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Mitsubishi Electric opens Serendie Street Boston digital transformation hub
Mitsubishi Electric opened Serendie Street Boston, its first Western digital transformation hub dedicated to collaboration and innovation. The post Mitsubishi E…
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…
Why deterministic real-time systems are more critical than ever in robotics
Winston Leung discusses the role of QNX role in robotics and AI, focusing on safety, innovation, and industry trends. The post Why deterministic real-time syste…
Robots can enhance manufacturing workers rather than replace them
With the right AI, teleoperation, and safeguards, robotics can augment manufacturing opportunities, says one to ONE Holdings' president. The post Robots can enh…
AGIBOT holds World Challenge 2026 to see how AI models perform on real tasks
AGIBOT said the industry is moving beyond simulation scores toward closed-loop testing on real robots with real tasks. The post AGIBOT holds World Challenge 202…
Congratulations to the #AAMAS2026 best paper award winners
The AAMAS 2026 best paper awards were presented at the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, which took place from 25-29 Ma…
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…
Effort to establish a National Commission on Robotics advances in Congress
As the proposed National Commission on Robotics advances, industry leaders continue to call for more unified U.S. policy. The post Effort to establish a Nationa…
Walmart, Wing add 7 markets in drone delivery expansion
Wing plans to bring drone deliveries to Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City. The post Walmart, Wing add 7 …
CAST: Counterfactual Labels Improve Instruction Following in Vision-Language-Action Models
arXiv:2508.13446v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Generalist robots should be able to understand and follow user instructions. Despite providing a powerful ar…
A Survey of Robotic Navigation and Manipulation with Physics Simulators in the Era of Embodied AI
arXiv:2505.01458v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Navigation and manipulation are core capabilities in Embodied AI, but training agents to perform them direct…
Geometric Formulation of Unified Force-Impedance Control on SE(3) for Robotic Manipulators
arXiv:2504.17080v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In this paper, we present an impedance control framework on the SE(3) manifold, which enables force tracking…
Rod models in continuum and soft robot control: a review
arXiv:2407.05886v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Continuum and soft robots can transform automation tasks requiring compliant interaction in constrained or u…
Co-GLANCE: Uncertainty-Aware Active Perception for Heterogeneous Robot Teaming
arXiv:2606.09919v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Perceptual uncertainty is a central challenge for heterogeneous robot teams operating in unstructured outdoor …
Equanimity in HRI: Applying Calm Technology Principles to Human-Robot Interaction
arXiv:2606.09836v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper explores how {\textit{Calm Technology}} can be integrated into Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), with …
SAFE-Pruner: Semantic Attention-Guided Future-Aware Token Pruning for Efficient Vision-Language-Action Manipulation
arXiv:2605.29662v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Real-time inference of vision-language-action (VLA) models is essential for robotic control. While visual toke…
RoboNaldo: Accurate, Stable and Powerful Humanoid Soccer Shooting via Motion-Guided Curriculum Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2606.11092v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Elite humanoid soccer shooting requires whole-body stability, high-impulse whole-body interactions, and accuracy…
A Distributed Multi-UGV Exploration Framework With Loop-Aware Planning and Descriptor-Aided Localization in Resource-Limited Environments
arXiv:2606.11088v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robust and efficient cooperative exploration with multiple unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in unknown, GPSdenied…
Generation of Diverse and Functional Robot Designs using Superquadrics Parametrisation and Quality-Diversity
arXiv:2606.11037v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generative design of robots requires navigating a vast search-space, encompassing physical configurations and be…
A Spiking Neural Architecture for Coordinating Arm and Locomotor Control
arXiv:2606.11034v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) coupled with neuromorphic hardware offer energy-efficient solutions for humanoid …
Diffusion Forcing Planner: History-Annealed Planning with Time-Dependent Guidance for Autonomous Driving
arXiv:2606.11019v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning-based motion planners, despite recent progress, often suffer from temporal inconsistency. Small perturb…
Language-Driven Cost Optimization for Autonomous Driving
arXiv:2606.10974v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The driving behavior of autonomous vehicles is typically governed by the cost function of their motion planner, …
Resilient Navigation for Autonomous Farm Robots by Leveraging Jerk-Augmented Models with IMU-Only Disturbance Rejection
arXiv:2606.10971v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Precise state estimation for navigation of autonomous agricultural robots is often compromised by sensor outages…
Task Robustness via Re-Labelling Vision-Action Robot Data
arXiv:2606.10918v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The recent trend in scaling models for robot learning has resulted in impressive policies that can perform vario…
AgniNav: Configuration-Driven Cross-Embodiment Local Planning for Robot Navigation
arXiv:2606.10903v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Monocular local navigation is attractive for lightweight robots, but existing vision-based policies often couple…
MV-Actor: Aligning Multi-View Semantics and Spatial Awareness for Bimanual Manipulation
arXiv:2606.10899v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic manipulation has been widely applied in industrial scenarios. Compared with single-arm manipulation, bim…
An Exposure-Time-Aligned Primary-Path Architecture for Autonomous-Driving ECUs
arXiv:2606.10856v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While end-to-end (E2E) autonomous driving has become the dominant research direction, production vehicles contin…
IMPACT: Learning Internal-Model Predictive Control for Forceful Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2606.10818v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Real-world robotic manipulation tasks often involve forceful interactions with the environment, such as using to…