Make {\pi}0.5 Learn to Call Astra for Reliable Robot Manipulation

Title:Make π0.5 Learn to Call Astra for Reliable Robot Manipulation

Abstract:GPT-6 Astra provides robust embodied reasoning, but frequent external queries increase inference time and token costs. We equip a frozen $\pi_{0.5}$ policy with a lightweight CALL head that learns to predict when assistance is necessary. CALL reuses features from the standard policy forward pass and operates locally without consulting external models. Astra is activated solely for critical recovery events and returns control to $\pi_{0.5}$ upon stabilization. Evaluated across 40 LIBERO tasks (200 episodes), our system achieves a 97.5% success rate, outperforming the 95.5% baseline of pure $\pi_{0.5}$. In the Object, Goal, and Spatial suites, Astra executes only 5.49% of environment steps, consuming approximately 5,027 tokens per test episode. This selective intervention preserves the fast ordinary execution of $\pi_{0.5}$ while seamlessly integrating Astra's reasoning on demand. Our project page is available at this https URL.

Robotics (cs.RO)

arXiv:2610.14117 [cs.RO]

(or arXiv:2610.14117v1 [cs.RO] for this version)

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