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Robotics Research Publications
An open index of robotics research papers, refreshed daily.
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HRI papers(2,168)
Clear ✕Designing for Robot Wranglers: A Synthesis of Literature and Practice
David Porfirio, Ian McDermott, Hsin-Mei Chen +3 more
2026
Hybrid LLM-based Intelligent Framework for Robot Task Scheduling
Swayamjit Saha, Subhabrata Das, Haonan Duan +1 more
2026
MR-SLAM: Immersive Spatial Supervision for Multi-Robot Mapping via Mixed Reality
Prakash Aryan, Cem Erdogdu, Kavinaya Kumarchokkappan +2 more
2026
Distill: Uncovering the True Intent behind Human-Robot Communication
Ting Li, David Porfirio
2026
FrameSkip: Learning from Fewer but More Informative Frames in VLA Training
Bin Yu, Shijie Lian, Xiaopeng Lin +8 more
2026
Guide, Think, Act: Interactive Embodied Reasoning in Vision-Language-Action Models
Yiran Ling, Qing Lian, Jinghang Li +6 more
2026
Beyond VMAF: Towards Application-Specific Metrics for Teleoperation Video
Ines Trautmannsheimer, Richard Grauberger, Frank Diermeyer
2026
Exploring Human-Robot Collaboration: Analysis of Interaction Modalities in Challenging Tasks
Simone Arreghini, Cristina Iani, Alessandro Giusti +3 more
2026
HCSG: Human-Centric Semantic-Geometric Reasoning for Vision-Language Navigation
Haoxuan Xu, Tianfu Li, Wenbo Chen +7 more
2026
BiPneu: Design and Control of a Bipolar-Pressure Pneumatic System for Soft Robots
Yu Mei, Xinyu Zhou, Vedant Naik +2 more
2026
Real-Time Whole-Body Teleoperation of a Humanoid Robot Using IMU-Based Motion Capture with Sim2Sim and Sim2Real Validation
Hamza Ahmed Durrani, Suleman Khan
2026
DexTwist: Dexterous Hand Retargeting for Twist Motion via Mixed Reality-based Teleoperation
Dongmyoung Lee, Chengxi Li, Dongheui Lee
2026
World Action Models: The Next Frontier in Embodied AI
Siyin Wang, Junhao Shi, Zhaoyang Fu +11 more
2026
EvoNav: Evolutionary Reward Function Design for Robot Navigation with Large Language Models
Zhikai Zhao, Chuanbo Hua, Federico Berto +4 more
2026
Mapping Embodied Affective Touch Strategies on a Humanoid Robot
Qiaoqiao Ren, Omar Eldardeer, Francesca Cocchella +3 more
2026
RIO: Flexible Real-Time Robot I/O for Cross-Embodiment Robot Learning
Pablo Ortega-Kral, Eliot Xing, Arthur Bucker +13 more
2026
SEVO: Semantic-Enhanced Virtual Observation for Robust VLA Manipulation via Active Illumination and Data-Centric Collection
Tianchonghui Fang, Yuan Zhuang, Fei Miao
2026
Haptic Rendering of Fractional-Order Viscoelasticity: Passivity and Rendering Fidelity
Gorkem Gemalmaz, Harun Tolasa, Volkan Patoglu
2026
Initiation of Interaction Detection Framework using a Nonverbal Cue for Human-Robot Interaction
Guhnoo Yun, Juhan Yoo, Kijung Kim +1 more
2026
SocialDirector: Training-Free Social Interaction Control for Multi-Person Video Generation
Liangyang Ouyang, Ruicong Liu, Caixin Kang +2 more
2026
Towards Generative Predictive Display for Vision-Based Teleoperation: A Zero-Shot Benchmark of Off-the-Shelf Video Models
Aws Khalil, Jaerock Kwon
2026
SABER: A Scalable Action-Based Embodied Dataset for Real-World VLA Adaptation
Narsimha Menga, Parikshit Sakurikar, Amirreza Rouhi +6 more
2026
Beyond Isolation: A Unified Benchmark for General-Purpose Navigation
Samson Sun, Tianyi Yang, Tengyue Wang +6 more
2026
CAGS: Color-Adaptive Volumetric Video Streaming with Dynamic 3D Gaussian Splatting
Daheng Yin, Yili Jin, Jianxin Shi +7 more
2026