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2456 storiesDigital Twin Driven Textile Classification and Foreign Object Recognition in Automated Sorting Systems
arXiv:2603.05230v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The increasing demand for sustainable textile recycling requires robust automation solutions capable o…
EgoGuide: Egocentric Guidance for Efficient Robot-Free Demonstration Collection and Learning
arXiv:2606.14665v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robot learning from real-world demonstrations is currently constrained by data scaling. Universal Manipulation I…
Micro-Swarm Locomotion Optimization in Dynamic Flow using Multi-Objective Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2605.25025v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Coordinating micro-robotic swarms in realistic, time-dependent fluid environments remains a major challenge …
Output-Level Regularization Eliminates the Seed Lottery in Single-GPU VLA Fine-Tuning
arXiv:2606.13856v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Fine-tuning a vision-language-action model (VLA-JEPA) on a single GPU should be simple: load a pretrained checkp…
Low-Burden LLM-Based Preference Learning: Personalizing Assistive Robots from Natural Language Feedback for Users with Paralysis
arXiv:2604.01463v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Physically Assistive Robots require personalized behaviors to ensure user safety and comfort. However, tradi…
A Unified Control Architecture for Macro-Micro Manipulation using a Active Remote Center of Compliance for Manufacturing Applications
arXiv:2602.01948v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Macro-micro manipulators combine a macro manipulator with a large workspace, such as an industrial robot, wi…
Optimality-Preserving Decomposition for Scalable QAOA in Natural-Language-Guided Multi-Drone Assignment
arXiv:2606.14252v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As multi-drone fleets scale, zone assignment rapidly evolves into an intractable NP-hard combinatorial problem t…
PhysVLA: Towards Physically-Grounded VLA for Embodied Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2606.13886v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models excel at mapping visual inputs and natural language instructions directly to…
FAWAM: Force-Aware World Action Models for Closed-Loop Contact-Rich Manipulation
arXiv:2606.08555v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Force signals provide critical interaction cues for contact-rich robotic manipulation. However, existing met…
Semidefinite Relaxations for Collision-Free Motion Planning
arXiv:2606.14063v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study semidefinite relaxations for collision-free motion planning. We focus on a point robot moving from star…
Safe Reinforcement Learning of Autonomous Highway Driving: A Unified Framework for Safety and Efficiency
arXiv:2606.14609v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) offers a compelling route to decision-making for advanced autonomous vehicles …
Whole-Body Impedance Model Predictive Control for Safe Physical Human--Robot Interaction on Floating-Base Platforms
arXiv:2606.14617v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Floating-base robots must balance under rigid contact constraints while interacting safely with humans. Existing…
RT-VLA: Real-Time Vision-Language-Action Models via Knowledge Distillation
arXiv:2606.14010v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have shown strong potential for end-to-end autonomous driving by jointly m…
ADAPT: An Autonomous Forklift for Construction Site Operation
arXiv:2503.14331v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Efficient material logistics play a critical role in controlling costs and schedules in the construction ind…
Kine2Go: Kinematic dataset for the Unitree Go2 robot with diverse gaits and motions
arXiv:2606.14433v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The recent popularity of robotics, combined with the steadily decreasing cost of robotic hardware, has lowered t…
What Robots Do Matters More Than What They Look Like: Task Context Shapes Trust in Educational HRI
arXiv:2606.14602v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Socially assistive robots (SARs) are increasingly deployed in educational and information-sharing contexts, supp…
Instruct-Particulate: Scaling Feed-Forward 3D Object Articulation with Kinematic Control
arXiv:2606.14699v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reconstructing articulated 3D objects is important for animation, gaming, and robotic simulations. Recent neur…
ReactVLA: Fast and Lightweight Reactive Robot Manipulation via Improved Mean Flow Action Generation
arXiv:2606.14255v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Diffusion-based Vision-Language-Action (VLA) policies have demonstrated strong capability in modeling expressive…
Robust Fall Recovery for Armless Bipedal-Wheeled Robots Via Force-Guided Learning
arXiv:2606.14270v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Fall recovery is critical for autonomous legged locomotion. Existing methods have demonstrated that some legged …
Development of a 3 in Sewer Pipe Inspection Robot with an Articulated Differential Mechanism using X-shaped Linkages
arXiv:2606.14070v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper proposes, an improved version of the 3 in sewer pipe inspection robot equipped with an emergency evac…
WAM4D: Fast 4D World Action Model via Spatial Register Tokens
arXiv:2606.14048v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: World action models (WAMs) have recently shown promise in jointly modeling future observations and executable …
CADET: Physics-Grounded Causal Auditing and Training-Free Deconfounding of End-to-End Driving Planners
arXiv:2606.14438v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: End-to-end (E2E) autonomous-driving planners trained by imitation are prone to statistical shortcuts: they assoc…
Benchmarking Vision-Language-Action Models on SO-101: Failure and Recovery Analysis
arXiv:2606.08881v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have demonstrated strong generalization in robotic manipulation, yet exi…
Hy-Embodied-0.5-VLA: From Vision-Language-Action Models to a Real-World Robot Learning Stack
arXiv:2606.14409v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this report, we present Hy-Embodied-0.5-VLA, abbreviated as HyVLA-0.5, an end-to-end system that spans the fu…
Short-Horizon Position Accuracy of Single-Track Models: Implications for Motion Planning of Autonomous Vehicles
arXiv:2606.14216v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accurate and computationally efficient vehicle models are essential for motion planning of autonomous vehicles, …
Elastic Queries Reinforcement Learning: Self-Aware Policy Execution for VLA Models
arXiv:2606.14375v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-language-action (VLA) models are powerful action generators for robot manipulation, but they are typicall…
From Attacks to Curricula: Learnability-Guided Adversarial Training for Safe Autonomous Driving
arXiv:2606.14032v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Closed-loop adversarial training improves autonomous driving safety by exposing policies to rare safety-critical…
ORCA: A Platform for Open-Source Dexterity Research
arXiv:2606.14561v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotics manipulation research increasingly focuses on two-finger parallel grippers for their effectiveness, aff…
AnyGoal: Vision-Language Guided Multi-Agent Exploration for Training-Free Lifelong Navigation
arXiv:2606.13878v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: End-to-end navigation policies trained on large simulation corpora degrade sharply when transferred to out-of-di…
Burro introduces Grande 44 with proven outdoor autonomy built for heavy industry
The 44 hp Burro Grande brings more than 1 million hours of real-world experience to industrial towing, site logistics, and facilities operations. The post Burro…