Summary
According to a post on X by @Andrey__Kolobov, pokeandwiggle independently evaluated Microsoft Research's Rho against MolmoAct2, Pi0.5, GR00T-N1.7 and a DiT-Flow baseline, and Rho came out on top. Rho is described as a family of open-weight, 5B-parameter vision-language-action models built for two-armed manipulation. The post does not give the evaluation's scores, tasks or methodology, so the size of Rho's lead is not clear from the source. The item is a social post, not a full report.
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What happened
Andrey__Kolobov says pokeandwiggle independently evaluated Microsoft Research's Rho against MolmoAct2, Pi0.5, GR00T-N1.7 and a DiT-Flow baseline, and Rho came out on top. Rho is a family of open-weight, 5B-parameter vision-language-action models for two-armed manipulation. Original post on X Section: Models & Releases
Why it matters
Builders working on two-armed robot manipulation may want to look at Rho as an open-weight option alongside the other models named. Because the evaluation is only described in a social post, the result should be checked against the full methodology and results before it guides decisions. Watch for a published report or benchmark details from pokeandwiggle or Microsoft Research.
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