- You need breadthMulti-task coverage and flexible prompting matter.
- You have broad dataEmbodiment and task diversity exist already.
- You can absorb complexityTraining and serving cost are acceptable.
Foundation models vs task-specific policies
Most robotics teams should compare decision speed, cost, and evaluation clarity before assuming a foundation-model route is the best commercial choice.
- Narrow workflows dominate
- Fast iteration matters
- Evaluation needs to be simple
- Deployment cost is constrained
Many commercial teams should start with narrow task policies, prove value, and only then expand toward larger model classes.