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2480 storiesOASIS-Map: Object-Level Change Detection in Multi-Session Mapping using Semantic Correspondence Matching
arXiv:2607.14899v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Map representations which are consistent across repeated visits to a real-world semi-static environment are very…
Risk-Aware Belief Control Barrier Functions over Random Finite Sets
arXiv:2607.15016v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Ensuring robot safety in unknown, dynamic environments is a fundamental requirement. It involves inferring the s…
TerraFirma raises $115M to build robotic infrastructure for construction
TerraFirma has developed a platform that combines AI-enabled software, a remote command-and-control center, and retrofitted heavy machinery. The post TerraFirma…
Lockheed Martin taps Machina’s robots for mission-critical missile parts
Machina Labs secured a Lockheed Martin contract to qualify robotically formed metal components for the JASSM missile program. The post Lockheed Martin taps Mach…
Xpanner rolls out X1 Panel Lift for automated solar panel installation
X1 Panel Lift uses existing excavators and a single workflow so solar installation crews can focus on alignment, fastening, and quality. The post Xpanner rolls …
Flow-aware Optimal Navigation in Unsteady Flows through Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2607.13553v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous robotic navigation in nonstationary time-varying fluid flows remains a fundamental challenge due to p…
Visual Place Recognition Using Rate-Encoded Spiking Neural Networks with Discrete STDP Learning
arXiv:2607.13584v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) trained through unsupervised Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) have been…
Deformable State Estimation for Autonomous Surgical Tissue Retraction Under Partial Observability
arXiv:2607.13475v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Surgical tissue retraction requires effective manipulation planning under partial and noisy perception. We study…
Where to Touch, How to Contact: A Hierarchical RL-MPC Framework for Geometry-Aware Sim-to-Real Manipulation
arXiv:2601.10930v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: A key challenge in contact-rich dexterous manipulation is the need to jointly reason over global geometry an…
Semantic Anchoring for Robotic Action Representations
arXiv:2607.13597v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models inherit rich semantic representations from pretrained Vision-Language Models…
Autonomous UAV Route Planning for Coverage Maximization in Environmental Monitoring: A Systematic Literature Review
arXiv:2607.13054v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Environmental monitoring with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) requires route planning methods that maximize cove…
GPUSimBench: Towards Scalable and Reliable GPU-Accelerated Simulators in Embodied AI
arXiv:2607.13059v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Data-driven embodied AI is rapidly transitioning into a paradigm that scales training through massively parallel…
Attitude Estimation Using Inertial and Barometric Measurements
arXiv:2607.13254v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accurate and robust attitude estimation is a key challenge for autonomous vehicles, particularly in GNSS-denied …
Towards a Modular Bin-picking Framework for Handling Object Pose Uncertainties
arXiv:2607.13698v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In recent years, there has been growing interest in robust robotic systems for precise bin-picking applications.…
nuTruck: Benchmarking Autonomous Driving Planning for Distributed Electric-drive Trucks
arXiv:2607.13704v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The dominance of traditional rule-based methods in autonomous driving has gradually been replaced by learning-ba…
VAMP-MR: Vector-Accelerated Motion Planning and Execution for Multi-Robot-Arms
arXiv:2607.13478v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-robot-arm motion planning is a key challenge in deploying multiple manipulators for industrial tasks such …
Design and Control of the "QuadBoat": A Quadruped Surface Vehicle for Drowning Rescue
arXiv:2607.13633v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Prompt extraction of victims from water is crucial in water surface rescue missions. However, previous research …
PhysClaw-0: A Symbiotic Agentic System for Robot Autonomy via Language Corrections
arXiv:2607.14047v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous data collection governs the volume and quality of real-world trajectories for manipulation policy lea…
Tactile Modality Fusion for Vision-Language-Action Models
arXiv:2603.14604v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We propose TacFiLM, a lightweight modality-fusion approach that integrates visual-tactile signals into visio…
A Bayesian framework for the uncanny valley in humanoid robot design
arXiv:2607.13060v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The uncanny valley is a long-standing empirical rule in humanoid robot design: making robots more human-like can…
Stress-Sharing: A Bio-Inspired Approach to Decentralized Fault Repair in Modular Spacecraft
arXiv:2607.13444v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Structural damage in modular spacecraft can disrupt mechanical and communication connectivity, reducing system c…
M$^\text{4}$World: A Multi-view Multimodal Driving World Model for Interactive Object Manipulation and Minute-long Streaming
arXiv:2607.14005v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Driving-world generation has emerged as a core capability for scalable autonomous-driving simulation, yet exis…
Ego-Dynamics-Augmented World Model for Autonomous Driving with Zero-Shot Cross-Chassis Adaptation
arXiv:2607.13410v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: World model (WM)-based reinforcement learning enables sample-efficient end-to-end autonomous driving learning by…
GigaWorld-Policy-0.5: A Faster and Stronger WAM Empowered by AutoResearch
arXiv:2607.13960v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: World Action Models (WAMs) improve robot policy learning by jointly modeling actions and future visual observati…
Recursive ArUco Markers: A Scalable Fiducial Marker Design for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Landing Pads
arXiv:2607.13830v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) increasingly rely on visual fiducial markers for autonomous navigation and preci…
Move-Then-Operate: Behavioral Phasing for Human-Like Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2604.23620v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We present Move-Then-Operate, a Vision language action framework that explicitly decouples robotic manipulat…
OccTrack360: 4D Panoptic Occupancy Tracking from Surround-View Fisheye Cameras
arXiv:2603.08521v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Understanding dynamic 3D environments in a spatially continuous and temporally consistent manner is fu…
Layered Risk Mapping for Autonomous Patient Transport in Expeditionary Medical Facilities
arXiv:2607.13497v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In expeditionary medical facilities, routine patient transport imposes a compounding burden of personal protecti…
Learning Robust Execution in Robotic Manipulation with Agentic Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2607.13818v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic manipulation poses fundamental challenges due to uncertainty, long-horizon execution, and compounding er…
A Hybrid Sampling-Based Trajectory Planner with Game-Theoretic Guidance for Autonomous Racing
arXiv:2607.13354v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous racing demands planning algorithms that balance vehicle dynamics at the limits of handling with strat…