Action Chunking for Agentic Robotics](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.18874/) (2026-10-13) - [EmbodiedEvo: Self-Evolving Coding Agent For Physical Intelligence](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.18867/) (2026-10-13) - [AutoAgent0: An Agentic Runtime for Safe Closed-Loop Driving](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.18866/) (2026-10-13) - [RSIgen: Reciprocal Self-Improvement for Agentic Visual Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.18688/) (2026-10-13) - [Behavioural self-monitoring for autonomous earth observation agents: The attribute reliability monitor (ARM)](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.18548/) (2026-10-13) - [Urbex: Agentic Spatial Grounding for City-Scale 3D Scenes](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.18356/) (2026-10-13) - [ABot-ER: Unified Embodied Reasoning through Agentic Data-Model Co-Evolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.18355/) (2026-10-13) - [APT: Feedback-Driven Agentic Post-Training for Text-to-Image Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.18097/) (2026-10-13) - [Agentic Robot Creation through Generation, Verification, and Revision](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.17881/) (2026-10-13) - [Code2Worlds-2: Physically Plausible Agent Harness for Embodied World Simulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.17651/) (2026-10-13) - [PhysCodeGym: Benchmarking Coding Agents for Physically Verifiable 4D Reconstruction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.17288/) (2026-10-12) - [Interactive Navigation Beyond Reachability: Benchmark and Agentic Framework](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.17089/) (2026-10-12) - [Observe, Share, or Predict? Disentangling Partner Information in Embodied Multi-Agent Collaboration](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.16895/) (2026-10-12) - [CineRecon: Benchmarking Frontier Models for Agentic Cinematic Reconstruction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.16577/) (2026-10-12) - [VideoSlate: Stateful Commit Control for Temporally Grounded Agentic Video Reasoning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.16357/) (2026-10-12) - [ReTAC: Residual Test-Time Agentic Computation for Video Spatial Reasoning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.16315/) (2026-10-12) - [Look Back to Move Forward: Learning to Revisit for Agentic Compositional Image Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.16224/) (2026-10-12) - [SurgiCLAW: An Interpretable Atomic-Skill Agent for Precision Robotic Micromanipulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.15766/) (2026-10-11) - [Inverse Garment Design with Visual Agents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.15582/) (2026-10-11)