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413 storiesThe Curse of Precision: A Data Scaling Law for High-Precision Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2607.23108v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While scaling laws for imitation learning have primarily focused on generalization in open-world settings, the r…
Imitation Learning for Robot Assistance in Open Surgery: A Multi-Policy Evaluation on Suture Following
arXiv:2605.28736v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This study presents the first evaluation of general-purpose imitation learning for surgeon-robot collaborati…
ArmnetBench v0.1: Parallel Real-World Evaluation of Manipulation Policies on a Low-Cost Arm Farm
arXiv:2607.24481v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Real-world evaluation is a bottleneck in developing generalist robot manipulation policies. Each rollout require…
LabRobFail: A Benchmark for Robotic Failure Analysis in Chemical Self-driving Laboratories
arXiv:2607.23704v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The deployment of embodied agents in self-driving laboratories could accelerate scientific discovery, yet their …
Phenology-based learning framework for yield estimation and harvest forecasting of raspberry fruits
arXiv:2411.00967v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The future of agriculture is intertwined with automation. Accurate fruit detection, yield estimation, …
Distributed Coordination for Resilient Multi-UAV Remote Sensing: A Photovoltaic Inspection Case Study
arXiv:2607.24482v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deploying multiple UAVs for remote sensing enables proportional reductions in mission time, but realizing these …
MAGS-SLAM: Monocular Multi-Agent Gaussian Splatting SLAM for Geometrically and Photometrically Consistent Reconstruction
arXiv:2605.10760v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Collaborative photorealistic 3D reconstruction from multiple agents enables rapid large-scale scene capture …
Co-planning of Flight Corridors and Communication Infrastructure for Urban Drone Logistics Networks
arXiv:2607.23989v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliable wireless connectivity is essential for urban air mobility (UAM) networks in dense urban environments. I…
CReF: Cross-modal and Recurrent Fusion for Depth-conditioned Humanoid Locomotion
arXiv:2603.29452v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Stable traversal over geometrically complex terrain increasingly requires exteroceptive perception, yet prio…
A Cyclic Adaptation-Generalization Framework with Uncertainty-Guided Self-Paced Learning for Long-Term Brain-Machine Interfaces
arXiv:2607.24031v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs), which link the brain to external devices, hold great potential in rehabilitat…
$N_0$-VTLA: Scaling Vision-Tactile-Language-Action Model with Latent Tactile Tokens
arXiv:2607.23782v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present $N_0$-VTLA, a vision-tactile-language-action (VTLA) foundation model capable of (1) fine-grained cont…
FutureRTC: Real-Time Robot Execution with Anticipatory-Conditioned Action Chunking
arXiv:2607.24008v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Real-time deployment of Vision-Language-Action (VLA) policies necessitates asynchronous execution, wherein subse…
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…
OpenNavMap: Multi-Session Appearance-Based Topometric Mapping for Scalable Visual Navigation
arXiv:2601.12291v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Scalable and maintainable maps are fundamental to large-scale navigation and the long-term deployment of rob…
A Monolithic Hand with Asymmetric Origami Bending and Dual-chamber Actuators
arXiv:2607.22320v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The passive adaptability inherent in soft robotic hands affords them advantages in applications that require saf…
Benchmarking the Safety of Large Language Models for Robotic Health Attendant Control
arXiv:2604.26577v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly considered for deployment as the control component of ro…
GRACE: Gradient-Free Robot Action Generation via Combined Diffusion-MPPI Posterior Mean Estimation
arXiv:2607.21661v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Diffusion policies generate multimodal robot action sequences from demonstrations, but steering them toward depl…
A Unified Framework for Automated Assembly Sequence and Production Line Planning using Graph-based Optimization
arXiv:2512.13219v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper presents PyCAALP (Python-based Computer-Aided Assembly Line Planning), a framework for automated …
CorVS+: Correspondence-Driven Association of Video Trajectories and Sensors for Identity-Aware Person Localization in Warehouses
arXiv:2510.26369v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Logistics warehouses have struggled with labor shortages, but the inbound processes remain particularl…
Geometric 2D Scene Graph Generation
arXiv:2607.22325v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In production processes for consumer products, assembly instructions are essential not only for planning but a…
Drive As You Like: Multi-Head Diffusion with Reinforcement Learning for Personalized Driving
arXiv:2508.16947v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Despite significant progress, imitation learning-based autonomous driving planners remain largely restricted…
VoLN: Vision-Only Long-Horizon Navigation---Paradigm, Benchmark, and Method
arXiv:2607.21400v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-and-Language Navigation (VLN) enables embodied agents to follow natural-language instructions. However, r…
FORGE-plus: Force-Budgeted Recovery for Contact-Rich Assembly with a Frozen LLM Supervisor
arXiv:2607.21227v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Force-conditioned reinforcement learning (RL) enables tight-clearance assembly under a commanded force ceiling, …
A real-time RGB-D perception pipeline for autonomous impact hammers in mining: self-filtering, rock segmentation and rock-breaking poses generation
arXiv:2607.20748v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Impact hammers, also known as rock-breakers, are essential machines in mining operations, where they perform sec…
ZONDA: Zero-shot Object Navigation with Dynamic Avoidance in Multi-floor Environments
arXiv:2607.21025v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In Object Goal Navigation task, existing methods are typically restricted to static and single-floor environment…
Scalable Low-Cost Laboratory Automation: A Digital Twin-Integrated Robotic Platform for Autonomous Liquid Handling (RAINBOTTM)
arXiv:2607.20662v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Laboratory automation accelerates discovery, yet its adoption is constrained by the high cost, proprietary desig…
Force-Aware Residual DAgger via Trajectory Editing for Precision Insertion with Impedance Control
arXiv:2603.04038v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Imitation learning (IL) has shown strong potential for contact-rich precision insertion tasks. However, its …
Safe and Scalable Multi-Drone Payload Transport via CBF-based Reinforcement Learning with Zero-Shot Sim-to-Real Transfer
arXiv:2607.20665v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-drone payload transportation has emerged as a promising research paradigm with potential applications in c…
Robostral Navigate
arXiv:2607.20785v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deploying navigation systems at scale requires a recipe that minimizes sensor assumptions, generalizes across ro…
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…