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3285 storiesA Reconfigurable Rocker-Bogie Robot for High Step Climbing and Turning
arXiv:2607.01554v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study proposes a reconfigurable rocker-bogie mechanism that achieves efficient turning motion with a small …
QuadRocket: An Aerial Robotic Testbed for Adaptive Thrust-Vector Control of Rocket-Like Vehicles
arXiv:2607.02474v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper presents QuadRocket, a quadrotor-based rocket prototype that provides a low-cost, low-risk platform f…
Overthink-Triggered Slowdown Attacks on LVLM-Based Robotic Systems
arXiv:2607.01518v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Vision-Language Models (LVLMs) have been increasingly integrated into robotic systems. However, these mo…
Neuro-Symbolic Safety Guidance for Vision-Language-Action Models via Constrained Flow Matching
arXiv:2607.01378v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have demonstrated promising generalization capabilities across robotic manip…
The Moving Eye: Enhancing VLA Spatial Generalization via Hybrid Dynamic Data Collection
arXiv:2607.02322v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have shown remarkable promise in generalized robotic manipulation. However, …
Lightweight Safe Reinforcement Learning for End-to-End UAV Navigation
arXiv:2607.01794v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: With the rapid development of autonomous aerial systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly deploy…
HEFT: Heavy-Payload Full-size Humanoid Teleoperation with Privileged Motion Guidance and Windowed Payload Curriculum
arXiv:2607.02332v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: General motion tracking and teleoperation offer a promising path to scalable humanoid skill acquisition, yet mos…
One Demonstration Is Enough for Real-World Robotic Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2607.01651v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning effective robot control policies on physical hardware is challenging due to costly data collection and …
Automate 2026 show recap
Editors Steve Crowe, Mike Oitzman, and Sarah Wynn review Automate 2026, analyzing key trends in physical AI, humanoids, and software orchestration. The post Aut…
AI Chips for Robotics: Which Processors Power Modern Robots and Why It Matters (2026)
Controllers in Robotics: Game, Microcontroller, and PLC — Which One Does Your Robot Actually Need?
Robotics Deployment & Automation: Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD Pipelines for Robot Systems (2026 Guide)
#RoboCup2026 – humanoid league day 1
Image credit: RoboCup Federation. RoboCup 2026 kicked off today in Incheon, South Korea, with the league competitions running until 5 July. It’s an exciting tim…
Luxonis closes Series A round to scale physical AI perception layer
Luxonis said it plans to scale production of its OAK camera and refine its platform to support robotics and industrial automation. The post Luxonis closes Serie…
Why you should combine robot dexterity with mechanical positioning for complex assembly operations
Experts are recognizing the importance of mechanical positioning and its impact on the machine’s mobility, range and speed. The post Why you should combine robo…
Blattner awards Built Robotics $75M contract for physical AI to help meet energy demand
Blattner has expanded its partnership with Built Robotics to scale autonomous systems for solar construction. The post Blattner awards Built Robotics $75M contr…
In Robotics, Ruggedization Is No Longer Optional
As autonomy moves beyond controlled environments, ruggedized design is becoming a prerequisite for reliable robotic operations. The post In Robotics, Ruggedizat…
Enhancing Robustness in Robot-Environment Interactions through Passive Compliant Degrees of Freedom: A Hybrid Position-Force Control Approach with Feedback Linearization
arXiv:2607.00571v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robot-environment interactions in dynamic or unstructured settings are often degraded by impact shocks, vibratio…
Guaranteed Escape for a Bouncing Robot in Pipe Chains
arXiv:2607.00221v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study the symmetric bouncing of a point robot within orthogonally-joined rectangles with equal width, which…
Deconfounded Lifelong Learning for Autonomous Driving via Dynamic Knowledge Spaces
arXiv:2603.14354v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: End-to-End autonomous driving (E2E-AD) systems face challenges in lifelong learning, including catastr…
Human-Centric Transferable Tactile Pre-Training for Dexterous Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2607.01067v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As an essential modality for dexterous and contact-rich tasks, tactile sensing provides precise force feedback t…
FLYNN: Robust Neural Network for Robot Navigation using Fly Brain Topology
arXiv:2607.00025v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While deep learning models achieve state-of-the-art performance in complex tasks, they remain brittle when faced…
Creating Impactful Autonomous Driving Datasets: A Strategic Guide from Research Gap to Benchmark
arXiv:2607.00710v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Well-designed autonomous driving datasets have fundamentally shaped research progress, yet existing literature…
DriveVA: Video Action Models are Zero-Shot Drivers
arXiv:2604.04198v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Generalization is a central challenge in autonomous driving, as real-world deployment requires robust …
AMBUSH: Collaborative Capture in Complex Environments with Neural Acceleration
arXiv:2607.01029v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Collaborative capture of dynamic targets is common in nature as an essential strategy for weaker species against…
AutoSpeed: Annotation-Free Stage-Adaptive Motion Speed Learning for Robot Manipulation
arXiv:2607.01051v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Different stages of manipulation tasks exhibit varying levels of difficulty, suggesting stage-dependent motion s…
FurnitureVLA: Learning Long-Horizon Bimanual Furniture Assembly with Vision-Language-Action Model
arXiv:2607.01212v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Current work on robot furniture assembly mostly focuses on toy-scale settings or single-arm manipulation. We int…
[Preprint] Dynamic Modeling, Gait Synthesis, and Control of a Novel Subsurface Bore Propagator
arXiv:2607.00569v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this article, we present dynamic modeling, gait synthesis, and feedback control design for a modular novel su…
Robust Operational Space Control with Conformal Disturbance Bounds for Safe Redundant Manipulation
arXiv:2607.00424v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Redundant robotic manipulators operating in constrained and human-interactive environments require accurate task…
Enhancing Hardware Fault Tolerance in Machines with Reinforcement Learning Policy Gradient Algorithms
arXiv:2407.15283v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Industry is moving toward autonomous, network-connected machines that detect and adapt to changing con…