The robot just got a world model with hands. star dynamics' vpp2 topped the robodojo benchmark at…
the robot just got a world model with hands. star dynamics' vpp2 topped the robodojo benchmark at 32.26 percent average success, beating gpt-6 astra and nvidia's gr00t, and the weights are open, per oct 10 news.
the robot now plans before it moves.
Context
Star Dynamics' world action model VPP2 (Video Prediction Policy 2) topped the RoboDojo benchmark with a 32.26 percent average success rate and 39.26 average score, per Guandian and Qidian reports on Oct 9. The reports say it passed GPT-6 Astra, Physical Intelligence's n0.5 and NVIDIA's GR00T-N1.7, using only standard datasets.
An arXiv paper on VPP2 is dated Oct 8, and the code was released with the result.
The 32.26 percent score and the rivals beaten match the sources. The sources say code and a project page were open-sourced; open weights were not seen in the excerpts read, so unsupported here, not refuted. Reports are dated Oct 9, not Oct 10.
'the robot now plans before it moves' is the author's opinion.
Related work
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- Check the project page for the weights.
Sources
- arXiv 2610.10270, Oct 8, 2026arxiv.org
- Guandian, Oct 9, 2026guandian.cn
- Qidian Research, Oct 9, 2026qidianyanjiushe.com
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