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2456 storiesTopometric Autonomous Vehicle Localization by Combining Visual Embeddings and Feed-Forward 3D Models
arXiv:2608.06021v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Effective Visual Localization (VL) requires a map of the environment that combines compactness for efficient sca…
Near-sensor Computing for Rapid Visuotactile Perception
arXiv:2608.05725v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Visuotactile sensors reconstruct dense contact geometry from measured surface gradients, but host-based processi…
PathCover: A Fast Convex Decomposition along a Path via Randomized Iterative Space Partitioning (RISP) on Point Clouds
arXiv:2608.05586v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous robot navigation requires the rapid generation of obstacle-free regions for trajectory planning. Howe…
VLAff: Vision-Language-Affordance Model for Unified Actionable Affordances
arXiv:2608.05215v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning manipulation skills from human videos is promising for scalable robot learning. However, the embodiment…
Acoustic-driven millimetric helical robot: ultrasonic synergistic manipulation in confined fluidic environment
arXiv:2608.05746v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Acoustic field-driven manipulation provides a non-contact and non-invasive strategy for controlling microscale a…
Nonvisual Classification of Ground-Condition by Artificial Proprioception in an Amoeba-Inspired Autonomous Walking Robot
arXiv:2608.05684v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Nonvisual classification of ground condition based on a multimodal sensing approach was investigated for an amoe…
DFM-VLA: Iterative Action Refinement for Robot Manipulation via Discrete Flow Matching
arXiv:2603.26320v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models that encode actions using a discrete tokenization scheme have been widel…
Path Planning of Cleaning Robot with Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2208.08211v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Recently, as the demand for cleaning robots has steadily increased, therefore household electricity consumpt…
Prior-SG: Task and Prior Driven Region Segmentation for Scene Graphs in Arbitrarily-Structured Environments
arXiv:2608.06170v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Hierarchical 3D scene graphs are a promising representation for high-level spatial reasoning in autonomous mobil…
ARGUS: Aligning Robot Scene Geometry Under Shifting Views with Large 3D Vision Models
arXiv:2608.05579v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large-scale visuomotor policies have demonstrated impressive performance across a wide range of robot manipulati…
A Master-Salve Robot Manipulator for Needle-Based Teleoperation in MRI Chamber
arXiv:2608.06354v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present a MR safe, master-slave robot manipulator for abdominal interventions in the MRI chamber. A human ope…
Beyond Flat Policies: Hierarchical Post-Training for Embodied Agents in Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2608.05999v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in robotic manipulation by leverag…
DyPES-VLA: Learning Shared Dynamics Priors and Embodiment-Specific Control for Cross-Embodiment Manipulation
arXiv:2608.06374v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have become a powerful paradigm for robot manipulation, but training a singl…
MMaDA-VLA: Large Diffusion Vision-Language-Action Model with Unified Multi-Modal Instruction and Generation
arXiv:2603.25406v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models map visual observations and natural-language instructions to robot actio…
Robust-WAM: Bridging Generative Pretraining and Semantic Foresight in World-Action Models
arXiv:2608.05903v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Mainstream World-Action Models (WAMs) adapt pretrained video generation models (VGMs) for robot control, trans…
Reinforcing Action Policies by Prophesying
arXiv:2511.20633v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) policies excel in aligning language, perception, and robot control. However, mo…
VIDP: Variable Impedance Diffusion Policy for Compliant Robot Manipulation from Diverse Demonstrations
arXiv:2608.06210v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Contact-rich manipulation requires precise tracking and mechanical compliance, where variable impedance control …
Design and Evaluation of a Touchscreen-Based Teleoperation Interface for Robotic Manipulators
arXiv:2608.06219v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Intuitive teleoperation interfaces are crucial for the safe and effective operation of robotic manipulators in c…
Failing Gracefully: Mitigating Impact of Inevitable Robot Failures
arXiv:2608.05313v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Service robots operate in household environments shared with humans, pets, and everyday objects, where they are …
JoyAI-RA 0.5: Scaling Robot Manipulation Learning via Dual Action Alignment
arXiv:2608.05674v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robot data is scarce, so generalist policies need to learn from heterogeneous sources, including human egocentri…
GeniWorld: A Generalizable Interactive World Model for Robotic Manipulation via Visual Actions
arXiv:2608.06332v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generalist robot policies exhibit strong capabilities, but their robustness in complex and unseen environments r…
A System for Train Condition Monitoring and Structural Health Assessment of Rail Vehicles
arXiv:2608.05221v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The ongoing digitalization of rail systems and the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) are fundamenta…
World-to-Wrist: Task-Conditioned Future Wrist Modeling for Fine-Grained Robot Manipulation
arXiv:2608.05369v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models often treat main-view and wrist-view observations as parallel visual inputs,…
Afford-X: Generalizable and Slim Affordance Reasoning for Task-oriented Manipulation
arXiv:2503.03556v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Object affordance reasoning, the ability to infer object functionalities based on physical properties,…
Sliding Sensors: Configurable Confidence in State Estimation for Continuum Robots
arXiv:2608.05410v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Continuum robots often operate in uncertain environments, where accurate state estimation is essential for safe …
KILVO: Kinematic-Inertial-LiDAR-Visual Odometry with Robust Multimodal Adaptation for Humanoid Robots
arXiv:2608.05647v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This article presents a kinematic-inertial-LiDAR-visual odometry for humanoid robots, called KILVO. Tailored to …
Multi-Robot Motions in Milliseconds: Vector-Accelerated Primitives for Sampling-Based Planning
arXiv:2604.23960v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In this paper, we extend the recent Vector-Accelerated Motion Planning (VAMP) framework to multi-robot motio…
Report looks at advances in autonomous mobile robots
A download looks at examples of advances in autonomous mobile robots in material handling and automated storage applications. The post Report looks at advances …
How Robin, the robotic companion, keeps patients calm during hospital visits
Robin is deployed across 30 different health systems, and Expper has plans to deploy 10 more in different states. The post How Robin, the robotic companion, kee…
HII signs up to $900M agreement with Path Robotics, GrayMatter Robotics
The latest agreement expands HII's HYPER Program, which Path Robotics and GrayMatter Robotics joined earlier this year. The post HII signs up to $900M agreement…