3 papers
cs.CV2026
ScAle: Attention Head Scaling as a Minimal Adapter for Spatial Reasoning in Vision Language Models
Rahul Chowdhury, Timothy A Rupprecht, Xuan Shen +2
Spatial reasoning remains a persistent challenge for many vision language models (VLMs), and improving it typically requires fine-tuning with substantial additional parameters. Our…
cs.RO2026
Human Cognition in Machines: A Unified Perspective of World Models
Timothy Rupprecht, Pu Zhao, Amir Taherin +20
This report of world models distinguishes prior works by the cognitive functions they innovate. Many works claim an almost human-like cognitive capability in their world models. To…
cs.CV2026
PhyWorld: Physics-Faithful World Model for Video Generation
Pu Zhao, Juyi Lin, Timothy Rupprecht +10
World simulators can provide safe and scalable environments for training Physical AI systems before real-world deployment. Large video generation models are emerging as a promising…