- You need breadthMulti-task coverage and flexible prompting matter.
- You have broad dataEmbodiment and task diversity exist already.
- You can absorb complexityTraining and serving cost are acceptable.
Foundation models vs task-specific policies
Most robotics teams should compare decision speed, cost, and evaluation clarity before assuming a foundation-model route is the best commercial choice.
- Narrow workflows dominate
- Fast iteration matters
- Evaluation needs to be simple
- Deployment cost is constrained
Many commercial teams should start with narrow task policies, prove value, and only then expand toward larger model classes.
Continue the loop
Every VLA here can be fine-tuned on your own demonstrations.