| XPENG VLA2.0: A Foundation Model for Physical AI |
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| Xianming Liu
Senior Director, Head of Autonomous Driving Center | Since October 2025
Experience:
•2025-present | XPENG: Head of Autonomous Driving Center
•2024-2025| XPENG: Head of AI Team
•2020-2024 | Cruise: Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer
•2018-2020 | Horizon Robotics: Sr. Research Scientist, R&D Lead
•2016-2018 | Facebook: Sr. Research Scientist, Tech Lead
Education:
•Ph.D, Electrical and Computer Engineering | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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Abstract
This talk will introduce Xpeng VLA 2.0, the industry's first mass-produced, billion-parameter-scale foundation model for physical AI. We will explore its novel "Vision-Implicit Token-Action" architecture, an end-to-end approach that bypasses language bottlenecks to directly translate visual data into action. Trained on large scale unlabeled, real-world video clips, VLA 2.0 functions as a self-evolving generative action and world model, demonstrating emergent abilities to understand complex gestures and navigate untrained scenarios. We will also cover the full-stack optimization for its on-vehicle deployment and its function as a unified platform for Xpeng's entire ecosystem, from autonomous vehicles to robotics. The system will be massively deployed to all customer vehicles in Q1 2026. |
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This event is free and open to the public.
The Seminar Series in Modern Artificial Intelligence is held at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and is hosted by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Organized by Professor Anna Choromanska, the series aims to bring together faculty and students to discuss the most important research trends in the world of AI. The speakers include world-renowned experts whose research is making an immense impact on the development of new machine learning techniques and technologies and helping to build a better, smarter, more-connected world. |
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