CARE certifies 9–10.8x speedup for VLA models

The CARE method certifies 9.0–10.8x faster inference for vision-language-action models while guaranteeing with 95% confidence that at least 85.8% of reference-solved episodes stay successful under a user-set failure budget. Certification needs about 5,263 rollouts instead of 25,000 for exhaustive testing.

• VLA inference speedup of 9.0–10.8x
• Guarantee: ≥85.8% episode success at 95% confidence
• Certification uses 5,263 rollouts vs 25,000
• Validated on four LIBERO suites and two agents