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Dexbotic: Open-Source Vision-Language-Action Toolbox

arXiv 2510.23511 ↗First posted 27 Oct 2025cs.ROcited by 12

On the map: Vision-language-action models → Generalist VLA models and benchmarks

Abstract (arXiv)

In this paper, we present Dexbotic, an open-source Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model toolbox based on PyTorch. It aims to provide a one-stop VLA research service for professionals in the field of embodied intelligence. It offers a codebase that supports multiple mainstream VLA policies simultaneously, allowing users to reproduce various VLA methods with just a single environment setup. The toolbox is experiment-centric, where the users can quickly develop new VLA experiments by simply modifying the Exp script. Moreover, we provide much stronger pretrained models to achieve great performance improvements for state-of-the-art VLA policies. Dexbotic will continuously update to include more of the latest pre-trained foundation models and cutting-edge VLA models in the industry.

Key facts. Cited by 12 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Generalist VLA models and benchmarks, one of 13 directions in Vision-language-action models. Builds on 32 of its 34 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 27 Oct 2025.

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32 of 34 references.

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  2. 2025π0.5: a Vision-Language-Action Model with Open-World Generalization22 Apr
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  5. 2024CogACT: A Foundational Vision-Language-Action Model for Synergizing Cognition and Action in Robotic Manipulation29 Nov
  6. 2024π0: A Vision-Language-Action Flow Model for General Robot Control31 Oct
  7. 2024OpenVLA: An Open-Source Vision-Language-Action Model13 Jun
  8. 2023RT-2: Vision-Language-Action Models Transfer Web Knowledge to Robotic Control28 Jul

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Citing papers per year: 2025: 2; 2026: 10.

12 papers.

  1. 2026StarVLA: A Lego-like Codebase for Vision-Language-Action Model Developingcited by 112
  2. 2026A Pragmatic VLA Foundation Modelcited by 103
  3. 2026Evo-Depth: A Lightweight Depth-Enhanced Vision-Language-Action Modelcited by 16
  4. 2026DM0: An Embodied-Native Vision-Language-Action Model towards Physical AIcited by 12
  5. 2026MemoryVLA++: Temporal Modeling via Memory and Imagination in Vision-Language-Action Modelscited by 10
  6. 2026vla-eval: A Unified Evaluation Harness for Vision-Language-Action Modelscited by 7
  7. 2025SpatialActor: Exploring Disentangled Spatial Representations for Robust Robotic Manipulationcited by 5
  8. 2025An Anatomy of Vision-Language-Action Models: From Modules to Milestones and Challengescited by 4
  9. 2026Thousand-GPU Large-Scale Training and Optimization Recipe for AI-Native Cloud Embodied Intelligence Infrastructurecited by 3
  10. 2026VLA Foundry: A Unified Framework for Training Vision-Language-Action Modelscited by 1
  11. 2026RIO: Flexible Real-Time Robot I/O for Cross-Embodiment Robot Learningcited by 1
  12. 2026D-VLA: A High-Concurrency Distributed Asynchronous Reinforcement Learning Framework for Vision-Language-Action Modelscited by 1

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