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141 storiesImproving Robotic Generalist Policies via Flow Reversal Steering
arXiv:2606.13675v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generalist policies can learn a wide range of skills from diverse robot datasets. In order to solve or improve o…
FTP-1: A Generalist Foundation Tactile Policy Across Tactile Sensors for Contact-Rich Manipulation
arXiv:2606.13102v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Despite the success of vision-based generalist robotic policies, existing tactile-based policies remain tied to …
LUCID: Learning Embodiment-Agnostic Intent Models from Unstructured Human Videos for Scalable Dexterous Robot Skill Acquisition
arXiv:2606.11628v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The most widely-adopted robot learning pipelines today learn skills from robot demonstrations or structured huma…
Point Cloud Segmentation for Autonomous Clip Positioning in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on a Phantom
arXiv:2606.12048v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: High-risk applications in robotics, such as robot-assisted surgery, present unique challenges. These systems mus…
SR-LIO++: LiDAR-Inertial Odometry and Quantized Mapping with Caching-Aware Sweep Reconstruction
arXiv:2503.22926v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Addressing the inherent low acquisition frequency limitation of 3D LiDAR to achieve high-frequency output ha…
Consensus-based optimization (CBO): Towards Global Optimality in Robotics
arXiv:2602.06868v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Zero-order optimization has recently received significant attention for designing optimal trajectories and p…
Fast-SDE: Efficient Single-Microphone Sound Source Distance Estimation in Reverberant Environments
arXiv:2606.12339v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Sound source distance estimation (SDE) is a critical capability in human-robot interaction. An inappropriate i…
KinematicRL: A Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning Framework For Social Navigation With Kinodynamic Feasibility
arXiv:2606.12042v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has shown promise for social navigation, yet its real-world deployment remains…
NEURA Robotics to raise up to $1.4B in Series C funding for physical AI
NEURA Robotics plans to expand its platforms for robot learning and global production of humanoids and other systems. The post NEURA Robotics to raise up to $1.…
How can robots acquire skills through interactions with the physical world? An interview with Jiaheng Hu
One of the key challenges in building robots for household or industrial settings is the need to master the control of high-degree-of-freedom systems such as mo…
ChatGPT as a therapist? New study reveals serious ethical risks
As millions turn to ChatGPT and other AI chatbots for therapy-style advice, new research from Brown University raises a serious red flag: even when instructed t…
Back to school: robots learn from factory workers
By Anthony King What if training a robot to handle dirty, dangerous work on the factory floor was as simple as showing it how? Czech startup RoboTwin is doing e…
Autonomous defense manufacturer Mach Industries raises $300M
Mach Industries will use the funding to accelerate executing government contracts, acquire talent, develop products, and expand its network. The post Autonomous…
Voyager Technologies acquires Astrobotic to advance lunar initiatives
Voyager intends to accelerate investment to scale Astrobotic’s programs, including lunar and reusable rocket programs. The post Voyager Technologies acquires As…
Generalist raises $400M to scale its general-purpose AI models
Generalist claims its system improves average success rates to 99% on tasks where previous models achieved 64%. The post Generalist raises $400M to scale its ge…
GENISOM AI debuts deployable robotics platforms at ICRA 2026
At ICRA 2026, GENISOM AI may have been new to many international attendees — but it is not a concept-stage robotics startup. The post GENISOM AI debuts deployab…
Daimon Robotics and Galbot jointly launches RobOmni for benchmarking tactile perception and dexterous manipulation
Embodied AI is evolving from vision-centric perception toward Physical AI. The post Daimon Robotics and Galbot jointly launches RobOmni for benchmarking tactile…
ACS raises $200M to scale autonomous counter-drone system
Allen Control Systems will use the funding to scale manufacturing and accelerate deployment of its autonomous weapon station, Bullfrog. The post ACS raises $200…
Standard Bots raises $200M to expand U.S. manufacturing footprint
Standard Bots asserted that investments in robotics are key to making U.S. manufacturing competitive on the global stage. The post Standard Bots raises $200M to…
Generalized-CVO: Fast and Correspondence-Free Local Point Cloud Registration with Second Order Riemannian Optimization
arXiv:2606.10019v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We propose a fast and correspondence-free local point cloud registration method that leverages geometric surfa…
Deterministic Execution of ROS 2 Applications via Lingua Franca
arXiv:2606.09203v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2) is a widely used middleware for robotic systems, characterized by a pub…