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MANIPULATION papers(59,358)
Clear ✕Surface Constraint Policy for Learning Surface-Constrained and Dynamically Feasible Robot Skills
Shuai Ke, Jiexin Zhang, Huan Zhao +4 more
2026
DeMaVLA: A Vision-Language-Action Foundation Model for Generalizable Deformable Manipulation
Taiyi Su, Jian Zhu, Tianjian Wang +9 more
2026
Survival Reinforcement Learning: Toward Scalable Self-Supervised RL
Franki Nguimatsia-Tiofack, Fabian Schramm, Théotime Le Hellard +1 more
2026
Wall-OSS-0.5 Technical Report
Ryan Yu, Pushi Zhang, Starrick Liu +17 more
2026
Feat2Go: Visual Feature-Grounded Value Estimation for Embodied Reinforcement Learning
Junyang Shu, Zhiwei Lin, Bingqing Wei +1 more
2026
Two Degree-of-Freedom Vibratory Transport in a Grasp
C. L. Yako, Shenli Yuan, Kenneth Salisbury
2026
Object-Informed Model Predictive Path Integral Control for Non-Prehensile Robot Manipulation
Nikola Raicevic, Bharath Raam Radhakrishnan, Chenbin Yu +2 more
2026
GSAM: A Generalizable and Safe Robotic Framework for Articulated Object Manipulation
Beichen Shao, Mengying Xie, Heng Su +5 more
2026
WristCompass: Kinematic Coupling as a Learnable Visual Concept for Ego-Camera Orientation
Varun Nair, Vidyut Baradwaj, Jiahang He +3 more
2026
Bioinspired Swallowing Soft Gripper with Toroidal Optical Waveguides for Multimodal Interactive Perception.
Xiang S, Niu M, Fang W +4 more
Soft robotics · 2026
Armadillo-inspired active morphing skeletons for soft machines.
Zhou J, Zhou W, Lee SJ +3 more
Science advances · 2026
BOKBO (Best of K Bad Options): Calibrated Abstention for VLA Policies
Anya Singh, Cabrel Happi, Jai Relan +2 more
2026
Any-ttach: Quick End-effector Swapping Enables Manipulation Dexterity with Simplicity
Weizhe Ni, Jinzhou Li, Haoyu Li +3 more
2026
ARISTO Hand: Sensing-Driven Distal Hyperextension for Fine-Grained Manipulation
Aaron Kim, Dong Ho Kang, Mark Helwig +4 more
2026
Physics-informed Goal-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning under Hybrid Contact Dynamics
Vittorio Giammarino, Anastasios Manganaris, Ahmed H. Qureshi
2026
ELAN4D: Embodiment-Centric 4D Supervision for Vision-Language-Action Models via Plug-and-Play Adaptation
Zeyuan He, Bowen Yang, Zhirui Fang +9 more
2026
RoboWits: Unexpected Challenges for Robotic Creative Problem Solving
Chunru Lin, Hongxin Zhang, Fenghao Yu +5 more
2026
Qwen-VLA: Unifying Vision-Language-Action Modeling across Tasks, Environments, and Robot Embodiments
Qiuyue Wang, Mingsheng Li, Jian Guan +17 more
2026
BORA: Bridging Offline Reinforcement Learning and Online Residual Adaptation for Real-World Dexterous VLA Models
Zhongxi Chen, Yifan Han, Yanming Shao +5 more
2026
VisualThink-VLA: Visual Intermediate Reasoning for Effective and Low-Latency Vision-Language-Action Policies
Mingjian Gao, Wenqiao Zhang, Yuqian Yuan +9 more
2026
LLM-Guided Future Hypotheses for Horizon-Aware Exploration in Multi-Step Robot Manipulation
Mohammad Khoshnazar, Andrew Melnik, Michael Beetz
2026
MARS Policy: Multimodality Only When It Matters
Jindou Jia, Tuo An, Yuxuan Hu +7 more
2026
PhAIL: A Real-Robot VLA Benchmark and Distributional Methodology
Sergey Arkhangelskiy
2026
SAFE-Pruner: Semantic Attention-Guided Future-Aware Token Pruning for Efficient Vision-Language-Action Manipulation
Shilin Ma, Chubin Zhang, Changyuan Wang +6 more
2026