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4147 storiesAC-VLA: Robust Out-of-Distribution Action Execution via Compositional Learning
arXiv:2607.15714v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models excel at end-to-end robotic manipulation but struggle with out-of-distributi…
ContactFusion: Stochastic Poisson Surface Maps from Visual and Contact Sensing
arXiv:2503.16592v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Robust and precise robotic assembly entails insertion of constituent components. Insertion success is hinder…
Environment Design for Reliable Shared Autonomy with Probabilistic Guarantees
arXiv:2607.15487v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Shared autonomy enables humans and robots to collaboratively perform tasks by combining human input with autonom…
MindDrive: A Vision-Language-Action Model for Autonomous Driving via Online Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2512.13636v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Current Vision-Language-Action (VLA) paradigms in autonomous driving primarily rely on Imitation Learn…
Learning Reach-Avoid Task with Reinforcement Learning: Vectorized Simulation and Benchmark
arXiv:2607.15935v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has a longstanding tradition in addressing the reach-avoid task problem, espec…
NeuroCommitSSM: Decision-Centric Shared Autonomy for Safe Assistive Manipulation via EEG-EMG-ET Commit Readiness
arXiv:2607.15395v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present NeuroCommitSSM, a decision-centric framework that models when to execute, not just what to do, for sa…
EgoExoMoCap: Distributed Ego-Exo Human Motion Capture
arXiv:2607.15868v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Human motion capture from head-mounted devices (HMDs) offers a scalable way to acquire real-world human motion…
Embodied Active Learning under Limited Annotation and Navigation Budget for Object Detection
arXiv:2607.15974v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper studies how to adapt a computer vision object detector to an unknown environment under both a robot n…
A Generative Partially Specified Finite State Machine Approach to Complex Behaviour Planning
arXiv:2607.15674v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous robots operating in dynamic environments require behaviour planning systems that combine reactivity, …
EGO: a Recursive and Self-Referential Cognitive Architecture for Artificial General Intelligence
arXiv:2507.14011v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is interpreted as an emergent property of autonomous and self-or…
Towards Artificial Nerves: Biomimetic Optical-Fiber Tactile Sensing for Robots
arXiv:2607.15746v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic systems increasingly demand tactile sensing that approaches the adaptability and resolution of human ski…
Beyond Frontiers: Scene-Anomaly Guided Autonomous Exploration
arXiv:2607.15828v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous exploration of unknown 3D environments is traditionally driven by coverage-maximizing geometric heuri…
ImprovedVBGS: Real-time Continual Variational Bayes Gaussian Splatting
arXiv:2607.15542v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: On-the-fly reconstruction is a key requirement for many applications in robotics and autonomous navigation. Va…
RAVEN: Reinforcement-Adaptive Visibility-Graph Planning for Robust Humanoid Navigation with Collision-Free MPC
arXiv:2607.15701v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Humanoid navigation in dynamic environments requires long-horizon planning while respecting short-horizon dynami…
VTLoc: Learning-based Tactile Contact Localization in Visual Point Clouds
arXiv:2607.16146v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Vision and touch are complementary modalities essential for robotic perception and manipulation. While vision pr…
MuxGel: Simultaneous Dual-Modal Visuo-Tactile Sensing via Spatially Multiplexing and Deep Reconstruction
arXiv:2603.09761v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: High-fidelity visuo-tactile sensing is important for precise robotic manipulation, yet most vision-based tac…
On the Use of AI-Driven Immersive Digital Technologies for Designing and Operating UAVs
arXiv:2407.16288v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer agile, cost-effective, and efficient solutions for communication relay…
Deployment-Ready UWB Localization for Industrial Ground Robots with Automatic Anchor Calibration and Terrain-Aware Fusion
arXiv:2607.15807v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Ultra-Wideband (UWB) ranging has become a viable option for industrial Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) localizatio…
Robust Silicone Pour Casting and Sensor Embedding Procedures for Soft Robotic Actuators
arXiv:2607.15422v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Soft robots are well-suited for applications such as rehabilitation and surgery that require adaptable and safe …
Implicit Virtual Leader: Decentralized Vision-Only Relative Pose Estimation for Multi-Robot Formations
arXiv:2607.15708v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Classical leader-follower formation control suffers from single points of failure and error propagation, and rel…
See, Learn, Assist: Safe and Self-Paced Robotic Rehabilitation via Video-Based Learning from Demonstration
arXiv:2603.14160v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In this paper, we propose a novel framework that allows therapists to teach robot-assisted rehabilitation ex…
MemoGuard: An Adaptive Runtime for Guarding Against Memory Traps in Communication-Limited Robot Navigation
arXiv:2607.15589v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Communication-limited robots in mission-critical scenarios such as disaster inspection and search-and-rescue mus…
EmbodiedDiffusion: End-to-End Traversability-Guided Visual Diffusion for Heterogeneous Robot Navigation
arXiv:2512.02851v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Visual traversability estimation is central to autonomous navigation, yet most approaches either rely on pro…
Risk-Aware Preference Learning for Stochastic Outcomes
arXiv:2607.15483v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning reward functions from human preferences is a widely used approach for aligning robot behavior with user…
Holistic Fusion: Task- and Setup-Agnostic Robot Localization and State Estimation with Factor Graphs
arXiv:2504.06479v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Seamless operation of mobile robots in challenging environments requires low-latency local motion estimation…
Let the Body Follow: Coupled Egocentric Control for Whole-Body Robot Teleoperation
arXiv:2607.16095v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Whole-body teleoperation requires users to coordinate perception, manipulation, posture, and mobility across mul…
Dynamics-Aware Meta-Imitation for Generalization to Unseen Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2607.15880v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Imitation Learning aims to learn skills from extensive observations and demonstrations for robots, so it suffers…
Handroid: Bridging Dexterous Hand and Humanoid
arXiv:2607.16187v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Dexterous hands and humanoid robots are typically developed as distinct embodiments: the former enable contact-r…
IMBench: A Benchmark for Intuitive Robotic Manipulation
arXiv:2607.15641v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Humans combine reasoning and motor control to solve complex manipulation tasks under diverse constraints. They b…
Connectivity Maintenance and Recovery for Multi-Robot Motion Planning
arXiv:2510.03504v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Connectivity is crucial in many multi-robot applications, yet balancing connectivity maintenance and fleet t…