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Robots at work: warehouses, factories, farms, hospitals, construction sites and the automation reshaping them.
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734 storiesFixed-Haven Reservation for Online Multi-Agent Pickup and Delivery in Dense Warehouses
arXiv:2608.26759v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Dense warehouses often contain single-lane aisles, dead ends, and tree-like guidepaths that leave little room …
Marine Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Scheduling to Maximise Scientific Impact
arXiv:2608.27271v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The marine science community increasingly relies on Marine Autonomous Vehicles (MAVs) to collect the critical …
Embodied Scene Rearrangement Planning
arXiv:2608.27371v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper introduces Embodied Scene Rearrangement Planning (ESRP), a novel task requiring embodied agents to re…
Teradyne Robotics ramps up fight against cobot copycats
Teradyne Robotics sued cobot maker JAKA over alleged patent infringement, marking its second battle with a Chinese cobot company in 2026. The post Teradyne Robo…
EgoNav: Bridging Learned Waypoints and Geometry-Aware Local Control for Robust Indoor Navigation
arXiv:2608.25642v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Image-goal navigation using lightweight topological maps is a practical paradigm for indoor robot deployment: th…
DESCENT: Directed Edge Scene Encoding for Airport Surface Movement Prediction
arXiv:2608.26002v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Advanced automation is a key technology for enhancing the safety of ground operations amidst the increasing dens…
Learning to Accelerate Vision-Language-Action Models through Adaptive Visual Token Caching
arXiv:2602.00686v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have demonstrated remarkable generalization capabilities in robotic mani…
VISTA: Visually Inferred Spatial ConTact Attention for Contact-Rich Manipulation
arXiv:2608.25872v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Contact-rich manipulation requires precise interaction feedback. While vision-centric imitation learning is prev…
Dynamic Modeling of a Welding Torch Umbilical and Its Impact on Robot Dynamics
arXiv:2608.25509v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic welding is widely used in industrial manufacturing, where the welding torch is often connected to the ge…
CRESSim-Neo: A Batched GPU Simulation Engine for Surgical Robotics and Robot Learning
arXiv:2608.25192v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce CRESSim-Neo, a batched GPU simulation engine for surgical robotics and robot learning. CRESSim-Neo …
Sequential Object Placement Optimization with Convex Decomposition
arXiv:2608.25162v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic object packing has been a core challenge for robotic deployment in logistics, industry, etc., due to the…
Saliency-Depth Conditioning for Zero-Shot Segmentation of Communication-Tower Components in Cluttered UAV Imagery
arXiv:2608.25435v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Fine-grained segmentation of communication-tower components in UAV imagery is essential for automated inspecti…
GaussianDream++: Efficient 3D Gaussian World Modeling for Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2608.25659v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) policies have advanced language-conditioned robotic manipulation, yet action-imitat…
Transient multimode heat transfer of an industrial automated tape laying process under rapidly changing conditions
arXiv:2608.25470v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This work presents a transient heat-transfer model of an industrial automated tape laying (ATL) process designed…
A Taxonomy of Construction Task Activities for Robot Workers
arXiv:2608.25395v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent vision-language-action models offer a path toward robots with broader repertoires than conventional task-…
IDS Imaging adds Nion ToF sensor to its portfolio of 3D cameras
IDS said Nion is suitable for applications where precise 3D data is required at real-world process speeds, such as logistics and robotics. The post IDS Imaging …
Bedrock Robotics’ first operator-free excavator deployments take off
Bedrock Robotics deploys autonomous excavators to active job sites, tackling construction labor shortages with AI-powered heavy machinery. The post Bedrock Robo…
Enhancing RL Generalizability in Robotics through SHAP Analysis of Algorithms and Hyperparameters
arXiv:2605.02867v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Despite significant advances in Reinforcement Learning (RL), model performance remains highly sensitiv…
NeuralParker: A Reinforcement Learning Planner for Irregular Parking Environments
arXiv:2608.24485v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Automated parking commonly assumes marked slots and short approach maneuvers. Delivery and service vehicles, how…
Learning to Act While Waiting: RL Finetuning of Generalist Robot Policies Under Inference Latency
arXiv:2608.23831v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While reinforcement learning (RL) allows generalist robot policies to continually improve during deployment, the…
DreamLedger: Execution-Settled Credit Files for World-Model Imagination in Robot Decision Loops
arXiv:2608.23863v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robots are beginning to act on world-model predictions, yet reliability is still expressed through instantaneous…
Bridging Teacher Expectations and Robot Learning via Coupling Dynamics
arXiv:2608.23994v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Human-robot teaching focuses on enabling nontechnical experts to customize robots according to their needs after…
Design-to-Plan: A Large Language Model-Based Multi-Agent Framework for Manufacturing Process Planning from 3D CAD Models and 2D Engineering Drawings
arXiv:2608.24039v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Manufacturing process planning transforms heterogeneous design information into coherent manufacturing decisions…
Topology-Aware Decision Making for Multi-Session Localization and Mapping
arXiv:2602.17226v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Operating in previously visited environments is becoming increasingly crucial for autonomous systems, with d…
Design and Evaluation of a Compliant Quasi Direct Drive End-effector for Safe Robotic Ultrasound Imaging
arXiv:2410.03086v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Robot-assisted ultrasound scanning promises to advance autonomous and accessible medical imaging. However, e…
VIP: Variation-based Iterative-learning Planning for Robotic Navigation
arXiv:2608.24618v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Over the past decade, autonomous robotic systems have been increasingly deployed in applications such as surveyi…
Resilience Matters for Embodied Agents System: New Metrics, Systematic Evaluation, and Optimization
arXiv:2608.23839v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Embodied Agents System (EAS) are increasingly deployed in open-world physical domains, where reliability directl…
Constructing Predictive Surgical Path for AI-based Capsulorhexis Skill Transfer
arXiv:2608.21441v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Automated training of surgeons is one of the most crucial factors that significantly minimize surgical training …
Model-Free Adaptive Parameter Tuning for Efficient Multi-Robot Warehouse Operations
arXiv:2608.21533v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic Fulfillment Centers (FCs) store inventory on shelves (pods) arranged in dense blocks. Retrieving a targe…
Why Personalization Matters: Cross-Subject Challenges in EMG-IMU-based HRI Activity Recognition
arXiv:2608.21620v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper investigates wearable-based recognition of human activities and gestures to support Human-Robot Inter…