1st Workshop on Deployment of Foundation Models for Embodied AI

June 2026

WDFM-EAI @ CVPR 2026

Denver, June 2026

The 1st Workshop on Deployment of Foundation Models for Embodied AI (WDFM-EAI) aims to advance the efficient, scalable, and safe deployment of large foundation models in embodied intelligence systems — spanning autonomous driving, robotics, and general-purpose embodied agents.

Building on the success of our previous Workshops on Distillation of Foundation Models for Autonomous Driving at CVPR & ICCV 2025, which focused on deploying foundation models for self-driving systems, this new edition broadens the scope to holistically address embodied AI from both wheeled (autonomous driving) and legged (robotic) perspectives. The workshop explores synergies between these domains, emphasizing how shared challenges in perception, reasoning, and latency can be jointly addressed through the deployment of multimodal foundation models such as Vision-Language-Action Models and World Models.

The workshop will cover a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

Keynote Speakers

Raquel Urtasun / Waabi & University of Toronto
Ashok Elluswamy / Tesla
Alex Kendall / Wayve
Danny Guo / Uber
Jan Kautz / NVIDIA
Sergey Levine / Physical Intelligence & Berkeley
Peter Stone / Sony AI & University of Texas at Austin
Xianming Liu / XPENG

Organizers

Burhan Yaman
Organizer
Uber
Selim Engin
Organizer
Sony
Yunsheng Ma
Organizer
Waymo
Yingxue Zhou
Organizer
Walmart Labs
Yuliang Guo
Organizer
Maven Robotics
Wenqian Ye
Organizer
University of Virginia
Ruofeng Liu
Organizer
Michigan State University
Hongyang Li
Organizer
University of Hong Kong
Rami Al-Rfou
Organizer
OpenAI
Xin Ye
Organizer
Bosch