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188 storiesPPO-EAL: Exact Augmented Lagrangian Proximal Policy Optimization for Safe Robotic Control
arXiv:2606.27861v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) has emerged as a promising solution to accomplish complex robotic control tasks; how…
Drop-Then-Recovery: How Redundant Are Vision-Language-Action Models?
arXiv:2606.27755v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models enable instruction-driven robotic manipulation, but they inherit oversized l…
General Intuition raises $320M to use video game data to train robots
General Intuition is using video game clips with embedded action labels to speed up AI training for robotics. The post General Intuition raises $320M to use vid…
UAV-MapFusion: RTK-Aligned Uncertainty-Aware Coarse-to-Fine Multi-Session UAV Mapping
arXiv:2606.26928v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large-scale point cloud maps are essential for robotics and spatial intelligence tasks. UAVs provide an efficien…
WatchAct: A Benchmark for Behavior-Grounded Robot Manipulation
arXiv:2606.26443v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A robot working alongside people must reason about what they have done, in what order, and with what intent. Vid…
HEART: Coordination of Heterogeneous Expert Agents for Physically Grounded Robotic Task Planning
arXiv:2606.25404v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) can reason over complex instructions but often fail to satisfy the physical and spa…
A Sensorised Lattice Footplate for a Semi-Active Prosthetic Foot
arXiv:2606.25966v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper investigates whether magnetic plantar sensing can be embedded directly inside the load-bearing compli…
1000 Rallies: An Event-Camera Dataset and Real-Time Learned Ball-State Estimation for Robotic Table Tennis
arXiv:2606.25620v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic table tennis has emerged as a compelling benchmark for real-time robotic perception due to its fast ball…
Causality-Based Parametric Control Barrier Function for Safe Multi-Vehicle Interaction
arXiv:2606.25134v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Safe control has been widely studied in various safety-critical applications, for instance, autonomous driving. …
DeformGen: Dynamics-Based Topology Augmentation for Deformable Manipulation Policy Learning
arXiv:2606.25939v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Demonstration augmentation is proposed for cost-efficient data acquisition, but existing methods are fundamental…
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…
ObsGraph: Hierarchical Observation Representation for Embodied Reasoning and Exploration
arXiv:2606.24068v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Embodied reasoning and exploration are increasingly considered crucial abilities for robots operating in compl…
Verifiable Foundation Models for Robot Safety
arXiv:2606.23754v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deploying foundation models for robot control raises a central challenge: the expressive power that enables rich…
MinInter: Minimizing Trajectory Interpolation During Data Augmentation for Imitation Learning
arXiv:2606.24078v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Imitation learning enables robots to acquire complex manipulation skills from demonstrations, but its effectiven…
InSight: Self-Guided Skill Acquisition via Steerable VLAs
arXiv:2606.24884v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models can learn manipulation skills from demonstrations, but their capabilities ar…
ExRobotics launches UL-certified inspection robot for hazardous environments
ExRobotics says its ExR-2.5 inspection robot is certified for safe operations in explosive environments in North America. The post ExRobotics launches UL-certif…
CreateMe partners with Avalo and Laguna Fabrics to bring resilience to apparel supply chains
CreateMe said the partnership aims to demonstrate how apparel can be produced faster, more locally, and with greater supply chain resilience. The post CreateMe …
Eclipse Automation launches RealitySync simulation platform
Eclipse said its new RealitySync platform allows manufacturers to step into their future factory before it’s built. The post Eclipse Automation launches Reality…
Bear Robotics acquires Kinisi Robotics to boost its physical AI capabilities
Kinisi's KR1 humanoid robot, its Bristol-based engineering team, and its physical AI capabilities will be integrated into Bear Robotics. The post Bear Robotics …
ImageWAM: Do World Action Models Really Need Video Generation, or Just Image Editing?
arXiv:2606.19531v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: World Action Models (WAMs) commonly rely on video generation to bridge visual world modeling and robot control…
Richtech Robotics launches livestream for ADAM AI-powered humanoid
Online users will be able to engage with service robot ADAM, which uses NVIDIA technology, says Richtech Robotics. The post Richtech Robotics launches livestrea…
Kinova launches KIMA medical robotic arm
Instead of adapting the robot from industrial technology, Kinova said it designed KIMA from the ground up for clinical use. The post Kinova launches KIMA medica…
RealSense unveils AI-native D585 Pro depth camera for robots
The D585 Pro is powered by a proprietary Gen 5 system-on-chip and delivers more than 2x better depth quality than the previous generation of RealSense cameras. …
Recover, Discover, Plan: Learning Skills and Concepts from Robot Failures
arXiv:2606.18328v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Intelligent robots should not only recover from failures, but also acquire the abstract knowledge needed to avoi…
Mobile Pedipulation for Object Sliding via Hierarchical Control on a Wheeled Bipedal Robot
arXiv:2606.19233v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this letter, we present a hierarchical control framework that enables wheeled bipedal robots to perform plana…
Sanctuary AI validates physical AI performance at Tier 1 automotive supplier
Sanctuary AI is not waiting for humanoid robots; it's applying physical AI to demonstrate production-ready performance. The post Sanctuary AI validates physical…
MOCHI: Motion Enhancement of Collaborative Human-object Interactions
arXiv:2606.18243v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Collaborative human-object interaction shows dynamic and complex movements that require mutual anticipation an…
DeMaVLA: A Vision-Language-Action Foundation Model for Generalizable Deformable Manipulation
arXiv:2605.31286v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Real-world household robots require Vision-Language-Action (VLA) foundation models that can acquire reusable…