# OneVLA: A Unified Framework for Embodied Tasks

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.01241 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2606.01241/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 31 May 2026.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [FutureNav: Unified World-Action Modeling for Vision-and-Language Navigation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2606.30367/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Navigation and manipulation are fundamental capabilities of embodied intelligence, enabling robots to interpret natural language commands and interact physically with their surroundings. However, current Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models remain constrained by task-specific architectures, specializing in either navigation or manipulation, which hinders the development of general-purpose robotic agents. To bridge this gap, we introduce OneVLA, a unified architecture that integrates these distinct tasks into a single, cohesive framework. Specifically, we design a unified action head capable of generating both navigation and manipulation actions without requiring task-specific variants. Furthermore, we propose a multi stage progressive training strategy-incorporating curated data construction and Chain-of-Thought (CoT) fine-tuning that facilitates strong positive transfer and mutual reinforcement between the two domains. Extensive experiments in both simulated and real-world environments demonstrate that OneVLA achieves state-of-the-art performance, significantly outperforming both specialized single-task and existing cross-task models. By unifying these core capabilities, OneVLA paves the way for truly general-purpose robotic systems. The model and source code will be publicly released.