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Frontier robotics research: arXiv cs.RO papers, embodied AI, VLA models, manipulation, navigation and learning systems.
Frontier robotics research: arXiv cs.RO papers, embodied AI, VLA models, manipulation, navigation and learning systems.
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2771 storiesHolistic 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…
AEGIS: Assay-Aware Protocol Validation and Runtime Monitoring for Open-Source Liquid Handling Robots
arXiv:2607.15620v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Self-driving laboratories increasingly rely on low-cost liquid handlers such as the Opentrons OT-2, which ship w…
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…
SoftNav: Injecting 3D Scene Tokens into VLMs for Embodied Navigation
arXiv:2607.14586v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In goal-directed embodied navigation, where an agent must locate a specified target in an unseen environment, 3D…
Steering Robustness into World Action Models via Mechanistic Interpretability and Optimal Control
arXiv:2607.14943v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: World Action Models (WAMs) enable semantically- and physically-informed control but are brittle under distributi…
Assessing Physical Frailty and Fall-Risk Indicators with Social Robots: An in situ Evaluation with Older Adults
arXiv:2607.15156v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Frailty assessments are crucial to evaluate the risk of adverse events and the health and social care needs of o…
Semantic Audio-driven Understanding for Dynamic Humanoid Whole Body Control
arXiv:2607.14182v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent advances in humanoid robotics and reinforcement learning have enabled the acquisition of highly expressiv…
MIND-CAVs: Multi-Intelligence Negotiation and Decision System for CAVs based on Intent-Driven Autonomy
arXiv:2607.14688v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modern autonomous vehicles largely operate as isolated agents: they rely on on-board perception and decision mod…
RoboTTT: Context Scaling for Robot Policies
arXiv:2607.15275v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent robot foundation models operate with single-step or short-history visuomotor context. We introduce Test-T…
UniSteer: Unified Noise Steering for Efficient Human-Guided VLA Adaptation
arXiv:2605.10821v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Diffusion-based vision-language-action (VLA) models have emerged as strong priors for robotic manipulation, …
SafeRelBench: A Spatial-Relation-Aware Benchmark for Process-Level Safety in VLM-Driven Embodied Agents
arXiv:2607.14543v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language models (VLMs) are increasingly used as the reasoning backbone of embodied agents, enabling robot…
RxBrain: Embodied Cognition Foundation Model with Joint Language-Visual Reasoning and Imagination
arXiv:2607.14187v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Embodied cognition requires agents to connect high-level task reasoning with the physical states to be achieve…
Reinforcement Learning for the Full Strawberry Harvesting Process: Obstacle Separation, Detachment, and Placement
arXiv:2607.14708v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Severe occlusions and deformable plant structures introduce complex contact dynamics that challenge robotic stra…
Marinarium: A Modular Experimental Facility for Reproducible Maritime and Space-Analog Field Robotics
arXiv:2602.23053v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Field robotics research in maritime and space domains is constrained by a persistent gap between low-cost, l…
CosFly-VLA: A Spatially Aware Vision-Language-Action Model for UAV Tracking
arXiv:2607.15004v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Dynamic target tracking is essential for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) operating in complex urban environments…
SUFLECA: Scaling Up Feature Learning for CAD-to-image Alignment
arXiv:2607.15058v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: CAD-to-image alignment aims to estimate an object's 9D pose (rotation, translation, and anisotropic scale) fro…
BridgeFlow: Fast and Robust SE(2)-Equivariant Motion Planning with Flow Matching
arXiv:2607.14725v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In robotic motion planning, equivariance to rigid body transformations is crucial for robust spatial generalizat…
Chat2Scenic: An Iterative RAG-Based Framework for Scenario Generation in Autonomous Driving
arXiv:2607.14387v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Validating autonomous driving systems requires diverse, regulation-compliant test scenarios. In simulation-bas…
Goal-Oriented Semantic Communication for Distributed ISAC-Enabled Vehicle Coordination
arXiv:2607.15111v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vehicle coordination at unsignalized intersections relies on accurate real-time vehicle state acquisition and re…
Grow-Prune-Freeze Networks: Adaptive & Continual Learning Technique for Olfactory Navigation
arXiv:2605.25170v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Training data for olfaction is scattered through disparate, non-standardized datasets that limit the a…
Never Too Late for Force: Accelerating VLA Post-Training with Reactive Force Injection
arXiv:2607.14236v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Pretrained vision-language-action (VLA) policies provide strong language-conditioned manipulation knowledge, but…