Module 4: Vision-Language-Action (VLA)

The Convergence of LLMs and Robotics

This module represents the cutting edge of Physical AI: giving a robot the ability to understand language, see the world, and act — all together.

VLA (Vision-Language-Action) models are the next generation of robot brains. They take:

• Vision — what the camera sees
• Language — what the human said
• Action — what motor command to execute

And output robot actions directly, without hard-coded rules.

The VLA Pipeline

Human Voice
    │
    ▼
Whisper (Speech-to-Text)
    │
    ▼
LLM (Task Planning) ──── Visual Input (Camera)
    │
    ▼
ROS 2 Action Sequence
    │
    ▼
Robot Executes Task

Topics in This Module

• Whisper — Voice Commands to Text
• LLM Cognitive Planning
• Capstone: The Autonomous Humanoid

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This is the capstone module. You'll combine everything from Modules 1-3 into one complete system.