20 May 2026

World Models Papers

From Perception to Action: Spatial AI Agents and World Models. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.01644

DayDreamer: World Models for Physical Robot Learning. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2206.14176

Dyna-Think: Synergizing Reasoning, Acting, and World Model Simulation in AI Agents. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.00320

Towards Practical World Model-based Reinforcement Learning for Vision-Language-Action Models. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.20607

World Models in Artificial Intelligence: Sensing, Learning, and Reasoning Like a Child. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2503.15168

Human–Artificial Intelligence Systems: How Human Survival First Principles Influence Machine Learning World Models. Systems, 10(6), 260. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems10060260

Learning to Model the World: A Survey of World Models in Artificial Intelligence. Preprints.org. https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202603.0739

World-Value-Action Model: Implicit Planning for Vision-Language-Action Systems. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14732

ActionX: pre-training action experts with reinforcement learning for vision-language action models. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2026.1806605

World Action Models: The Next Frontier in Embodied AI

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