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Frontier robotics research: arXiv cs.RO papers, embodied AI, VLA models, manipulation, navigation and learning systems.
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Global robotics technology roadmap
Deborah Lupton / Pop Chips / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0. Henrik I Christensen, Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at University of California San Diego…
Robot Talk Episode 159 – Robot sensing and manipulation, with Maria Koskinopoulou
Claire chatted to Maria Koskinopoulou from Heriot-Watt University about autonomous robotic manipulators for surgery, industry, and beyond. Maria Koskinopoulou i…
Congratulations to the #AAMAS2026 best paper award winners
The AAMAS 2026 best paper awards were presented at the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, which took place from 25-29 Ma…
Daimon Robotics and Galbot jointly launches RobOmni for benchmarking tactile perception and dexterous manipulation
Embodied AI is evolving from vision-centric perception toward Physical AI. The post Daimon Robotics and Galbot jointly launches RobOmni for benchmarking tactile…
Effort to establish a National Commission on Robotics advances in Congress
As the proposed National Commission on Robotics advances, industry leaders continue to call for more unified U.S. policy. The post Effort to establish a Nationa…
CAST: Counterfactual Labels Improve Instruction Following in Vision-Language-Action Models
arXiv:2508.13446v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Generalist robots should be able to understand and follow user instructions. Despite providing a powerful ar…
HandCept: A Visual-Inertial Fusion Framework for Accurate Proprioception in Dexterous Hands
arXiv:2505.08213v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: As robotics progresses toward general manipulation, dexterous hands are becoming increasingly critical. Howe…
A Survey of Robotic Navigation and Manipulation with Physics Simulators in the Era of Embodied AI
arXiv:2505.01458v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Navigation and manipulation are core capabilities in Embodied AI, but training agents to perform them direct…
Geometric Formulation of Unified Force-Impedance Control on SE(3) for Robotic Manipulators
arXiv:2504.17080v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In this paper, we present an impedance control framework on the SE(3) manifold, which enables force tracking…
Rod models in continuum and soft robot control: a review
arXiv:2407.05886v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Continuum and soft robots can transform automation tasks requiring compliant interaction in constrained or u…
RAPTOR: Rapid Aerial Pickup and Transport of Objects by Robots
arXiv:2203.03018v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Rapid aerial grasping through robots can lead to many applications that utilize fast and dynamic picking and…
On-sky demonstration of reinforcement learning for adaptive optics control
arXiv:2606.10771v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL)-based algorithms have recently emerged as a promising approach for adaptive optics…
Baseline-Free Policy Optimization for Neural Combinatorial Optimization
arXiv:2606.10321v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Neural combinatorial optimization (NCO) trains autoregressive policies to solve routing problems. The standard…
SHAPO: Sharpness-Aware Policy Optimization for Safe Exploration
arXiv:2606.10228v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Safe exploration is a prerequisite for deploying reinforcement learning (RL) agents in safety-critical domains…
Generalized-CVO: Fast and Correspondence-Free Local Point Cloud Registration with Second Order Riemannian Optimization
arXiv:2606.10019v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We propose a fast and correspondence-free local point cloud registration method that leverages geometric surfa…
Co-GLANCE: Uncertainty-Aware Active Perception for Heterogeneous Robot Teaming
arXiv:2606.09919v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Perceptual uncertainty is a central challenge for heterogeneous robot teams operating in unstructured outdoor …
Equanimity in HRI: Applying Calm Technology Principles to Human-Robot Interaction
arXiv:2606.09836v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper explores how {\textit{Calm Technology}} can be integrated into Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), with …
SAFE-Pruner: Semantic Attention-Guided Future-Aware Token Pruning for Efficient Vision-Language-Action Manipulation
arXiv:2605.29662v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Real-time inference of vision-language-action (VLA) models is essential for robotic control. While visual toke…
TacForeSight: Force-Guided Tactile World Model for Contact-Rich Manipulation
arXiv:2606.11184v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Contact-rich manipulation requires robots to continuously perceive and regulate evolving physical interactions u…
JOIN: Anchor-Grasp-Conditioned Joining via Opposition, Inference, and Navigation for Bimanual Assistive Manipulation
arXiv:2606.11151v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Assistive mobility and manipulation platforms have received increasing attention as a means of restoring indepen…
RoboNaldo: Accurate, Stable and Powerful Humanoid Soccer Shooting via Motion-Guided Curriculum Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2606.11092v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Elite humanoid soccer shooting requires whole-body stability, high-impulse whole-body interactions, and accuracy…
A Distributed Multi-UGV Exploration Framework With Loop-Aware Planning and Descriptor-Aided Localization in Resource-Limited Environments
arXiv:2606.11088v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robust and efficient cooperative exploration with multiple unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in unknown, GPSdenied…
Generation of Diverse and Functional Robot Designs using Superquadrics Parametrisation and Quality-Diversity
arXiv:2606.11037v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generative design of robots requires navigating a vast search-space, encompassing physical configurations and be…
A Spiking Neural Architecture for Coordinating Arm and Locomotor Control
arXiv:2606.11034v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) coupled with neuromorphic hardware offer energy-efficient solutions for humanoid …
Diffusion Forcing Planner: History-Annealed Planning with Time-Dependent Guidance for Autonomous Driving
arXiv:2606.11019v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning-based motion planners, despite recent progress, often suffer from temporal inconsistency. Small perturb…
Multi-UAV Active Sensing with Information Gain-based Planning and Belief Fusion
arXiv:2606.10986v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used for active sensing and information gathering in spatially …
Language-Driven Cost Optimization for Autonomous Driving
arXiv:2606.10974v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The driving behavior of autonomous vehicles is typically governed by the cost function of their motion planner, …
Resilient Navigation for Autonomous Farm Robots by Leveraging Jerk-Augmented Models with IMU-Only Disturbance Rejection
arXiv:2606.10971v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Precise state estimation for navigation of autonomous agricultural robots is often compromised by sensor outages…
AllDayNav: Lifelong Navigation via Real-World Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2606.10927v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Lifelong embodied navigation in dynamic environments requires robots to form persistent scene understanding from…
Task Robustness via Re-Labelling Vision-Action Robot Data
arXiv:2606.10918v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The recent trend in scaling models for robot learning has resulted in impressive policies that can perform vario…