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Mike Young @mikeyoung44

Robot Vision Models: Quality Trumps Quantity In Training Data

Robot learning benefits from quality vision data, not just model size. Smaller models like BRIDGE outperform giants like CLIP with smaller datasets (1.7M vs 400M). Data quality matters more than quantity for robot vision tasks.

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Robot learning benefits from quality vision data, not just model size
Traditional pre-trained vision models often fail for robot tasks
R2V dataset bridge between robotics and vision domains
BRIDGE model outperforms CLIP with smaller dataset (1.7M vs 400M)
Data quality matters more than quantity for robot vision tasks
Specialized vi...