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3285 storiesBeyond Flat Policies: Hierarchical Post-Training for Embodied Agents in Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2608.05999v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in robotic manipulation by leverag…
DyPES-VLA: Learning Shared Dynamics Priors and Embodiment-Specific Control for Cross-Embodiment Manipulation
arXiv:2608.06374v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have become a powerful paradigm for robot manipulation, but training a singl…
MMaDA-VLA: Large Diffusion Vision-Language-Action Model with Unified Multi-Modal Instruction and Generation
arXiv:2603.25406v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models map visual observations and natural-language instructions to robot actio…
Robust-WAM: Bridging Generative Pretraining and Semantic Foresight in World-Action Models
arXiv:2608.05903v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Mainstream World-Action Models (WAMs) adapt pretrained video generation models (VGMs) for robot control, trans…
Reinforcing Action Policies by Prophesying
arXiv:2511.20633v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) policies excel in aligning language, perception, and robot control. However, mo…
VIDP: Variable Impedance Diffusion Policy for Compliant Robot Manipulation from Diverse Demonstrations
arXiv:2608.06210v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Contact-rich manipulation requires precise tracking and mechanical compliance, where variable impedance control …
Design and Evaluation of a Touchscreen-Based Teleoperation Interface for Robotic Manipulators
arXiv:2608.06219v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Intuitive teleoperation interfaces are crucial for the safe and effective operation of robotic manipulators in c…
Failing Gracefully: Mitigating Impact of Inevitable Robot Failures
arXiv:2608.05313v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Service robots operate in household environments shared with humans, pets, and everyday objects, where they are …
JoyAI-RA 0.5: Scaling Robot Manipulation Learning via Dual Action Alignment
arXiv:2608.05674v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robot data is scarce, so generalist policies need to learn from heterogeneous sources, including human egocentri…
GeniWorld: A Generalizable Interactive World Model for Robotic Manipulation via Visual Actions
arXiv:2608.06332v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generalist robot policies exhibit strong capabilities, but their robustness in complex and unseen environments r…
A System for Train Condition Monitoring and Structural Health Assessment of Rail Vehicles
arXiv:2608.05221v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The ongoing digitalization of rail systems and the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) are fundamenta…
World-to-Wrist: Task-Conditioned Future Wrist Modeling for Fine-Grained Robot Manipulation
arXiv:2608.05369v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models often treat main-view and wrist-view observations as parallel visual inputs,…
Afford-X: Generalizable and Slim Affordance Reasoning for Task-oriented Manipulation
arXiv:2503.03556v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Object affordance reasoning, the ability to infer object functionalities based on physical properties,…
Sliding Sensors: Configurable Confidence in State Estimation for Continuum Robots
arXiv:2608.05410v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Continuum robots often operate in uncertain environments, where accurate state estimation is essential for safe …
KILVO: Kinematic-Inertial-LiDAR-Visual Odometry with Robust Multimodal Adaptation for Humanoid Robots
arXiv:2608.05647v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This article presents a kinematic-inertial-LiDAR-visual odometry for humanoid robots, called KILVO. Tailored to …
Multi-Robot Motions in Milliseconds: Vector-Accelerated Primitives for Sampling-Based Planning
arXiv:2604.23960v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In this paper, we extend the recent Vector-Accelerated Motion Planning (VAMP) framework to multi-robot motio…
Report looks at advances in autonomous mobile robots
A download looks at examples of advances in autonomous mobile robots in material handling and automated storage applications. The post Report looks at advances …
How Robin, the robotic companion, keeps patients calm during hospital visits
Robin is deployed across 30 different health systems, and Expper has plans to deploy 10 more in different states. The post How Robin, the robotic companion, kee…
HII signs up to $900M agreement with Path Robotics, GrayMatter Robotics
The latest agreement expands HII's HYPER Program, which Path Robotics and GrayMatter Robotics joined earlier this year. The post HII signs up to $900M agreement…
Curiosity-Diffuser: Curiosity Guide Diffusion Models for Reliability
arXiv:2503.14833v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: One of the bottlenecks in robotic intelligence is the instability of neural network models. This leads to ri…
Zero-shot Sim2Real Transfer for Magnet-Based Tactile Sensor on Insertion Tasks
arXiv:2505.02915v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Tactile sensing is an important sensing modality for robot manipulation. Among different types of tactile se…
Structured LLM Reasoning for Zero-Shot Human--Robot Coordination Under Hidden Goals
arXiv:2608.04309v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present a structured large-language-model (LLM) architecture for zero-shot human--robot coordination in a coo…
Design and Flight of an Ion-propelled Micro Hovercraft Leveraging Ground Proximity Effects
arXiv:2608.04343v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Electroaerodynamic propulsion is compelling for use in micro air vehicles due to its silent and solid-state natu…
Kitchen Robotic Manipulation utilizing Foundation Models
arXiv:2608.04042v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deploying robots in everyday human environments requires perception systems that are both robust and adaptable t…
Explicit Language Memory for Long-Horizon Planning in Vision-Language-Action Models
arXiv:2608.04765v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models provide a unified paradigm for connecting visual perception, language unders…
A GitOps-Driven Annotation Catalog for Fully Automatic Railway Operations
arXiv:2608.04724v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Automatic train operation (ATO) at grade of automation 3 and above (GoA3-GoA4) requires robust AI-based percepti…
RORA: Realistic Object Reconstruction with Articulation
arXiv:2608.04842v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Replicating real-world environments into simulation by realistic visual representation like NeRF and 3D Gaussian…
Differential 6-DOF Pose Estimation with Provable First-Order Immunity to Camera Calibration Errors
arXiv:2608.04673v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) motion estimation is essential for robotic manipulation, autonomous sys…
Geometry-Aware Sampling-Based Motion Planning on Riemannian Manifolds
arXiv:2602.00992v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In many robot motion planning problems, task objectives and physical constraints induce non-Euclidean geomet…
A Multi-Sensor Dataset for Monitoring the Operational Environment of Rail Vehicles
arXiv:2608.04704v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reliable environment monitoring is essential for the safe and efficient operation of automated railway systems…