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MANIPULATION papers(59,358)
Clear ✕SuperGrasp: Single-View Object Grasping via Superquadric Similarity Matching, Evaluation, and Refinement
Lijingze Xiao, Jinhong Du, Supeng Diao +2 more
2026
Long-Reach Robotic Cleaning for Lunar Solar Arrays
Stanley Wang, Velin Kojouharov, Long Yin Chung +2 more
2026
Kernel-SDF: An Open-Source Library for Real-Time Signed Distance Function Estimation using Kernel Regression
Zhirui Dai, Tianxing Fan, Mani Amani +4 more
2026
Long-Reach Robotic Manipulation for Assembly and Outfitting of Lunar Structures
Stanley Wang, Venny Kojouharov, Long Yin Chung +2 more
2026
Generalizable Dense Reward for Long-Horizon Robotic Tasks
Silong Yong, Stephen Sheng, Carl Qi +6 more
2026
Sampling-Horizon Neural Operator Predictors for Nonlinear Control under Delayed Inputs
Luke Bhan, Peter Quawas, Miroslav Krstic +1 more
2026
HCLSM: Hierarchical Causal Latent State Machines for Object-Centric World Modeling
Jaber Jaber, Osama Jaber
2026
Scalable Co-Design via Linear Design Problems: Compositional Theory and Algorithms
Yubo Cai, Yujun Huang, Meshal Alharbi +1 more
2026
SHOW3D: Capturing Scenes of 3D Hands and Objects in the Wild
Patrick Rim, Kevin Harris, Braden Copple +8 more
2026
FocusVLA: Focused Visual Utilization for Vision-Language-Action Models
Yichi Zhang, Weihao Yuan, Yizhuo Zhang +2 more
2026
Pandora: Articulated 3D Scene Graphs from Egocentric Vision
Alan Yu, Yun Chang, Christopher Xie +1 more
2026
SOLE-R1: Video-Language Reasoning as the Sole Reward for On-Robot Reinforcement Learning
Philip Schroeder, Thomas Weng, Karl Schmeckpeper +3 more
2026
ManipArena: Comprehensive Real-world Evaluation of Reasoning-Oriented Generalist Robot Manipulation
Yu Sun, Meng Cao, Ping Yang +15 more
2026
Tac2Real: Reliable and GPU Visuotactile Simulation for Online Reinforcement Learning and Zero-Shot Real-World Deployment
Ningyu Yan, Shuai Wang, Xing Shen +4 more
2026
Active Stereo-Camera Outperforms Multi-Sensor Setup in ACT Imitation Learning for Humanoid Manipulation
Robin Kühn, Moritz Schappler, Thomas Seel +1 more
2026
LIBERO-Para: A Diagnostic Benchmark and Metrics for Paraphrase Robustness in VLA Models
Chanyoung Kim, Minwoo Kim, Minseok Kang +2 more
2026
Reducing Oracle Feedback with Vision-Language Embeddings for Preference-Based RL
Udita Ghosh, Dripta S. Raychaudhuri, Jiachen Li +2 more
2026
Learning Multi-View Spatial Reasoning from Cross-View Relations
Suchae Jeong, Jaehwi Song, Haeone Lee +9 more
2026
Radar Cross Section Characterization of Quantized Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Kainat Yasmeen, Shobha Sundar Ram, Debidas Kundu
2026
Probe-to-Grasp Manipulation Using Self-Sensing Pneumatic Variable-Stiffness Joints
Ngoc Duy Tran, Yeman Fan, Feng Dai +5 more
2026
Which Reconstruction Model Should a Robot Use? Routing Image-to-3D Models for Cost-Aware Robotic Manipulation
Akash Anand, Aditya Agarwal, Leslie Pack Kaelbling
2026
Spectral Decomposition of Inverse Dynamics for Fast Exploration in Model-Based Manipulation
Solvin Sigurdson, Benjamin Riviere, Joel Burdick
2026
ProgressVLA: Progress-Guided Diffusion Policy for Vision-Language Robotic Manipulation
Hongyu Yan, Qiwei Li, Jiaolong Yang +1 more
2026
Learning Smooth and Robust Space Robotic Manipulation of Dynamic Target via Inter-frame Correlation
Siyi Lang, Hongyi Gao, Yingxin Zhang +5 more
2026