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3285 storiesGeo-VLA: Geometry-Aware Vision-Language-Action Planning via Internalization of Map Semantics
arXiv:2608.21440v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models have advanced end-to-end autonomous driving by leveraging foundation models …
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…
GOLEM: Modular Humanoid Autonomy Towards Electric Vehicle Battery Disassembly
arXiv:2608.21550v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Disassembling end-of-life electric vehicle (EV) battery packs is dull and dangerous work, performed almost entir…
Model-Based Reinforcement Learning for Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Task Assignment Under Distribution Shifts
arXiv:2608.21554v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Heterogeneous multi-robot service systems must assign requests to compatible robots, construct feasible schedule…
Force/Torque-Based Kinematic Adaptation for Robotic Manipulation Tasks
arXiv:2608.21592v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Contact-rich robotic manipulation requires an accurate model of the kinematic relationship between a robot's joi…
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…
OpenSCvx: An Open-Source Modular and Extensible Nonlinear Trajectory Planning Package
arXiv:2608.21631v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Trajectory optimization computes dynamically feasible motions that enable autonomous systems to accomplish compl…
Lifelong Robot Recomposition via Persistent Categorical Modeling for Unified Task-Driven Co-Design, Verification, and Planning
arXiv:2608.21676v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic systems are traditionally designed and deployed in static configurations, with assumptions made at desig…
Vision Guided Target Conditioned Control for Autonomous Excavation
arXiv:2608.21778v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous excavation requires an intelligent control system that can convert spatial work intent into coordinat…
An Interpretable Deep Learning Framework for Material Perception and Classification from Multisensory Tactile Data
arXiv:2608.21894v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Human tactile perception relies on complex multisensory cues. Yet the relationship between tactile signals and p…
CIDER: Continual Interactive Distillation for Embodied Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2608.21899v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Human-in-the-loop real-world reinforcement learning enables rapid acquisition of effective robotic manipulation …
Design of a Human-Assistance Robot System with Contextual Action Recognition
arXiv:2608.22028v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper presents a conceptual design for a proactive human assisting robot system capable of recognizing huma…
Ludi${}_{\scriptscriptstyle 0.1}$: An Agentic System for Socially Intelligent Robots
arXiv:2608.22035v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robot foundation models have substantially advanced perception and control, but natural human-robot collaboratio…
EndoNav: Semantic-to-Geometric Grounding for Language-Guided Robotic Endoscopic Examination
arXiv:2608.22093v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Minimally invasive procedures performed within confined anatomical spaces depend on continuous endoscopic visual…
Contact-Rich Robotic Manipulation in Construction via Zero-Shot Learning: A Diffusion Policy-Guided Adaptive Control
arXiv:2608.22100v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Construction robotics and automation offer promising means of improving productivity, alleviating workforce shor…
The Imitator Game: Benchmarking Robot Imitative Ability Beyond Action Prediction
arXiv:2608.22301v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Humans imitate at the level of intent: given a demonstration, we infer its goal and carry it out with whatever t…
MotionDLO: Hybrid Event- and Frame-Based Tracking of Deformable Linear Objects
arXiv:2608.22398v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliably tracking moving deformable linear objects (DLOs) while simultaneously ensuring robustness, accuracy, an…
LD4WAM: Learning Latent Dynamics from Human Videos for World Action Models
arXiv:2608.22403v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Human video is playing an increasingly central role in training World Action Models (WAMs), owing to its diversi…
Robust Bimanual Vision-Language-Action Models via Embarrassingly Simple Modality Masking
arXiv:2608.22419v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Query-based Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models offer low-latency inference that is attractive for bimanual robo…
WorldToken: Time-First Sequence Modeling for Robotic Imitation Learning
arXiv:2608.22591v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robot policies receive heterogeneous observations at each decision step, yet sequence models differ in how they …
Enhancing Sim2Real Transfer for Torque-Controlled Robots through Real2Sim Dynamics Estimation and Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2608.22629v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Transferring reinforcement learning policies from simulation to Real-World robots remains a major challenge, par…
Physical Agentic AI: An Architecture for Orchestrating a Robot Crew with LLMs
arXiv:2608.22657v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Agentic AI frameworks interpret open-ended task goals and decompose them into multi-step plans. Richer informati…
VikPath: A Vision Kansformer Framework for Effective Obstacle Avoidance in Self-Supervised Pathfinding
arXiv:2608.22675v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Pathfinding is a fundamental problem in artificial intelligence and autonomous systems. Traditional heuristic-ba…
Physics Filtering Favors the Generalization of Robot Learning
arXiv:2608.22701v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Living organisms exhibit extraordinary adaptability to unseen environments through their intrinsic physical stru…
Reproducible Vision-Guided 6-DoF Robotic Manipulator with a Mixed Stepper-Driver Architecture and Browser-Native Control
arXiv:2608.22799v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present the NeuralNexus Arm, an open, low-cost 6-DOF robotic manipulator built by an undergraduate engineerin…
Triplet2Track: A Hierarchical System with Object-Centric Representations for Reliable Long-Horizon Manipulation
arXiv:2608.22800v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Ensuring reliability in uncertain environments remains difficult for long-horizon robotic manipulation. End-to-e…
InstructMove: A Text-Indispensable Benchmark for Instruction-Following Manipulation
arXiv:2608.22990v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models have made general-purpose robot manipulation increasingly plausible by condi…
Switched Turn-based Adaptive Source Seeking Strategy using Estimation and Information-driven Direction of Improvement
arXiv:2608.23068v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Source seeking arises in applications such as gas leak localization, radiation monitoring, and environmental sur…
Shaping the Evolutionary Dynamics of Robot Morphology via Adaptive Control Learning
arXiv:2608.23100v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robot co-design via bi-level optimization couples within-lifetime controller learning for fitness evaluation wit…