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Robotics Research Publications
An open index of robotics research papers, refreshed daily.
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LOCOMOTION papers(24,023)
Clear ✕MorFiC: Fixing Value Miscalibration for Zero-Shot Quadruped Transfer
Prakhar Mishra, Amir Hossain Raj, Xuesu Xiao +1 more
2026
WestWorld: A Knowledge-Encoded Scalable Trajectory World Model for Diverse Robotic Systems
Yuchen Wang, Jiangtao Kong, Sizhe Wei +6 more
2026
VIP-Loco: A Visually Guided Infinite Horizon Planning Framework for Legged Locomotion
Aditya Shirwatkar, Satyam Gupta, Shishir Kolathaya
2026
Data-Driven Physics Embedded Dynamics with Predictive Control and Reinforcement Learning for Quadrupeds
Prakrut Kotecha, Aditya Shirwatkar, Shishir Kolathaya
2026
TransCurriculum: Multi-Dimensional Curriculum Learning for Fast & Stable Locomotion
Prakhar Mishra, Amir Hossain Raj, Xuesu Xiao +1 more
2026
Panoramic Multimodal Semantic Occupancy Prediction for Quadruped Robots
Guoqiang Zhao, Zhe Yang, Sheng Wu +5 more
2026
Beyond Imitation: Reinforcement Learning Fine-Tuning for Adaptive Diffusion Navigation Policies
Junhe Sheng, Ruofei Bai, Kuan Xu +5 more
2026
SmoothTurn: Learning to Turn Smoothly for Agile Navigation with Quadrupedal Robots
Zunzhi You, Haolan Guo, Yunke Wang +1 more
2026
FLUX: Accelerating Cross-Embodiment Generative Navigation Policies via Rectified Flow and Static-to-Dynamic Learning
Zeying Gong, Yangyi Zhong, Yiyi Ding +6 more
2026
From Woofs to Words: Towards Intelligent Robotic Guide Dogs with Verbal Communication
Yohei Hayamizu, David DeFazio, Hrudayangam Mehta +7 more
2026
Robots that redesign themselves through kinematic self-destruction
Chen Yu, Sam Kriegman
2026
Beyond Motion Imitation: Is Human Motion Data Alone Sufficient to Explain Gait Control and Biomechanics?
Xinyi Liu, Jangwhan Ahn, Edgar Lobaton +2 more
2026
Energy Prediction on Sloping Ground for Quadruped Robots
Mohamed Ounally, Cyrille Pierre, Johann Laconte
2026
MiNI-Q: A Miniature, Wire-Free Quadruped with Unbounded, Independently Actuated Leg Joints
Daniel Koh, Suraj Shah, Yufeng Wu +1 more
2026
RL-Augmented MPC for Non-Gaited Legged and Hybrid Locomotion
Andrea Patrizi, Carlo Rizzardo, Arturo Laurenzi +3 more
2026
Dynamic Modeling and Attitude Control of a Reaction-Wheel-Based Low-Gravity Bipedal Hopper
Shriram Hari, M Venkata Sai Nikhil, R Prasanth Kumar
2026
Muscle Synergy Priors Enhance Biomechanical Fidelity in Predictive Musculoskeletal Locomotion Simulation
Ilseung Park, Eunsik Choi, Jangwhan Ahn +1 more
2026
SteadyTray: Learning Object Balancing Tasks in Humanoid Tray Transport via Residual Reinforcement Learning
Anlun Huang, Zhenyu Wu, Soofiyan Atar +2 more
2026
Kinodynamic Motion Retargeting for Humanoid Locomotion via Multi-Contact Whole-Body Trajectory Optimization
Xiaoyu Zhang, Steven Haener, Varun Madabushi +1 more
2026
Caterpillar-Inspired Spring-Based Compressive Continuum Robot for Bristle-based Exploration
Zhixian Hu, Yu She, Juan Wachs
2026
Towards Terrain-Aware Safe Locomotion for Quadrupedal Robots Using Proprioceptive Sensing
Peiyu Yang, Jiatao Ding, Wei Pan +2 more
2026
SCDP: Learning Humanoid Locomotion from Partial Observations via Mixed-Observation Distillation
Milo Carroll, Tianhu Peng, Lingfan Bao +2 more
2026
SEA-Nav: Efficient Policy Learning for Safe and Agile Quadruped Navigation in Cluttered Environments
Shiyi Chen, Mingye Yang, Haiyan Mao +6 more
2026
MO-Playground: Massively Parallelized Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning for Robotics
Neil Janwani, Ellen Novoseller, Vernon J. Lawhern +1 more
2026