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3285 storiesAutoWorld: Learning Multi-Agent Traffic Simulation with Self-Supervised World Models
arXiv:2603.28963v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Simulation with realistic traffic agents is essential for validating autonomous driving systems. Existing da…
DeReCo: Decoupling Representation and Coordination Learning for Object-Adaptive Decentralized Multi-Robot Cooperative Transport
arXiv:2603.08111v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Generalizing decentralized multi-robot cooperative transport across objects with diverse shapes and physical…
HELIOS: An LLM-Driven Autonomous Indirect Trajectory Optimization Agent
arXiv:2607.24051v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Low-thrust trajectory optimization is a core technology in deep-space mission design. Indirect methods based o…
A Few Words Go a Long Way: Language Guided Robot Policy Synthesis
arXiv:2607.23784v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While vision-language-action models have demonstrated impressive zero-shot manipulation capabilities, they remai…
Moving-Horizon Estimation and Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Cable-Driven Soft Manipulators
arXiv:2607.24029v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Precise control of soft manipulators remains challenging due to the difficulty of developing accurate yet comput…
BC-NMPC: Battery-Constrained NMPC with Propulsion Prediction and Replanning for High-Speed Flight
arXiv:2607.23867v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Trajectory tracking performance of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) degrades during high-speed and agile flight d…
WCM: World-Cognition Model for Generalizable Human-Robot Interaction
arXiv:2607.22999v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Language agents can now interact fluently with users in software, but robots still struggle to bring comparable …
PAC-DP: PAC-Bayesian Diffusion Policy Learning
arXiv:2607.24296v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Diffusion Policies (DPs) are able to perform complex manipulation tasks. However, DPs are typically trained by m…
Mission-Level Runtime Assurance for LLM-Assisted ISR Swarms over a Verification-Aware Fabric
arXiv:2607.23532v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Swarms of LLM-assisted autonomous robots are increasingly proposed for cooperative intelligence, surveillance,…
Unifying Complementarity Constraints and Control Barrier Functions for Safe Whole-Body Robot Control
arXiv:2504.17647v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Safety-critical whole-body robot control demands reactive methods that ensure collision avoidance in real-ti…
Learning Reusable Hybrid Motion Priors for Humanoid Locomotion from Motion Imitation
arXiv:2607.24083v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reinforcement learning can produce robust humanoid controllers, but each new task is typically trained as a se…
PRISM: Polynomial Representations for Interaction-Structured Motor Control
arXiv:2607.23473v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robot policies are typically MLPs mapping observations to actions. Yet robot observations are physical variables…
FutureRTC: Real-Time Robot Execution with Anticipatory-Conditioned Action Chunking
arXiv:2607.24008v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Real-time deployment of Vision-Language-Action (VLA) policies necessitates asynchronous execution, wherein subse…
Kraken Technology raises Series B funding for autonomous vessels
Kraken Technology plans to use its funding to continue developing uncrewed surface vessels and localizing manufacturing around the world. The post Kraken Techno…
NORD expands compact NORDAC VFD family to 200 hp
NORD Drivesystems said its NORDAC PRO VFDs are adaptable to individual application requirements across industries. The post NORD expands compact NORDAC VFD fami…
DB-VIO: Dual-Branch Visual Inertial Odometry with Enhanced Visual-Inertial Representation
arXiv:2607.22123v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Visual inertial odometry (VIO) is essential for accurate 6-DoF motion estimation in mobile robotic systems. Rece…
Ordered Action Tokens for Visuomotor Policy Learning
arXiv:2607.21670v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Action tokenization maps continuous robot action chunks to discrete tokens and has become an important interface…
Progress Reward Modeling for Robotic Learning: A Comprehensive Survey
arXiv:2607.21655v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic learning takes place in dynamic environments with large behavior spaces. A terminal success signal only …
Robot-Factored World Models via Robot Rendering
arXiv:2607.22535v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Action-conditioned video world models predict future observations from an initial observation and an action sign…
Conformal Constraint Tightening for Chance-Constrained Motion Planning with Unknown Dynamics
arXiv:2607.22409v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Motion planning algorithms compute control sequences that drive autonomous robots to goal regions while avoiding…
Plug, Play, and Comply: A Modular Framework for Online Variable Impedance with Arbitrarily Oriented Compliance Axes
arXiv:2607.22483v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The paper proposes a robot-agnostic compliant-control framework that extends the ROS control ecosystem with stan…
Flight-Ready LiDAR-Inertial Odometry for Embedded Drone Platforms
arXiv:2607.22145v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Open-source LiDAR-inertial odometry (LIO) systems have achieved remarkable benchmark accuracy, yet current state…
Teachy Mini: Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Knowledge-Based Generative Social Robot for Higher Education
arXiv:2607.22345v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generative social robots (GSRs) powered by large language models offer new possibilities for personalized tutori…
Constraint-Driven Synthesis of Hyper Petri Nets
arXiv:2607.22062v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper addresses the modeling and synthesis of constrained robotic system behaviors using Petri nets (PNs)…
One Hand Watches The Other: Dynamic Multi-Agent Cooperation for Sample-Efficient Bimanual Manipulation in Dynamic Environments
arXiv:2607.22119v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-stream robot manipulation policies achieve unparalleled sample efficiency and generalization by modeling a…
JustDepth: Real-Time Radar-Camera Depth Estimation with Single-Scan LiDAR Supervision
arXiv:2607.22172v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate yet low-latency depth is essential for radar-camera perception in autonomous systems. Cameras provide…
Compliant Non-Prehensile Pushing Manipulation
arXiv:2605.25672v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In this paper, we address the challenge of performing non-prehensile pushing operations with a compliant rob…
A Monolithic Hand with Asymmetric Origami Bending and Dual-chamber Actuators
arXiv:2607.22320v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The passive adaptability inherent in soft robotic hands affords them advantages in applications that require saf…
Learning Diverse Humanoid Tasks via Synthetic Video Scenarios without Real World Data
arXiv:2607.21648v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The human-like morphology of humanoid robots grants them exceptional potential for agile and versatile motor cap…
Action-Conditioned World Model for Goal Plane Probe Guidance in Robotic Ultrasound
arXiv:2607.21918v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present an action-conditioned world model framework for goal plane probe guidance in robotic ultrasound, with…