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3285 storiesDecoupling Semantics and Geometric Grounding: Spatial Visual Prompts for Language-Conditioned Imitation Learning
arXiv:2606.25360v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While end-to-end Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models show promise in robotic manipulation, their monolithic para…
ZeroWBC: Learning Natural Whole-Body Humanoid Interaction from Human Egocentric Data
arXiv:2603.09170v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Achieving versatile and natural whole-body humanoid interaction control remains challenging due to the high …
Learning Asynchronous Upper-body Task-space Trajectory Tracking Policy for Humanoid Robots
arXiv:2606.25706v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: High-level humanoid planners often output sparse task-space, low-rate trajectories, whereas whole-body controlle…
MAPL: Multi-Objective Preference Learning for Robot Locomotion
arXiv:2606.25398v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reward design remains a major bottleneck in reinforcement learning for robot locomotion, where successful polici…
In-Context World Modeling for Robotic Control
arXiv:2606.26025v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modern Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models often fail to generalize to novel setups, such as altered camera view…
AISPO: Enhancing Depth Reliability for Robotic Manipulation of Non-Lambertian Objects via Affine-Invariant Shape Prior
arXiv:2606.25503v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliable depth perception is critical for robotic manipulation, especially for non-Lambertian objects such as tr…
Generative AI for Safe and Photorealistic Drone Light Shows
arXiv:2606.25458v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Drone light shows are redefining aerial entertainment, yet their widespread adoption is bottlenecked by labor-in…
Memory Retrieval in Visuomotor Policies for Long-Horizon Robot Control
arXiv:2606.25136v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: General-purpose robots operating in partially observable environments, such as homes, require memory to support …
ASSCG: Just-Right Gating over Chattering for Fast-Slow LLM Planning in Autonomous Driving
arXiv:2606.25509v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) can improve autonomous driving planning but are costly to query online, and existin…
ARTOO-DARTU: Studying AR-HRC With AR Obstruction Mitigation During a Warehouse Task
arXiv:2606.25202v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Human-robot collaboration (HRC) often requires robot intentions and internal states to be conveyed to users fo…
AI Coaching for Accelerating Human Skill Development with Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2606.25337v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI copilots can substantially boost human performance through shared control, but excessive assistance can induc…
One Body, Two Minds: Variable Autonomy Approach for a Co-embodied Robotic Hand
arXiv:2606.25575v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Assistive robotic systems face a fundamental trade-off: fully autonomous systems lack user agency, while fully u…
Learning Action Priors for Cross-embodiment Robot Manipulation
arXiv:2606.26095v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Most Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models build on a Vision-Language Model (VLM) backbone by attaching an action …
MANGO: Automated Multi-Agent Test Oracle Generation for Vision-Language-Action Models
arXiv:2606.24815v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models are emerging robotic control systems that integrate perception, language u…
GROVE: Grounded Pedestrian Simulation via Natural Language for Interactive Social Robot Navigation
arXiv:2606.25504v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Pedestrian simulation is a critical component for training and deploying social robot navigation approaches, yet…
WOLF-VLA: Whole-Body Humanoid Optimal Locomotion Framework for Vision-Language-Action Learning
arXiv:2606.25591v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have recently demonstrated strong generalization in robotic manipulation, ye…
RGB: RL Guided Whole-Body MPPI for Humanoid Control
arXiv:2606.25123v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Humanoid robots require whole-body controllers that are both robust and precise in contact-rich environments. Wh…
Deep Reinforcement Learning-Enhanced Event-Triggered Data-Driven Predictive Control for a 3D Cable-Driven Soft Robotic Arm
arXiv:2606.26048v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Soft robots are challenging to control due to their nonlinear and time-varying dynamics. Data-enabled predictive…
Beyond Topology: A Morphological Symmetry Graph Representation for Locomotion Policy Learning
arXiv:2512.00727v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Reinforcement learning has enabled impressive locomotion skills on articulated robots, but common policy rep…
Reflective VLA: In-Context Action Consequences Make VLAs Generalize
arXiv:2606.25215v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Most vision-language-action (VLA) models are reactive: they predict the next action from the current instructi…
SurveilNav: Collaborative Object Goal Navigation with Robot and Surveillance System
arXiv:2606.25119v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: With the growing deployment of surveillance systems in factories, offices, and homes, integrating them with robo…
Self Capacitive Tactile Sensor System designed for Companion Robots
arXiv:2606.25348v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Tactile sensing is essential for humanoid robots to achieve safe physical interaction, dexterous manipulation, a…
Event-Adaptive Motion Planning with Distilled Vision-Language Model in Safety-Critical Situations
arXiv:2606.25629v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robot navigation in safety-critical scenarios faces significant challenges from unforeseen semantic events, wher…
From Rubble Simulation to Active Magnetic Mapping: Quantum Sensing for Disaster Response
arXiv:2606.25957v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Locating survivors of building collapses within the first 72 hours is a critical challenge in disaster response,…
Action ControlNet: A Lightweight Delay-Aware Adapter for Smooth Asynchronous Control in Vision-Language-Action Models
arXiv:2606.25985v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models have shown strong potential for general-purpose robot manipulation, but thei…
Sampling Strategies for Robust Universal Quadrupedal Locomotion Policies
arXiv:2510.07094v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This work focuses on sampling strategies of configuration variations for generating robust universal locomot…
FAULHABER focuses on torque, noise, and power with new GPT gearheads
FAULHABER says its new GPT gearheads work with motors in its standard range and provide more performance with a compact design. The post FAULHABER focuses on to…
Reservoir acquires Contain to scale agtech startups
Reservoir has acquired agriculture finance platform Contain,, naming founder Nicola Kerslake general partner to help scale AI startups. The post Reservoir acqui…
Mantis Robotics launches dual-arm, fenceless robot
Mantis said the robot allows for new flexibility in how to configure automation in complex, real-world environments. The post Mantis Robotics launches dual-arm,…
Humanoid maker Agility Robotics to go public through SPAC merger
Agility Robotics will merge with Churchill Capital Corp XI, raising $620 million to advance Digit v5 and fulfill growing customer orders. The post Humanoid make…