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MANIPULATION papers(59,358)
Clear ✕Elastic Queries Reinforcement Learning: Self-Aware Policy Execution for VLA Models
Ge Wang, Xinyu Tan, Xiang Li +11 more
2026
ReactVLA: Fast and Lightweight Reactive Robot Manipulation via Improved Mean Flow Action Generation
Yanzhao Guo, Wenkai Chen, Jianwei Zhang
2026
SyLink Hand: A Synergy-Inspired Linkage-Driven Anthropomorphic Hand for Human-Like Dexterity
Hao Wu, Yanzhe Wang, Yu Feng +4 more
2026
Universal Manipulation Exoskeleton: Learning Compliant Whole-body Policies with Real-time Torque Feedback
Litian Liang, Jingxi Xu, Xinda Qi +7 more
2026
Robustness without Wrinkles: Parallel Simulation and Robust MPC for Certified Deformable Manipulation
Wei-Chen Li, Jeffrey Fang, Sasanka Polisetti +2 more
2026
Environment-Aware Stable Neural Koopman Dynamics Learning for Input-Driven Systems under Environmental Constraints
Lin Feng
2026
Self-Improving VLA Policies: Selected Diffusion Noise for Spurious-Robust Action Smoothing
Duc Minh Nguyen, Bao-Ngoc Dao, Tung M. Luu +15 more
2026
WAM4D: Fast 4D World Action Model via Spatial Register Tokens
Ying Li, Xiaobao Wei, Jiajun Cao +9 more
2026
Hierarchical laser-programmed soft actuators for designing bionic robots with freeform morphing shapes.
Guo Y, Han M, Yang W +4 more
Science advances · 2026
PhysVLA: Towards Physically-Grounded VLA for Embodied Robotic Manipulation
Namai Chandra, Shriram Damodaran, Lin Wang
2026
ContactWorld: What Matters in Vision-Tactile World Models for Contact-Rich Manipulation
Zhiyuan Zhang, Pokuang Zhou, Kaidi Zhang +6 more
2026
QPILOTS: Efficient Test-Time Q-Steering for Flow Policies
Yifan Ruan, Chenyang Cao, Andreas Burger +7 more
2026
Mana: Dexterous Manipulation of Articulated Tools
Zhao-Heng Yin, Guanya Shi, Pieter Abbeel +1 more
2026
Improving Robotic Generalist Policies via Flow Reversal Steering
Andy Tang, William Chen, Andrew Wagenmaker +2 more
2026
RepWAM: World Action Modeling with Representation Visual-Action Tokenizers
Junke Wang, Qihang Zhang, Shuai Yang +5 more
2026
WEAVER, Better, Faster, Longer: An Effective World Model for Robotic Manipulation
Arnav Kumar Jain, Yilin Wu, Jesse Farebrother +2 more
2026
MCR-Bionic Hand: Anatomical Structural Priors for Dexterous Manipulation
Haosen Yang, Guowu Wei
2026
LabVLA: Grounding Vision-Language-Action Models in Scientific Laboratories
Baochang Ren, Xinjie Liu, Xi Chen +15 more
2026
MaskWAM: Unifying Mask Prompting and Prediction for World-Action Models
Hanyang Yu, Haitao Lin, Jingbo Zhang +4 more
2026
GeoHAT: Geometry-Adaptive Hybrid Action Transformer for Mobile Manipulation
Xiangyu Zhu, Renjun Wu, Luzhou Ge +2 more
2026
Low cost, easily manufactured, highly flexible strain and touch sensitive fiber for robotics applications
Christian Diaz Herrera, Srushti Raste, Simin Liu +10 more
2026
See Selectively, Act Adaptively: Dual-Level Structural Decomposition for Bimanual Robot Manipulation
Yoon-Ji Choi, Young-Chae Son, Soo-Chul Lim
2026
FTP-1: A Generalist Foundation Tactile Policy Across Tactile Sensors for Contact-Rich Manipulation
Chengbo Yuan, Zicheng Zhang, Mingjie Zhou +14 more
2026
EV-WM: Event-Verified World Models for Long-Horizon Robotic Manipulation
Kailin Wang, Haoxiang Jie, Yaoyuan Yan +2 more
2026