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260 storiesAI-based single-shot structured-light depth reconstruction for real-time laparoscopic surgical guidance
arXiv:2608.05109v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Significance. Accurate intraoperative depth perception is important for autonomous and semi-autonomous robotic…
Moove raises $250M to build infrastructure for autonomous vehicles
The funding will support Moove's expansion of its autonomous fleet ownership and robotics-first depot infrastructure “Nests.” The post Moove raises $250M to bui…
GAM Enterprises to produce Schaeffler’s PSC gear reducers
Acquiring the IP from this core supplier allows GAM to vertically integrate its supply chain and expand its manufacturing capabilities. The post GAM Enterprises…
CUDA MPC: A GPU-Native Solver for Model Predictive Control
arXiv:2608.03051v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Model Predictive Control (MPC) delivers constraint-aware control, but its reliance on online optimization limits…
Biconvex Optimization for Smooth Minimum-Time Trajectories around Convex Obstacles
arXiv:2608.02834v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present a biconvex approach for minimum-time motion planning around convex obstacles that is guaranteed to co…
Zoox unveils production-ready robotaxi for U.S. expansion
Amazon subsidiary Zoox unveiled its final production-ready robotaxi design and expanded testing following a subtle redesign to improve rider comfort. The post Z…
CoWAM: Coordination Contracts for Selective Policy Intervention with WAMs
arXiv:2608.02578v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: World Action Models (WAMs) augment robot policies with action-conditioned predicted futures, but a plausible fut…
Adaptive Human-Robot Collaborative Painting Combining Preference-Based Optimization and Dynamic Motion Primitives
arXiv:2608.01981v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This work presents a human-centered collaborative framework that integrates Preference-Based Optimization (PBO) …
MixedComplementarityProblems.jl: A Fast, Batched, Open-Source Interior Point Solver for Mixed Complementarity Problems
arXiv:2608.00959v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Mixed complementarity problems (MCPs) arise as the first-order optimality conditions of nonlinear programs and…
GeminiPainter's sequence-formed pipeline comprised of perception, cognition, planning, and action stages
arXiv:2608.00829v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present an autonomous robotic portrait-generation system combining real-time face detection, AI-based sketch …
Uncovering and Mitigating Positional Blind Spots in Vision-Language-Action Models
arXiv:2608.01573v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models achieve promising performance in robotic manipulation, typically meas…
igus launches energy chain with 600-degree rotation for industrial robots
igus says its new twisterchain energy chain provides cable management for challenging industrial robotics applications such as palletizing. The post igus launch…
RayViT: Ray-Conditioned Visual Representations for Viewpoint-Robust Imitation Learning
arXiv:2607.29622v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Visual imitation learning enables robots to acquire visuomotor skills directly from images, yet RGB observations…
GPA-RAM: Grasp-Pretraining Augmented Robotic Attention Mamba for Spatial Task Learning
arXiv:2504.19683v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Fine-grained robotic manipulation often fails when inaccurate initial grasps propagate errors and necessitat…
TacPrint: A Wearable Fingertip Tactile Sensor for Human-to-Robot Contact Reproduction
arXiv:2607.29231v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Human-centric data collection is emerging as a significant paradigm for robot skill acquisition, but seamlessly …
DART: Dual-Axis Airborne Reachability-Gated Torque-Reaction for Off-Road Vehicle Jumps
arXiv:2607.29011v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Traversing crests, ledges, and ditches at high speed often launches vehicles into the air, and a mishandled land…
Top 10 robotics stories of July 2026
In July, large funding rounds, new approaches to robot training, and new robot models drew our readers attention. The post Top 10 robotics stories of July 2026 …
Procore Technologies acquires DroneDeploy for $845M
Procore will integrate DroneDeploy's visual intelligence technology to link the digital world with physical construction sites. The post Procore Technologies ac…
SeedPolicy: Horizon Scaling via Self-Evolving Diffusion Policy for Robot Manipulation
arXiv:2603.05117v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Imitation Learning (IL) enables robots to acquire manipulation skills from expert demonstrations. Diffusion …
Corrigible Assistance in One Round: Pragmatic-Pedagogic Best Response
arXiv:2607.27508v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Assistance games formalize human-robot collaboration under asymmetric information: the human knows the goal, whi…
SharedAssembly: A Data Collection Approach via Shared Tele-Assembly
arXiv:2503.12287v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: High-precision, tight-clearance assembly demonstrations are indispensable for training tactile-aware robotic…
SUNSET - A Sensor-fUsioN based semantic SegmEnTation exemplar for ROS-based self-adaptation
arXiv:2601.13732v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The fact that robots are getting deployed more often in dynamic environments, together with the increasing c…
Practice Makes Policies: Bootstrapping and Consolidating Robotic Capabilities from Zero Human Demonstrations
arXiv:2607.26809v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: General-purpose robotic manipulation requires robots to perform diverse tasks in open-world environments while i…
Time-delay Control Using a New Nonlinear Adaptive Law for Cable-Driven Robots
arXiv:2607.26383v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Cable-driven manipulators exhibit strong nonlinearities and low structural stiffness, which make precise contr…
GMEX Robotics to acquire MediaMeta.ai for social intelligence
GMEX Robotics has acquired shares in MediaMeta to incorporate social intelligence capabilities into its service robots. The post GMEX Robotics to acquire MediaM…
Can Vision-Language-Action Models Learn from Real-World Data Continually without Forgetting?
arXiv:2605.26820v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models provide a promising foundation for general-purpose robotics, yet their r…
When Does Legacy Data Start to Help? Emergent Transfer in Cross-Configuration Robot Learning
arXiv:2607.25593v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic hardware evolves over time, but demonstration data is often tied to a specific sensor and actuator confi…
A Few Words Go a Long Way: Language Guided Robot Policy Synthesis
arXiv:2607.23784v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While vision-language-action models have demonstrated impressive zero-shot manipulation capabilities, they remai…
Kraken Technology raises Series B funding for autonomous vessels
Kraken Technology plans to use its funding to continue developing uncrewed surface vessels and localizing manufacturing around the world. The post Kraken Techno…
Uber co-founder raises $1.7B for new robotics startup ATOMS
Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber, said with ATOMS, he hopes to create physical automation to transform industry. The post Uber co-founder raises $1.7B fo…