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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 ✕KoopmanFlow: Spectrally Decoupled Generative Control Policy via Koopman Structural Bias
Chengsi Yao, Ge Wang, Kai Kang +9 more
2026
Exploration-assisted Bottleneck Transition Toward Robust and Data-efficient Deformable Object Manipulation
Yujiro Onishi, Ryo Takizawa, Yoshiyuki Ohmura +1 more
2026
REFINE-DP: Diffusion Policy Fine-tuning for Humanoid Loco-manipulation via Reinforcement Learning
Zhaoyuan Gu, Yipu Chen, Zimeng Chai +11 more
2026
Beyond Binary Success: Sample-Efficient and Statistically Rigorous Robot Policy Comparison
David Snyder, Apurva Badithela, Nikolai Matni +4 more
2026
Learning Actionable Manipulation Recovery via Counterfactual Failure Synthesis
Dayou Li, Jiuzhou Lei, Hao Wang +6 more
2026
Verification and Forward Invariance of Control Barrier Functions for Differential-Algebraic Systems
Hongchao Zhang, Mohamad H. Kazma, Meiyi Ma +2 more
2026
From Passive Monitoring to Active Defence: Resilient Control of Manipulators Under Cyberattacks
Gabriele Gualandi, Alessandro V. Papadopoulos
2026
Language-Grounded Decoupled Action Representation for Robotic Manipulation
Wuding Weng, Tongshu Wu, Liucheng Chen +5 more
2026
Coordinated Manipulation of Hybrid Deformable-Rigid Objects in Constrained Environments
Anees Peringal, Anup Teejo Mathew, Panagiotis liatsis +1 more
2026
RoboStream: Weaving Spatio-Temporal Reasoning with Memory in Vision-Language Models for Robotics
Yuzhi Huang, Jie Wu, Weijue Bu +9 more
2026
PVI: Plug-in Visual Injection for Vision-Language-Action Models
Zezhou Zhang, Songxin Zhang, Xiao Xiong +8 more
2026
AnchorVLA4D: an Anchor-Based Spatial-Temporal Vision-Language-Action Model for Robotic Manipulation
Juan Zhu, Zhanying Shao, Xiaoqi Li +4 more
2026
Altered Thoughts, Altered Actions: Probing Chain-of-Thought Vulnerabilities in VLA Robotic Manipulation
Tuan Duong Trinh, Naveed Akhtar, Basim Azam
2026
Spatially Grounded Long-Horizon Task Planning in the Wild
Sehun Jung, HyunJee Song, Dong-Hee Kim +4 more
2026
TacVLA: Contact-Aware Tactile Fusion for Robust Vision-Language-Action Manipulation
Kaidi Zhang, Heng Zhang, Zhengtong Xu +7 more
2026
Beyond Dense Futures: World Models as Structured Planners for Robotic Manipulation
Minghao Jin, Mozheng Liao, Mingfei Han +2 more
2026
COAD: Constant-Time Planning for Continuous Goal Manipulation with Compressed Library and Online Adaptation
Adil Shiyas, Zhuoyun Zhong, Constantinos Chamzas
2026
One-Step Flow Policy: Self-Distillation for Fast Visuomotor Policies
Shaolong Li, Lichao Sun, Yongchao Chen
2026
Push, Press, Slide: Mode-Aware Planar Contact Manipulation via Reduced-Order Models
Melih Özcan, Umut Orguner, Ozgur S. Oguz
2026
A Learning-Based Approach for Contact Detection, Localization, and Force Estimation of Continuum Manipulators With Integrated OFDR Optical Fiber
Mobina Tavangarifard, Jonathan S. Kacines, Qiyu Li +1 more
2026
OmniStream: Mastering Perception, Reconstruction and Action in Continuous Streams
Yibin Yan, Jilan Xu, Shangzhe Di +2 more
2026
$Ψ_0$: An Open Foundation Model Towards Universal Humanoid Loco-Manipulation
Songlin Wei, Hongyi Jing, Boqian Li +12 more
2026
HandelBot: Real-World Piano Playing via Fast Adaptation of Dexterous Robot Policies
Amber Xie, Haozhi Qi, Dorsa Sadigh
2026
BrainMem: Brain-Inspired Evolving Memory for Embodied Agent Task Planning
Xiaoyu Ma, Lianyu Hu, Wenbing Tang +4 more
2026