General-Purpose Agents Challenge Robot-Specific Action Models

RoboHarness proposes pairing a coding agent with a robot-control harness instead of training a dedicated VLA model, claiming it beats leading VLA models on BEHAVIOR Challenge 2025 tasks. CausalAlign reports a 10-point gain on RoboCasa365 mobile manipulation; both remain paper-level claims with real-world transfer unresolved. Separately, Kodiak reportedly agreed to deploy its driverless system in 75 DTL-owned trucks, a potential commercial scaling signal whose timing, operating scope, and safety evidence are not yet clear.