# Planning & Manipulation Overview

Bridge the gap between high-level reasoning and physical actuation. These recipes demonstrate VLM-based planning and VLA-based end-to-end robotic manipulation.

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:::{grid-item-card} {material-regular}`psychology;1.2em;sd-text-primary` Multimodal Planning
:link: planning-models
:link-type: doc

Use a VLM to decompose complex instructions into executable low-level actions.
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:::{grid-item-card} {material-regular}`precision_manufacturing;1.2em;sd-text-primary` VLA Manipulation
:link: vla-manipulation
:link-type: doc

Map visual inputs directly to joint commands using Vision-Language-Action models.
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:::{grid-item-card} {material-regular}`loop;1.2em;sd-text-primary` Event-Driven VLA
:link: event-driven-vla
:link-type: doc

Closed-loop manipulation -- a VLM referee stops actions on visual task completion.
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