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Robotics Research Publications
An open index of robotics research papers, refreshed daily.
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MANIPULATION papers(5,629)
Clear ✕Latent Geometry Beyond Search: Amortizing Planning in World Models
Hoang Nguyen, Xiaohao Xu, Xiaonan Huang
2026
BEACON: Cross-Domain Co-Training of Generative Robot Policies via Best-Effort Adaptation
Antong Zhang, Han Qi, Heng Yang
2026
Trajectory-Consistent Flow Matching for Robust Visuomotor Policy Learning
Riad Ahmed, Sujosh Nag, Moniruzzaman Akash +2 more
2026
Failing Forward: Adaptive Failure-Informed Learning for Vision-Language-Action Models
Meng Zheng, Samhita Marri, Anwesa Choudhuri +6 more
2026
TAVIS: A Benchmark for Egocentric Active Vision and Anticipatory Gaze in Imitation Learning
Giacomo Spigler
2026
NoiseGate: Learning Per-Latent Timestep Schedules as Information Gating in World Action Models
Wen Huang, Haoran Sun, Yongjian Guo +8 more
2026
Drifting Field Policy: A One-Step Generative Policy via Wasserstein Gradient Flow
Juil Koo, Mingue Park, Jiwon Choi +2 more
2026
PhySPRING: Structure-Preserving Reduction of Physics-Informed Twins via GNN
Yixiong Jing, Xingyuan Chen, Guangming Wang +3 more
2026
BrickCraft: Visuomotor Skill Composition with Situated Manual Guidance for Long-Horizon Interlocking Brick Assembly
Jichuan Yu, Bowei Li, Zhenran Tang +4 more
2026
Escaping the Diversity Trap in Robotic Manipulation via Anchor-Centric Adaptation
Yanzhe Chen, Kevin Yuchen Ma, Qi Lv +4 more
2026
AT-VLA: Adaptive Tactile Injection for Enhanced Feedback Reaction in Vision-Language-Action Models
Xiaoqi Li, Muhe Cai, Jiadong Xu +5 more
2026
BioProVLA-Agent: An Affordable, Protocol-Driven, Vision-Enhanced VLA-Enabled Embodied Multi-Agent System with Closed-Loop-Capable Reasoning for Biological Laboratory Manipulation
Zhaohui Du, Zhe Wang, Hongmei Fei +7 more
2026
PISTO: Proximal Inference for Stochastic Trajectory Optimization
Hongzhe Yu, Zinuo Chang, Yongxin Chen
2026
An Aerial Manipulator for Perception-Driven Flower Targeting Toward Contactless Pollination in Vertical Farming
Chenzhe Jin, Zhuohang Wu, Yifan Cai +4 more
2026
Lie Group Formulation of Recursive Dynamics Algorithms of Higher Order for Floating-Base Robots
Ahmed Ali, Chiara Gabellieri, Antonio Franchi
2026
OA-WAM: Object-Addressable World Action Model for Robust Robot Manipulation
Yushan Liu, Peibo Sun, Shoujie Li +7 more
2026
Toward Visually Realistic Simulation: A Benchmark for Evaluating Robot Manipulation in Simulation
Yixin Zhu, Zixiong Wang, Jian Yang +4 more
2026
CKT-WAM: Parameter-Efficient Context Knowledge Transfer Between World Action Models
Yuhua Jiang, Yijun Guo, Hongbing Yang +7 more
2026
RobotEQ: Transitioning from Passive Intelligence to Active Intelligence in Embodied AI
Kuofei Fang, Xinyi Che, Haomin Ouyang +12 more
2026
When to Trust Imagination: Adaptive Action Execution for World Action Models
Rui Wang, Yue Zhang, Jiehong Lin +4 more
2026
VLA-GSE: Boosting Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning in VLA with Generalized and Specialized Experts
Yuhua Jiang, Junjie Lu, Xinyao Qin +4 more
2026
MaMi-HOI: Harmonizing Global Kinematics and Local Geometry for Human-Object Interaction Generation
Hao Wang, Shiqi Wang, Qi Liu
2026
TriRelVLA: Triadic Relational Structure for Generalizable Embodied Manipulation
Hanyu Zhou, Chuanhao Ma, Gim Hee Lee
2026
Contact-Free Grasp Stability Prediction with In-Hand Time-of-Flight Sensors
Kyle DuFrene, Cindy Grimm
2026