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Main Authors: Gong, Ziyang, Luo, Zehang, Tang, Anke, Liu, Zhe, Fu, Shi, Hou, Zhi, Yang, Ganlin, Wang, Weiyun, Wang, Xiaofeng, Liu, Jianbo, Luo, Gen, Kang, Haolan, Luo, Shuang, Zhou, Yue, Luo, Yong, Shen, Li, Jia, Xiaosong, Mu, Yao, Yang, Xue, Liu, Chunxiao, Yan, Junchi, Zhao, Hengshuang, Tao, Dacheng, Wang, Xiaogang
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03198
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author Gong, Ziyang
Luo, Zehang
Tang, Anke
Liu, Zhe
Fu, Shi
Hou, Zhi
Yang, Ganlin
Wang, Weiyun
Wang, Xiaofeng
Liu, Jianbo
Luo, Gen
Kang, Haolan
Luo, Shuang
Zhou, Yue
Luo, Yong
Shen, Li
Jia, Xiaosong
Mu, Yao
Yang, Xue
Liu, Chunxiao
Yan, Junchi
Zhao, Hengshuang
Tao, Dacheng
Wang, Xiaogang
author_facet Gong, Ziyang
Luo, Zehang
Tang, Anke
Liu, Zhe
Fu, Shi
Hou, Zhi
Yang, Ganlin
Wang, Weiyun
Wang, Xiaofeng
Liu, Jianbo
Luo, Gen
Kang, Haolan
Luo, Shuang
Zhou, Yue
Luo, Yong
Shen, Li
Jia, Xiaosong
Mu, Yao
Yang, Xue
Liu, Chunxiao
Yan, Junchi
Zhao, Hengshuang
Tao, Dacheng
Wang, Xiaogang
contents Universal embodied intelligence demands robust generalization across heterogeneous embodiments, such as autonomous driving, robotics, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). However, existing embodied brain in training a unified model over diverse embodiments frequently triggers long-tail data, gradient interference, and catastrophic forgetting, making it notoriously difficult to balance universal generalization with domain-specific proficiency. In this report, we introduce ACE-Brain-0, a generalist foundation brain that unifies spatial reasoning, autonomous driving, and embodied manipulation within a single multimodal large language model~(MLLM). Our key insight is that spatial intelligence serves as a universal scaffold across diverse physical embodiments: although vehicles, robots, and UAVs differ drastically in morphology, they share a common need for modeling 3D mental space, making spatial cognition a natural, domain-agnostic foundation for cross-embodiment transfer. Building on this insight, we propose the Scaffold-Specialize-Reconcile~(SSR) paradigm, which first establishes a shared spatial foundation, then cultivates domain-specialized experts, and finally harmonizes them through data-free model merging. Furthermore, we adopt Group Relative Policy Optimization~(GRPO) to strengthen the model's comprehensive capability. Extensive experiments demonstrate that ACE-Brain-0 achieves competitive and even state-of-the-art performance across 24 spatial and embodiment-related benchmarks.
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spellingShingle ACE-Brain-0: Spatial Intelligence as a Shared Scaffold for Universal Embodiments
Gong, Ziyang
Luo, Zehang
Tang, Anke
Liu, Zhe
Fu, Shi
Hou, Zhi
Yang, Ganlin
Wang, Weiyun
Wang, Xiaofeng
Liu, Jianbo
Luo, Gen
Kang, Haolan
Luo, Shuang
Zhou, Yue
Luo, Yong
Shen, Li
Jia, Xiaosong
Mu, Yao
Yang, Xue
Liu, Chunxiao
Yan, Junchi
Zhao, Hengshuang
Tao, Dacheng
Wang, Xiaogang
Robotics
Computation and Language
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Universal embodied intelligence demands robust generalization across heterogeneous embodiments, such as autonomous driving, robotics, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). However, existing embodied brain in training a unified model over diverse embodiments frequently triggers long-tail data, gradient interference, and catastrophic forgetting, making it notoriously difficult to balance universal generalization with domain-specific proficiency. In this report, we introduce ACE-Brain-0, a generalist foundation brain that unifies spatial reasoning, autonomous driving, and embodied manipulation within a single multimodal large language model~(MLLM). Our key insight is that spatial intelligence serves as a universal scaffold across diverse physical embodiments: although vehicles, robots, and UAVs differ drastically in morphology, they share a common need for modeling 3D mental space, making spatial cognition a natural, domain-agnostic foundation for cross-embodiment transfer. Building on this insight, we propose the Scaffold-Specialize-Reconcile~(SSR) paradigm, which first establishes a shared spatial foundation, then cultivates domain-specialized experts, and finally harmonizes them through data-free model merging. Furthermore, we adopt Group Relative Policy Optimization~(GRPO) to strengthen the model's comprehensive capability. Extensive experiments demonstrate that ACE-Brain-0 achieves competitive and even state-of-the-art performance across 24 spatial and embodiment-related benchmarks.
title ACE-Brain-0: Spatial Intelligence as a Shared Scaffold for Universal Embodiments
topic Robotics
Computation and Language
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03198