Spatial Reasoners for Continuous Variables in Any Domain
On the map: LLM reasoning → Spatial and embodied reasoning
Abstract (arXiv)
We present Spatial Reasoners, a software framework to perform spatial reasoning over continuous variables with generative denoising models. Denoising generative models have become the de-facto standard for image generation, due to their effectiveness in sampling from complex, high-dimensional distributions. Recently, they have started being explored in the context of reasoning over multiple continuous variables. Providing infrastructure for generative reasoning with such models requires a high effort, due to a wide range of different denoising formulations, samplers, and inference strategies. Our presented framework aims to facilitate research in this area, providing easy-to-use interfaces to control variable mapping from arbitrary data domains, generative model paradigms, and inference strategies. Spatial Reasoners are openly available at https://spatialreasoners.github.io/
Key facts. Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Spatial and embodied reasoning, one of 17 directions in LLM reasoning. Builds on 19 of its 20 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 14 Jul 2025.
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