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1860 storiesDROID-ANCHOR: Odometry-Anchored Recurrent Metric Depth Estimation
arXiv:2607.17058v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Precise metric depth estimation is fundamental for autonomous robot navigation, yet monocular systems inherently…
S.E.A.G.R: A Socially and Emotionally Aware Greeting Robot Framework with Dual-Layer Cultural and Affective Modulation
arXiv:2607.16341v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper presents SEAGR (Socially and Emotionally Aware Greeting Robot), a robotic greeting framework designed…
Lifelong Localization in Dynamic Indoor Environments Combining Odometry with Sparse Distance Sampling
arXiv:2607.17852v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Localization is a key task in robot navigation, and many techniques exist for it. In many plausible scenarios, a…
SplatSearch: Instance Image Goal Navigation for Mobile Robots using 3D Gaussian Splatting and Diffusion Models
arXiv:2511.12972v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The Instance Image Goal Navigation (IIN) problem requires mobile robots deployed in unknown environments to …
PREFAIL: Identifying Precursors to Failures in Robotic Lift-and-Place Tasks to Improve Task Execution Performance
arXiv:2607.16921v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Non-prehensile manipulation enables flexible material handling with part carriers, but friction-based support ma…
HyperDCM: Dynamic Cluster Memory Replay in Hyperbolic Space for Continual Robotic Navigation Across Scenes
arXiv:2607.16267v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Continual learning in visual navigation remains challenging due to catastrophic forgetting and the difficulties …
Receiver-Centered Robot-to-Human Handover with Grasp-Aware Object Orientation
arXiv:2607.17839v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Collaborative robots are increasingly sharing workspaces with human operators, making tool handover a frequent a…
Task-Space Constrained Stochastic Trajectory Optimization for Time-Optimal Forestry Crane Motion Planning
arXiv:2607.17818v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Efficient, collision-free, and time-optimal motion planning is a fundamental requirement for autonomous forestry…
Closing the Loop in Humanoid VLA: Persistent 3D Object Tokens for Verifiable Loco-Manipulation
arXiv:2607.18016v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action policies are a promising foundation for general robot control, but long-horizon humanoid …
Hybrid Machine Learning for Articulation Angle Estimation of Truck-Semitrailer Combinations
arXiv:2607.16758v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate articulation angle estimation of trucks with trailers is critical for autonomous driving and advanced…
DSBench: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Evaluating External and In-Cabin Risks
arXiv:2511.14592v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Vision-Language Models (VLMs) show great promise for autonomous driving, but their suitability for safety-cr…
Real-Time sEMG-Based Telecontrol of an Assistive Robotic Arm Using a 1D Convolutional Neural Network
arXiv:2607.16310v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Motor impairments affecting the upper limb significantly reduce autonomy in daily activities, particularly for t…
Leveraging Two Robotic Arms for Tight Assembly Performance Gains
arXiv:2607.17876v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We provide a novel end-to-end framework for the execution of an assembly operation by two robotic arms, given th…
MEVION: Low-Cost Open-Source Data Collection System for Powerful and High-Speed Dual-Arm Manipulation
arXiv:2607.17970v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The global competition for developing robotic foundation models is intensifying. Among the data collection syste…
Test-Time Scaling for World Action Models via Zero-Shot Geometric Evaluation
arXiv:2607.17454v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Test-time scaling improves foundation-model inference by spending additional computation, but robot control requ…
Disturbance-Aware Flight for Aerial Robots in Narrow Space
arXiv:2607.17476v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous flight of aerial robots in narrow space remains challenging due to strong aerodynamic disturbances an…
Stability and Comfort in Mobile Robot-Pedestrian Interactions
arXiv:2607.17604v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Mobile robots in public spaces must ensure pedestrians' comfort, and yet empirical studies of walkers' subjectiv…
Boston Dynamics to discuss the art behind human-robot interaction
Boston Dynamics experts will share insights into design considerations for safe human-robot interaction in a webinar. The post Boston Dynamics to discuss the ar…
BrainCo demonstrates brain-controlled robot AI platform
During BrainCo's demo, the mind-controlled robotic arm completed tasks that require precision, such as grasping a cup or picking up an apple. The post BrainCo d…
Building robots for unpredictable, infrastructure-free environments
Real-world robotics success requires building infrastructure-free systems that thrive in unpredictable, harsh outdoor environments. The post Building robots for…
AGIBOT unveils four embodied AI products for real-world operations at WAIC
AGIBOT said its demoes and industrial deployments show its progress in turning embodied AI capabilities into repeatable workflows. The post AGIBOT unveils four …
Interactive world simulator for robot policy training and evaluation
Imagine you want to teach a robot to push an object on a table. The standard recipe in robot learning is to collect hundreds of expert demonstrations on a real …
SLAC: Safe and Efficient Real-Robot Reinforcement Learning via Unsupervised Simulation Pre-Training
arXiv:2506.04147v5 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Building capable household and industrial robots requires mastering the control of versatile, high-degree-of…
AC-VLA: Robust Out-of-Distribution Action Execution via Compositional Learning
arXiv:2607.15714v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models excel at end-to-end robotic manipulation but struggle with out-of-distributi…
ContactFusion: Stochastic Poisson Surface Maps from Visual and Contact Sensing
arXiv:2503.16592v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Robust and precise robotic assembly entails insertion of constituent components. Insertion success is hinder…
Environment Design for Reliable Shared Autonomy with Probabilistic Guarantees
arXiv:2607.15487v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Shared autonomy enables humans and robots to collaboratively perform tasks by combining human input with autonom…
MindDrive: A Vision-Language-Action Model for Autonomous Driving via Online Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2512.13636v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Current Vision-Language-Action (VLA) paradigms in autonomous driving primarily rely on Imitation Learn…
Learning Reach-Avoid Task with Reinforcement Learning: Vectorized Simulation and Benchmark
arXiv:2607.15935v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has a longstanding tradition in addressing the reach-avoid task problem, espec…
NeuroCommitSSM: Decision-Centric Shared Autonomy for Safe Assistive Manipulation via EEG-EMG-ET Commit Readiness
arXiv:2607.15395v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present NeuroCommitSSM, a decision-centric framework that models when to execute, not just what to do, for sa…
EgoExoMoCap: Distributed Ego-Exo Human Motion Capture
arXiv:2607.15868v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Human motion capture from head-mounted devices (HMDs) offers a scalable way to acquire real-world human motion…