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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 storiesImplicit-Behavior Coordination from Unlabeled Sub-Task Demonstrations for Rearrangement Tasks
arXiv:2607.09234v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Long-horizon robotic rearrangement tasks are often treated as skill sequencing problems, requiring predefined sk…
Tactile Genesis: Exploring Tactile Sensors at Scale for Learning Dexterous Tasks
arXiv:2606.22332v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Tactile sensing is critical for contact-rich dexterous manipulation, yet it remains unclear which tactile ab…
Learning Agile Quadrotor Flight in the Real World
arXiv:2602.10111v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Learning-based controllers have achieved impressive performance in agile quadrotor flight but typically rely…
Programming-by-Example for Batch-Editing Collision Meshes in 3D Software
arXiv:2607.08804v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As 3D software proliferates, software artifacts now extend beyond code and 2D user interfaces to include 3D as…
How Mobile Gas Sensor Trajectories Govern Hydrogen Leak Detection: A Safety Gap in Manual Leak Inspection of Hydrogen System Components
arXiv:2607.09527v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The integrity of hydrogen infrastructure relies on reliable leak detection, performed almost exclusively via man…
CLAP: Direct VLM-to-VLA Adaptation via Language-Action Grounding
arXiv:2607.08974v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action models (VLAs) inherit semantic capabilities from pretrained VLMs, yet large-scale post-tr…
OIPP: Object-Adaptive Impact Point Predictor for Catching Diverse In-Flight Objects
arXiv:2509.15254v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In this study, we address the problem of in-flight object catching using a quadruped robot with a basket. Ou…
Impedance-Guided Programmable Transmission of Localized Deformation in Modular Soft Metamaterials
arXiv:2607.08966v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Soft metamaterials provide a promising platform for robotics, biomedical devices, and flexible electronics. Th…
Empirical Pedestrian Safety Assessment in a Mobile Robot Using a Predictive Social Force Model
arXiv:2607.09192v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Mobile robots are going to share the sidewalks with pedestrians. They must ensure their objective safety and res…
Act, Sense, Act: Learning Active Perception from Large-Scale Egocentric Human Data
arXiv:2602.04600v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Achieving generalizable manipulation in unconstrained environments requires the robot to proactively resolve…
FlowDAgger: Human-in-the-Loop Adaptation of Generative Robot Policies in Latent Space
arXiv:2607.08877v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Pretrained generative robot policies based on flow matching and diffusion have achieved impressive results acros…
B-spline Policy: Accelerating Manipulation Policies via B-spline Action Representations
arXiv:2607.09648v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this work, we present B-spline Policy (BSP), an action representation designed for accelerating robot manipul…
CORAL-AUV: CFD Oriented Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
arXiv:2607.09557v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Fine grain control and positioning of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is critical for sampling, maintenanc…
GenVid2Robot: From Video Generation to Robot Manipulation via Rigid-Geometric Consistency
arXiv:2607.09191v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generated videos provide useful visual motion priors for robot manipulation, but their visual plausibility does …
Validating Virtual Reality for Studying Multimodal Human-Robot Interaction in Socially Aware Robot Navigation
arXiv:2607.09261v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Virtual Reality (VR) offers a flexible and controllable platform for studying human-robot interaction. Prior wor…
Residual Physics-Informed Neural Networks for High-Fidelity BLDC Motor Modeling
arXiv:2607.09136v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accurate dynamics modeling of Brushless DC (BLDC) motors is fundamental to high-performance robotic joint contro…
RoboStream: Weaving Spatio-Temporal Reasoning with Memory in Vision-Language Models for Robotics
arXiv:2603.12939v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Enabling reliable long-horizon robotic manipulation is a crucial step toward open-world embodied intelligenc…
ReinforceGen: Hybrid Skill Policies with Automated Data Generation and Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2512.16861v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Long-horizon manipulation has been a long-standing challenge in the robotics community. We propose Reinforce…
Toward Active Object Detection for UAVs in the Wild: A Large-Scale Dataset, Benchmark and Method
arXiv:2607.09078v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Object detection is a fundamental component in numerous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications, yet it has…
One-Shot Multimodal Learning from Demonstration with Force-Constrained Elastic Maps
arXiv:2607.09515v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic manipulation tasks often require simultaneous reasoning over motion and contact forces, yet most Learnin…
Re$^3$Sim: Generating High-Fidelity Simulation Data via 3D-Photorealistic Real-to-Sim for Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2502.08645v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Real-world data collection for robotics is costly and resource-intensive, requiring skilled operators and ex…
TactiDex: A Real-World Tactile-Guided Benchmark for Human-Like Dexterous Manipulation
arXiv:2607.09190v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Tactile feedback is fundamental to Hand-Object Interaction (HOI), governing contact formation, force regulation,…
Robot Trajectron V3: A Probabilistic Shared Control Framework for SE(3) Manipulation
arXiv:2607.09315v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We aim to address the challenge of teleoperating robotic arms for high-degree-of-freedom (high-DoF) manipulation…
Differential Analysis of Multispectral Images for Terrain Identification
arXiv:2607.09319v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliable terrain understanding is a prerequisite for autonomous robot navigation. Yet, the widespread RGB-based …
An Incremental Sampling and Segmentation-Based Approach for Motion Planning Infeasibility
arXiv:2501.11434v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We present a simple and easy-to-implement algorithm to detect plan infeasibility in kinematic motion plannin…
PhysV2A: Reachability-Gated and Semantic-Mask-Constrained Feasibility Completion for Video-to-Robot Manipulation
arXiv:2607.09365v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Video-based manipulation provides object-centric motion priors from human demonstrations, generated videos, or R…
Vascular Geometry Characterization for AI-Based Endovascular Navigation
arXiv:2607.09130v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is a time-critical intervention for acute ischemic stroke; however, access remains …
Why robotics teams need virtual gyms before deployment
To address environmental and task variability, robots can benefit from 'virtual gyms' to bridge the sim-to-real gap, says SoftServe. The post Why robotics teams…
XTEND secures U.S. patent for autonomous navigation technology
XTEND said the newly granted patent expands its portfolio supporting autonomous navigation, operator assistance, and mission execution. The post XTEND secures U…
How Path Robotics uses AI to optimize robotic welding
CEO Andy Lonsberry explains how Path Robotics applies AI to welding, and UC San Diego professor Michael Yip discusses robot learning. The post How Path Robotics…