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Robots at work: warehouses, factories, farms, hospitals, construction sites and the automation reshaping them.
Robots at work: warehouses, factories, farms, hospitals, construction sites and the automation reshaping them.
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734 storiesX$^2$Localizer: Cross-grained Alignment for Progressive Cross-view Video Geo-localization
arXiv:2608.16658v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Cross-view Video Geo-localization (CVG) aims to localize ground-view videos by retrieving their corresponding …
Two by Two: Learning Multi-Task Pairwise Objects Assembly for Generalizable Robot Manipulation
arXiv:2504.06961v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: 3D assembly tasks, such as furniture assembly and component fitting, play a crucial role in daily life and r…
NebulaVLA: A Dual-Frequency Vision-Language-Action Model With Guide Action for Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2608.16503v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Real-world deployment of Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models is often bottlenecked by efficiency-performance tra…
ViTaR: Visuo-Tactile Residual Adaptation for Foundation VLA Manipulation
arXiv:2608.15816v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models scale toward real-world deployment, contact-rich manipulation exposes a c…
Algorithm-Architecture Co-Design for Efficient VLA Inference via Speculative Inference and Verification
arXiv:2608.15636v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in the field of embodied AI, but t…
VTInstructor: Visual Trajectory Prompting for Navigation Instruction Generation in Continuous Environments
arXiv:2608.15284v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Navigation instruction generation from ego-centric RGB video in continuous environments is an important yet chal…
Surgeons use da Vinci surgical robot to perform common cardiac surgery
At the El Camino Health Heart and Vascular Institute, surgeons are now performing cardiac procedures with Intuitive's da Vinci robot. The post Surgeons use da V…
Five years of operation shape Diligent Robotics rollout of Moxi 2.0
Diligent is now rolling out Moxi 2.0 to health systems including Endeavor Health Edward Hospital and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The post Five years of ope…
Gravis Robotics raises $200M for autonomous construction
Gravis Robotics has designed autonomy AI and hardware for a wide range of excavators and construction equipment and plans to scale globally. The post Gravis Rob…
CoViLLM: An Adaptive Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly Framework Using Large Language Models
arXiv:2603.11461v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: With increasing demand for mass customization, traditional manufacturing robots that rely on rule-based oper…
Effective Game-Theoretic Motion Planning via Nested Search
arXiv:2511.08001v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: To facilitate effective, safe deployment in the real world, individual robots must reason about interactions…
From Reach to Insert: Tactile-Augmented Precision Assembly under Sub-Millimeter Tolerances
arXiv:2605.04649v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: High-precision assembly frequently involves tight-tolerance insertions, where even slight pose errors can ca…
How Protolabs turns CAD files into parts in under 24 hours
Protolabs CTO Marc Kermisch explains how AI, simulation, and design for manufacturing turn CAD files into production parts faster. The post How Protolabs turns …
Manufacturing Complex Airtight Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Robotics: Process Evaluation and Optimization
arXiv:2608.13233v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Manufacturing complex soft pneumatic actuators remains challenging because geometric fidelity, compliance, struc…
Capstan-driven Continuum Surgical Robot: Design, Modeling, and Perception
arXiv:2608.13396v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Shape and force sensing have long been critical bottlenecks in the development of compact capstan-driven continu…
Decoding Task Progress from VLA Representations
arXiv:2608.13474v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action models (VLAs) are moving rapidly towards deployment as general-purpose manipulation polic…
A Browser-Native Digital Test Range for Benchmarking 4D Ocean-Glider Planning Algorithms
arXiv:2608.13511v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Repeated in-situ evaluation of ocean-glider planners requires scarce vehicles, operators, deployment and recover…
APEX: Learning Adaptive High-Platform Traversal for Humanoid Robots
arXiv:2602.11143v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Humanoid locomotion has advanced rapidly with deep reinforcement learning (DRL), enabling robust feet-based …
OpenRC: An Open-Source Robotic Colonoscopy Framework for Multimodal Data Acquisition and Autonomy Research
arXiv:2604.03781v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Colorectal cancer screening critically depends on colonoscopy, yet existing platforms offer limited support …
AMR-Pose: An Active LED Marker-Based Relative Pose Estimation Framework With Probabilistic Switching PnP for Cooperative AUVs
arXiv:2608.12866v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliable relative pose estimation between autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is critical for cooperative ocea…
ARM Institute calls for defense manufacturing technology projects
The ARM Institute and the U.S. Department of War are seeking technology project submissions to help rapid U.S. production. The post ARM Institute calls for defe…
Energy-Aware Wind-Resilient Routing for Truck-Assisted Multi-UAV Delivery under Wind Uncertainty
arXiv:2608.11641v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Energy feasibility under wind uncertainty is a critical safety issue for low-altitude air-ground delivery. In …
Keep the Future, Drop the Rollout: RIFT for World Action Models
arXiv:2608.11521v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: World action models (WAMs) condition robot actions on predicted futures, but iterative video rollout increases d…
Learning-Based Behavior Planning for Automated Driving: Real-World Integration and Deployment
arXiv:2608.12198v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent research in machine and deep learning has shown the potential of learningbased motion planning approaches…
DaViNCi: A Dataset Towards Outdoor Vision-and-Language Navigation with Continuous Actions and Dynamic Elements
arXiv:2608.11901v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-and-Language Navigation (VLN) has progressively expanded from indoor to outdoor environments. However, ex…
Q2 2026 robotics demand increased across industries, reports A3
A3 said that Q2 2026 robotics orders in food, electronics, and healthcare helped offset soft demand from automotive manufacturing. The post Q2 2026 robotics dem…
Strengthening U.S. Army sustainment: TALUS to deliver autonomous distribution
A Stratom-led team won a U.S. Army contract to develop TALUS, an autonomous logistics system for contested environments. The post Strengthening U.S. Army sustai…
Robotics roadmaps from around the world
What’s a robotics roadmap, and why should we care? Machines with pre-defined capabilities will soon be old-school. Future machines are expected to learn and ada…
OmniVTA: Visuo-Tactile World Modeling for Contact-Rich Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2603.19201v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Contact-rich manipulation tasks, such as wiping and assembly, require accurate perception of contact forces,…
BooST: Bridging Semantics and Motions for Efficient Skill Transfer
arXiv:2608.10600v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Skill abstraction---the process of learning reusable and temporally extended behaviors---has emerged as a key pa…