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3285 storiesTowards Professional Tennis Styles for Humanoid Robots with Adaptive Motion Planning and Tracking
arXiv:2608.20087v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Humanoid robots have recently demonstrated promising capabilities in real-world ball sports. However, achieving …
GOAG: Generative and Object-Agnostic Grasp Planner for Dexterous Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2608.19759v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multifingered grasping is a crucial robotic skill, but current deep-learning grasp planners often struggle to ge…
SAGE: Ergodic Control for Autonomous and Adaptive Inspection of Subsea Infrastructure
arXiv:2608.19671v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Subsea Christmas Trees (XTs) are underwater structures that use valves for directing oil flow, needing constant …
What Matters for Latent Actions in Robot Learning
arXiv:2608.19613v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Latent Action Models (LAMs) have emerged as a promising paradigm for enabling robot learning to leverage large-s…
The Missing Touch: Spatially Distributed Tactile Feedback Brings Teleoperation Closer to Human Dexterity
arXiv:2608.19372v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A fundamental challenge in robotic teleoperation is enabling an operator to control a remote robot as effortless…
SCAPE: Scenario-Conditioned Simulation-Augmented Policy Evaluation
arXiv:2608.19425v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliable performance evaluation is a central bottleneck for deploying robot-learning policies in real-world cond…
The Verification Gap in Networked Physical AI: A Post-Semantic Communication Framework
arXiv:2608.19593v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A task-effective proposal is not yet a justified physical action. In networked Physical AI, a proposal may be un…
OrthoSkillVLA: Continual Skill Learning via Gradient-Informed Skill Subspace Adaptation
arXiv:2608.19589v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Pretrained Vision-Language-Action models provide a strong foundation for robot learning, but sequentially adapti…
HiTac-WAM: A Hierarchical Tactile World Action Model for Contact-Rich Robot Manipulation
arXiv:2608.19574v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: World action models jointly predict future visual observations and actions, whereas existing tactile-aware varia…
Multimodal Trajectory Planning for Surface Vehicles using Turning Circle-based Control Barrier Functions
arXiv:2608.19537v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper presents a guide path-free multimodal trajectory planning framework for autonomous surface vehicles o…
Learning the Right Abstraction: Neural Reduced Dynamics for Complex Robot Control
arXiv:2608.19375v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: High-fidelity embodied AI simulators provide realistic evaluation of complex robotic systems, but their computat…
Amazon plans to expand Prime Air to nearly 500 cities by the end of 2026
Amazon said its Prime Air drones can deliver nearly all items 5 lb. or less that can fit in a large shoebox. The post Amazon plans to expand Prime Air to nearly…
ATDev gives update on its journey building autonomous wheelchairs
ATDev is developing a modern power wheelchair with a coordinated robotic arm that can take on reaching and lifting tasks for the user. The post ATDev gives upda…
Agtonomy releases new autonomous multi-point turning features
Agtonomy has added autonomous multi-point turning and enhanced field data collection to its commercial off-road platform. The post Agtonomy releases new autonom…
Revisiting the "Push-T" Robot Manipulation Task with Agentic Robotics
arXiv:2608.18227v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Push-T is an iconic benchmark for learning manipulation policies from human demonstrations. The robot must use a…
GigaBrain-WBC-0.5: A Behavior World Model for Robust Whole-Body Control with Environment Interaction
arXiv:2608.18234v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Whole-body motion tracking policies turn a humanoid into a robust control interface: the teleoperator---or an up…
VERAGMIL: Virtual Environment for Scooping Granular Foods with Imitation Learning Models
arXiv:2608.18258v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robot-Assisted Feeding (RAF) systems are essential for assisting individuals with disabilities or motor impairme…
Backward Layout Search for Sequence-Constrained Robotic Assembly
arXiv:2608.18454v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic assembly layout planning must determine the assembly site and the initial pose of each part while ensuri…
Beyond Placement and Articulation: Usage-Driven Code Scenes for Embodied Interaction
arXiv:2608.18840v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Indoor scene synthesis provides essential environments for embodied AI, robotic manipulation, and simulation-bas…
Autonomous Agricultural Tractor: Integrated Weed Detection and LiDAR Navigation for Precision Paddy Farming
arXiv:2608.19004v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Site-specific weed management in paddy farming offers substantial reductions in herbicide use over conventional …
A Metamorphic Artificial Age Score Decision-Support Prototype for Flight-Log-Based Drone Propeller Health Monitoring
arXiv:2608.18088v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Drone propeller faults can create safety and reliability risks when their effects are distributed across multi…
Dynamic SpectraFormer for Ultra-High-Definition Underwater Image Enhancement
arXiv:2608.18662v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Underwater images suffer from color distortion, haze, and poor visibility due to light refraction and absorpti…
To Go Far, Go Together: Diverse Preferences Induce a Curriculum for Reward Optimization
arXiv:2608.18770v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Learning a reward model from human feedback and optimizing a policy against it is one approach to aligning AI …
Counterfactual Behavior Cloning: Offline Imitation Learning from Imperfect Human Demonstrations
arXiv:2505.10760v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Learning from humans is challenging because people are imperfect teachers. When everyday humans show the rob…
Personalized Autonomous Driving via Optimal Control with Clearance Constraints from Questionnaires
arXiv:2602.08326v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Driving without considering the preferred separation distance from surrounding vehicles may cause discomfort…
WESPR: Wind-adaptive Energy-Efficient Safe Perception & Planning for Robust Flight with Quadrotors
arXiv:2603.09194v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Local wind conditions strongly influence drone performance: headwinds increase flight time, crosswinds and w…
PartialBiGrasp: Inferring Hidden Local Geometry for Bimanual Grasping from Partial Views
arXiv:2608.19188v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Dual-arm robotic grasping is essential for manipulating large, heavy, and geometrically complex objects that can…
ADEPT: Accelerating Dexterity via Pre-Training and Post-Training using Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2608.19182v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce Accelerating Dexterity via Pre-Training (ADEPT), a large-scale reinforcement learning (RL) framewor…
DA-WAM: Decision-Aligned Future Latents for Driving World Models
arXiv:2608.19085v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Anticipating how scenes evolve under ego actions is fundamental to safe autonomous driving, yet the full potenti…
DevGRU: Depth-guided Visual Navigation using a Collision-aware Recurrent Model
arXiv:2608.18470v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Existing visual navigation models often aim to develop foundation models that can generalize robot navigation ac…