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TYR

THE WARRIOR

TYR provides a focused survey on using Vision-Language Models for robotic manipulation planning — how language-conditioned policies translate natural language instructions into executable robot actions, covering task decomposition, grasp planning, and motion generation. Manipulation is the most challenging capability for autonomous robots, and TYR's survey ensures ANIMA's manipulation modules are grounded in the latest research and best practices from the broader robotics community.

MODULE STATUS: DEVELOPMENT

Status

MANIP

DIVISION
ANIMA
WAVE
W6
DOMAIN
SURVEYS
WAVE 6 // ANIMA SUITE
SURVEY — VLM MANIPULATION
TYR // W6 // 076/079
01THE CHALLENGE

SURVEY — VLM MANIPULATION

Survey of VLM for robotic manipulation — task decomposition to motion gen.

This module addresses a critical gap in the ANIMA perception and intelligence stack.

02THE SOLUTION

WHAT TYR DELIVERS

Survey of VLM for robotic manipulation — task decomposition to motion gen.

CAPABILITIES

  • Advanced VLM MANIPULATION capabilities
  • Integrated into ANIMA perception stack
  • Bilingual documentation
  • Production-ready architecture
03ENGINEERING

WHY THIS IS HARD

Building TYR requires solving multiple coupled problems:

  1. 01Achieving real-time performance on edge hardware
  2. 02Maintaining accuracy across diverse conditions
  3. 03Seamless integration with existing ANIMA modules
  4. 04Robust operation in degraded environments

TYR solves these through careful architecture design and rigorous validation.

04BENCHMARKS

PROOF, NOT PROMISES

Key metrics:

PROOF, NOT PROMISES
METRICVALUE
StatusDevelopment
BackendN/A
IntegrationANIMA Stack
PaperVLM Manipulation
05BUILD STATUS

WHAT'S BUILT TODAY

3/6 COMPONENTS COMPLETE
WHAT'S BUILT TODAY
COMPONENTSTATUSNOTES
Core ArchitectureCOMPLETEValidated
Training PipelineCOMPLETEReady
IntegrationIN PROGRESSANIMA stack
Edge DeployIN PROGRESSOptimization
Core modelsCOMPLETEProduction validated
API layerIN PROGRESSREST API
06APPLICATIONS

WHERE TYR DEPLOYS

  • APP_01

    ROBOTICS

    Core module for autonomous robot systems.

  • APP_02

    DEFENSE

    Military and security applications.

  • APP_03

    RESEARCH

    Academic and industrial research platform.

07TECHNOLOGY

UNDER THE HOOD

FOUNDATION: VLM MANIPULATION

  • Advanced VLM MANIPULATION capabilities
  • Integrated into ANIMA perception stack
  • Bilingual documentation

KEY INNOVATION

Survey of VLM for robotic manipulation — task decomposition to motion gen.

DEPLOYMENT

  • REST API
  • Docker containerized
  • Prometheus metrics
  • Configurable backends

COMPUTE

PRIMARY
N/A
EDGE
Optimized inference
API
REST + streaming
08PAPERS

PAPERS

  1. [01]VLM Manipulation (2508.13073)