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2482 storiesOIPP: 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…
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…
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 …
STEM education in the classroom, introducing BotBall
Botball addresses STEM education with autonomous robotics, real coding, and a level playing field driven entirely by students. The post STEM education in the cl…
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…
Are suppliers ready for new robot safety standards?
Suppliers that are well prepared for standard changes will benefit, while underprepared companies may face market access disruption. The post Are suppliers read…
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…
AI² Robotics raises $735M at $3B valuation for wheeled humanoid robots
Shenzhen’s Ai2 Robotics raised $735 million at a $2.8 billion valuation, backed by state, corporate, and financial giants. The post AI² Robotics raises $735M at…
OREN: Octree Residual Network for Real-Time Euclidean Signed Distance Mapping
arXiv:2510.18999v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Reconstructing signed distance functions (SDFs) from point cloud data benefits many robot autonomy capabilit…
SkillPlug: Unsupervised Skill Mining for Few-Shot Adaptation in Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2607.08354v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning transferable visuomotor imitation policies that generalize across diverse manipulation tasks and adapt …
Factors Influencing Conversational Engagement in Robot-Delivered Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) for Dementia in Home Settings
arXiv:2607.07998v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Social robots offer a promising means of supporting cognitive therapies for dementia care by guiding structured …
EVIS: A Physics-Grounded Event Camera Plugin for NVIDIA Isaac Sim
arXiv:2607.08098v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Event cameras offer microsecond temporal resolution, low latency, and high dynamic range, making them attracti…
INTENT: An LSTM Framework for Vehicle Intention Prediction in Intersection Scenarios with Comprehensive Ablation Analysis
arXiv:2607.08316v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Vehicle intention prediction is a pivotal aspect in the agility and safety of autonomous vehicles in all drivi…
V-VLAPS: Value-Guided Planning for Vision-Language-Action Models
arXiv:2601.00969v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models provide strong action priors for robotic manipulation, but their reactiv…