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New Evidence, Same Choice: Testing Physical Experiment Selection in Vision Language Models

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 10, 2026 · UTC

A model first sees an image from one physical measurement experiment, such as how far a block coasted, and must answer a question about a new trial, such as whether the block will pass a target after a fixed push. The initial experiment may provide enough information to answer, or the model may need another measurement, such as the object's mass, friction, restitution, or spring stiffness. We study whether vision language models can decide when to answer immediately and, when more evidence is needed, which experiment to perform. Current physical reasoning benchmarks usually evaluate only the f

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