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3285 storiesD4orm: Multi-Robot Trajectories with Dynamics-aware Diffusion Denoised Deformations
arXiv:2503.12204v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This work presents an optimization method for generating kinodynamically feasible and collision-free multi-r…
Large VLM-based Vision-Language-Action Models for Robotic Manipulation: A Survey
arXiv:2508.13073v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Robotic manipulation, a key frontier in robotics and embodied AI, requires precise motor control and multimo…
Neural 3D Object Reconstruction with Small-Scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
arXiv:2509.12458v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Miniaturized Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can access indoor and hard-to-reach spaces, but severe constrai…
RLinf-USER: A Unified and Extensible System for Real-World Online Policy Learning in Embodied AI
arXiv:2602.07837v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Online policy learning directly in the physical world is a promising yet challenging direction for embodied …
Drift-Based Policy Optimization: Native One-Step Policy Learning for Online Robot Control
arXiv:2604.03540v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Diffusion policies effectively model multimodal action distributions for robotic manipulation, but their ite…
RoboGesture: Real-Time Semantic-aligned Co-Speech Gestures Generation for Humanoid Interaction
arXiv:2608.28693v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Enabling humanoid robots to respond to human speech with synchronized and semantically meaningful gestures is fu…
RoboPhys-3D: A Comprehensive Embodied World Model Evaluation via 3D Reconstruction
arXiv:2608.28718v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Video world models increasingly serve as data engines, action planners, and simulators for embodied AI, but conv…
Generation of High-Level Concepts in 3D Scene Graphs via Autoregressive Diffusion
arXiv:2608.28733v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Indoor 3D Scene Graphs (3DSGs) represent environments as multi-layer hierarchies that connect observed geometric…
Brain-Language-Action (BLA) Models: Language-Conditioned EEG for Robotics Control
arXiv:2608.28967v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Electroencephalography (EEG)-based robotic control is commonly formulated as a direct classification problem, in…
GHOST in the Robots: Real-Time Exocentric Dual-Robot VR Teleoperation from Onboard Cameras
arXiv:2608.29080v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Teleoperating multiple robots simultaneously enables additional views and coordinated control. Yet, it poses fun…
Systematic Lightweight Method for Robotics Based on Strain Energy Distribution Optimization
arXiv:2608.29146v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Service robots work with people and are highly expected to be lightweight for safety, agility and energy conserv…
Toward Trustworthy Robot-Assisted Sliding Palpation for Shallow Vessel Localisation with a Calibrated Digital Twin
arXiv:2608.29396v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliable localisation of shallow subsurface vessels is important for safe robot-assisted venous access and vesse…
HybridWorldSim: A Scalable and Controllable High-fidelity Simulator for Autonomous Driving
arXiv:2511.22187v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Realistic and controllable simulation is critical for advancing end-to-end autonomous driving, yet exi…
RoboTrustBench: Benchmarking the Trustworthiness of Video World Models for Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2606.01600v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Video world models are increasingly used in robotic manipulation, yet existing benchmarks mostly evalu…
A Kinematic Framework for Screening Candidate Pinch Configurations in Robotic Hand Design without Object or Contact Models
arXiv:2604.20692v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Evaluating the pinch capability of a robotic hand is important for understanding its functional dexterity. H…
Learning Agile Perceptive Traversal of Sparse 3D Structures for Humanoids
arXiv:2608.29769v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Traversing sparse 3D structures requires humanoid robots to perceive thin, overhanging geometry while executing …
MiBOT: A head-worn robot that modulates cardiovascular responses through human-like soft massage
arXiv:2608.30055v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Massage therapy is helpful for the rehabilitation of various diseases, such as headaches caused by migraines and…
Optimized Modular Design and Development of a Tilt-Rotor Bicopter Drone
arXiv:2608.30222v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Hybrid systems like tilt-rotor bicopter drones combine the beneficial characteristics of both fixed-wing and rot…
CometVLA: Co-Training on an Embodied Data Pyramid towards Physical Understanding
arXiv:2608.30289v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models remain brittle in manipulation tasks that require physical commonsense. Curr…
AGRICAM: A Track-Mounted Crop Pollination Monitoring Robot
arXiv:2608.29237v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Insect pollination is critical for global food production, yet monitoring pollinators at commercial farm scale…
Fully Distributed GNE Algorithms for Multi-Robot Placement without Consensus on Multipliers
arXiv:2608.29388v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Recent machine learning research has increasingly focused on equilibrium analysis in non-cooperative games rat…
How better grippers can unlock physical AI
Physical AI depends on smarter grippers to give robots the dexterity, sensing and adaptability needed to handle real-world tasks. The post How better grippers c…
Skild AI unveils S1 flagship robot foundation model
Skild AI says its S1 robot foundation model enables robots to learn new tasks just by seeing a video of it being performed. The post Skild AI unveils S1 flagshi…
Reframe Systems raises $40M to scale its robotic microfactories for home building
Reframe Systems aims to build a network of automated microfactories near communities where homes are needed. The post Reframe Systems raises $40M to scale its r…
When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study
Photo by Alex Knight on Unsplash. By Hasan Ayaz, Drexel University; Ewart J. de Visser, United States Air Force Academy; Frank Krueger, George Mason University,…
Beyond Relative Geometry: Metric-Aware Geometry Perception for Robotics
arXiv:2608.27497v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent embodied models increasingly leverage geometric representations to improve spatial reasoning and robotic …
Remote Human and Robot Interaction for Greenhouse Gardening Using Virtual Reality
arXiv:2608.27545v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study evaluates the effectiveness of remote human-robot interaction using virtual reality for leaf inspecti…
Beyond Data Scaling: Representation-Centric Continued Pre-training for Vision-Language-Action Models
arXiv:2608.27550v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Scaling robot data is crucial for building generalist Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, yet robot trajectorie…
Stay Seated: Learning Omnidirectional Humanoid Locomotion on a Passive Mobile Chair with Casters
arXiv:2608.28090v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Humanoid robots with quasi-direct-drive actuators continuously generate joint torque while standing, whereas sea…
Probabilistic Multi-Robot Gas Source Localization with Uncalibrated Sensors: A Distributed Estimation Approach
arXiv:2608.28214v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Estimating environmental states with multi-robot systems becomes particularly challenging when robots are equipp…