Multi-SpatialMLLM: Multi-Frame Spatial Understanding with Multi-Modal
  Large Language Models
Authors: name: Runsen Xu; name: Weiyao Wang; name: Hao Tang; name: Xingyu Chen; name: Xiaodong Wang; name: Fu-Jen Chu; name: Dahua Lin; name: Matt Feiszli; name: Kevin J. Liang
Published: 2025-05-22 17:59:39

Abstract: Multi-modal large language models (MLLMs) have rapidly advanced in visual
tasks, yet their spatial understanding remains limited to single images,
leaving them ill-suited for robotics and other real-world applications that
require multi-frame reasoning. In this paper, we propose a framework to equip
MLLMs with robust multi-frame spatial understanding by integrating depth
perception, visual correspondence, and dynamic perception. Central to our
approach is the MultiSPA dataset, a novel, large-scale collection of more than
27 million samples spanning diverse 3D and 4D scenes. Alongside MultiSPA, we
introduce a comprehensive benchmark that tests a wide spectrum of spatial tasks
under uniform metrics. Our resulting model, Multi-SpatialMLLM, achieves
significant gains over baselines and proprietary systems, demonstrating
scalable, generalizable multi-frame reasoning. We further observe multi-task
benefits and early indications of emergent capabilities in challenging
scenarios, and showcase how our model can serve as a multi-frame reward
annotator for robotics.