A cheap, copyable test bench for robot learning models

Evaluating robot learning models in the real world has been blocked by expensive, hard-to-replicate benchmarks. VLA-REPLICA solves this with a low-cost setup built from standard components that any lab can assemble, complete with a diverse task suite and adaptation data. Tests on imitation learning and state-of-the-art VLA models show consistent results across independently built copies, proving the benchmark actually works as intended.