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1860 storiesEmbodied Active Learning under Limited Annotation and Navigation Budget for Object Detection
arXiv:2607.15974v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper studies how to adapt a computer vision object detector to an unknown environment under both a robot n…
A Generative Partially Specified Finite State Machine Approach to Complex Behaviour Planning
arXiv:2607.15674v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous robots operating in dynamic environments require behaviour planning systems that combine reactivity, …
EGO: a Recursive and Self-Referential Cognitive Architecture for Artificial General Intelligence
arXiv:2507.14011v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is interpreted as an emergent property of autonomous and self-or…
Towards Artificial Nerves: Biomimetic Optical-Fiber Tactile Sensing for Robots
arXiv:2607.15746v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic systems increasingly demand tactile sensing that approaches the adaptability and resolution of human ski…
Beyond Frontiers: Scene-Anomaly Guided Autonomous Exploration
arXiv:2607.15828v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous exploration of unknown 3D environments is traditionally driven by coverage-maximizing geometric heuri…
ImprovedVBGS: Real-time Continual Variational Bayes Gaussian Splatting
arXiv:2607.15542v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: On-the-fly reconstruction is a key requirement for many applications in robotics and autonomous navigation. Va…
RAVEN: Reinforcement-Adaptive Visibility-Graph Planning for Robust Humanoid Navigation with Collision-Free MPC
arXiv:2607.15701v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Humanoid navigation in dynamic environments requires long-horizon planning while respecting short-horizon dynami…
VTLoc: Learning-based Tactile Contact Localization in Visual Point Clouds
arXiv:2607.16146v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision and touch are complementary modalities essential for robotic perception and manipulation. While vision pr…
MuxGel: Simultaneous Dual-Modal Visuo-Tactile Sensing via Spatially Multiplexing and Deep Reconstruction
arXiv:2603.09761v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: High-fidelity visuo-tactile sensing is important for precise robotic manipulation, yet most vision-based tac…
On the Use of AI-Driven Immersive Digital Technologies for Designing and Operating UAVs
arXiv:2407.16288v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer agile, cost-effective, and efficient solutions for communication relay…
Deployment-Ready UWB Localization for Industrial Ground Robots with Automatic Anchor Calibration and Terrain-Aware Fusion
arXiv:2607.15807v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Ultra-Wideband (UWB) ranging has become a viable option for industrial Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) localizatio…
Robust Silicone Pour Casting and Sensor Embedding Procedures for Soft Robotic Actuators
arXiv:2607.15422v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Soft robots are well-suited for applications such as rehabilitation and surgery that require adaptable and safe …
Implicit Virtual Leader: Decentralized Vision-Only Relative Pose Estimation for Multi-Robot Formations
arXiv:2607.15708v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Classical leader-follower formation control suffers from single points of failure and error propagation, and rel…
See, Learn, Assist: Safe and Self-Paced Robotic Rehabilitation via Video-Based Learning from Demonstration
arXiv:2603.14160v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In this paper, we propose a novel framework that allows therapists to teach robot-assisted rehabilitation ex…
MemoGuard: An Adaptive Runtime for Guarding Against Memory Traps in Communication-Limited Robot Navigation
arXiv:2607.15589v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Communication-limited robots in mission-critical scenarios such as disaster inspection and search-and-rescue mus…
EmbodiedDiffusion: End-to-End Traversability-Guided Visual Diffusion for Heterogeneous Robot Navigation
arXiv:2512.02851v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Visual traversability estimation is central to autonomous navigation, yet most approaches either rely on pro…
Risk-Aware Preference Learning for Stochastic Outcomes
arXiv:2607.15483v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning reward functions from human preferences is a widely used approach for aligning robot behavior with user…
Holistic Fusion: Task- and Setup-Agnostic Robot Localization and State Estimation with Factor Graphs
arXiv:2504.06479v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Seamless operation of mobile robots in challenging environments requires low-latency local motion estimation…
Let the Body Follow: Coupled Egocentric Control for Whole-Body Robot Teleoperation
arXiv:2607.16095v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Whole-body teleoperation requires users to coordinate perception, manipulation, posture, and mobility across mul…
Dynamics-Aware Meta-Imitation for Generalization to Unseen Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2607.15880v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Imitation Learning aims to learn skills from extensive observations and demonstrations for robots, so it suffers…
Handroid: Bridging Dexterous Hand and Humanoid
arXiv:2607.16187v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Dexterous hands and humanoid robots are typically developed as distinct embodiments: the former enable contact-r…
IMBench: A Benchmark for Intuitive Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2607.15641v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Humans combine reasoning and motor control to solve complex manipulation tasks under diverse constraints. They b…
Connectivity Maintenance and Recovery for Multi-Robot Motion Planning
arXiv:2510.03504v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Connectivity is crucial in many multi-robot applications, yet balancing connectivity maintenance and fleet t…
PACE: Persona Adaptation through Conversational Elicitation in Human-Robot Interaction
arXiv:2607.15579v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Equipping humanoid robots with coherent and adaptable personas is crucial for fostering natural, engaging, and t…
Passive Phase-Oriented Impedance Shaping for Rapid Acceleration in Soft Robotic Swimmers
arXiv:2603.03537v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Rapid acceleration and burst maneuvers in underwater robots depend less on maintaining precise resonance and…
Learning a System-Level Surrogate for Hydraulic Excavators: A Simulation-to-Real LSTM Approach
arXiv:2607.15656v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Developing autonomous hydraulic excavators is constrained by limited access to physical machines and the high co…
A Task-Space Receding Horizon Controller for Fast Collision Avoidance
arXiv:2607.15733v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Real-time collision avoidance for robotic manipulators requires fast reactions to unexpected obstacle motion and…
How to avoid the teleoperation trap in robotics development
Teleoperation is necessary for training humanoid robots, but reinforcement learning and simulation are still necessary, says Flexion's CEO. The post How to avoi…
Palm Garden AI develops Coherence Guard relational decision layer for human-facing robots
Palm Garden AI is developing a hardware-agnostic software layer, including Coherence Guard, for human-robot interaction and relationships. The post Palm Garden …
Weave Robotics launches Isaac, its first mobile humanoid robot
Weave Robotics has listed the features of its Isaac wheeled bimanual manipulator robot for household and office use. The post Weave Robotics launches Isaac, its…