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Sigma: The Key for Vision-Language-Action Models toward Telepathic Alignment

arXiv 2512.00783 ↗First posted 30 Nov 2025cs.LG cs.ROcited by 1

On the map: Vision-language-action models → Reasoning and chain-of-thought in VLA

Abstract (arXiv)

To address a fundamental limitation in cognitive systems, namely the absence of a time-updatable mediating thought space between semantics and continuous control, this work constructs and trains a vision-language-action model termed Sigma, deployed on a single RTX 4090. The model is built upon the open-source pi0.5_base backbone, with the svla_so101_pickplace dataset preprocessed into a structured training corpus. An independently designed VLA architecture is introduced to integrate deep semantic understanding with associative reasoning, enabling telepathic-style alignment between perception and action. Training proceeds through iterative optimization of data preprocessing, LoRA-based fine-tuning, and inference-stage adapter design. Evaluation is conducted using offline closed-loop replay, comparing Sigma against the untuned pi0.5_base under identical data conditions. Experimental results indicate a consistent reduction in control MSE across vector-, fragment-, and trajectory-level scales, while preserving the stability of the telepathy norm and semantic-text alignment quality. These findings demonstrate that mind-responsive alignment control can be quantitatively achieved through semantic and associative architectural integration without retraining the base model, providing a reproducible pathway for semantic alignment and intention-driven behavior.

Key facts. Cited by 1 paper in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Reasoning and chain-of-thought in VLA, one of 13 directions in Vision-language-action models. Builds on 25 of its 29 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 30 Nov 2025.

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  1. 2025CoT-VLA: Visual Chain-of-Thought Reasoning for Vision-Language-Action Models27 Mar
  2. 2025ChatVLA: Unified Multimodal Understanding and Robot Control with Vision-Language-Action Model20 Feb

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