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MANIPULATION papers(59,346)
Clear ✕Multi-Agent Robotic Control with Onboard Vision-Language Models
Kajetan Rachwał, Maciej Majek, Bartłomiej Boczek +6 more
2026
TouchWorld: A Predictive and Reactive Tactile Foundation Model for Dexterous Manipulation
Jianyi Zhou, Feiyang Hong, Yunhao Li +9 more
2026
Compositional Motion Generation from Demonstration with Object-Centric Neural Fields
Ahmet Ercan Tekden, Yasemin Bekiroglu
2026
GeoProp: Grounding Robot State in Vision for Generalist Manipulation
Guoyang Zhao, Quanhao Qian, Gongjie Zhang +5 more
2026
PriGo: Test-Time Primitive Guidance to Diffusion and Flow Policies for Adaptive Robotic Manipulation
Zezeng Li, Enda Xiang, Thuy Tran +3 more
2026
SPECTRA: Context-Conditioned Spectral Movement Primitives for Robot Skill Generalization
Boxuan Zhang, Sheng Liu, Chenglin Ming +1 more
2026
Residual-Conservative Model Predictive Path Integral Control
Hyung-Jin Yoon, Hunmin Kim
2026
Spider-Silk-Like Single-Fiber Actuators with Two Actuation Modes Driven by Water.
Xu X, Wang Z, Li M +3 more
Nano letters · 2026
A Continual Learning Framework for Adaptive Control of Modular Soft Robots
Nilay Kushawaha, Muhammad Sunny Nazeer, Baljinder Singh Bal +2 more
2026
Vision Language Action (VLA) Models for Unmanned Aerial Robotics and Bimanual Manipulation: A Review
Inkyu Sa, Chanoh Park, Hea-Min Lee +2 more
2026
NativeMEM: Native Memory Compression for Long-Horizon Robotic Manipulation
Ziye Wang, Modi Shi, Chaojun Ni +5 more
2026
Lift3D-VLA: Lifting VLA Models to 3D Geometry and Dynamics-Aware Manipulation
Jiaming Liu, Qingpo Wuwu, Nuowei Han +8 more
2026
RynnWorld-4D: 4D Embodied World Models for Robotic Manipulation
Haoyu Zhao, Xingyue Zhao, Siteng Huang +3 more
2026
Pelican-VLA 0.5: Attending Before Acting Benefits Generalization
Zeyuan Ding, Wenhai Liu, Yang Xu +6 more
2026
UniLM-Nav: A Unified Framework for Zero-Shot Last-Mile Navigation
Zhuofan Zhang, Tianxu Wang, Guoxi Zhang +6 more
2026
Clustering-Embedded Model Predictive Path Integral Control: Avoiding Averaging-Induced Failure and Enabling Efficient Cluster Selection for Dynamic Obstacles
Zidong Liu, Kaixin Chang, Xu Chen
2026
WristMimic: Full-Body Humanoid Control with Wrist-Guided Manipulation
Wongyun Yu, Youngwoon Kim, Minsu Cho
2026
From Foundation to Application: Improving VLA Models in Practice
Wei Wu, Fangjing Wang, Fan Lu +17 more
2026
Learning to Throw Objects Safely in Multi-Obstacle Environments
Mohammadreza Kasaei, Klemen Voncina, Hamidreza Kasaei
2026
Training-Free Acceleration for Vision-Language-Action Models with Action Caching and Refinement
Ryuji Oi, Hikari Otsuka, Kosuke Matsushima +4 more
2026
OrchardBench: A Physically-Grounded, GPU-Parallel Apple-Orchard Simulation Benchmark for Agricultural Robotics
Humphrey Munn
2026
LAMP: Latent Motion Prior-Guided Real-World Learning for Dexterous Hand Manipulation
Xinye Yang, Zhiyuan Ma, Hongze Yu +5 more
2026
Diagnosing Semantic Handoff Failures in Agent-Orchestrated Vision-Language-Action Skill Composition
Ke Rui, Yushen Zuo, Jiawei Wang +4 more
2026
Calf-Integrated Arms for Bimanual Quadruped Loco-Manipulation
Yan Pan, Yuanchuan Ren, Chipui Chan +2 more
2026