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Robotics Research Publications
An open index of robotics research papers, refreshed daily.
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MANIPULATION papers(58,805)
Clear ✕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
VLAConf: Calibrated Task-Success Confidence for Vision-Language-Action Models
Dehao Huang, Aoxiang Gu, Chengjie Zhang +5 more
2026
Mitigating State Aliasing in Vision-Language-Action Models via Inverse Dynamics Learning
Kyujin Lee, Injae Kim, Jihwan Park +3 more
2026
VE2VF: Vision-Enabled to Vision-Free Distillation via Real-world Reinforcement Learning for Robust Contact-Rich Manipulation
Victor Kowalski, Chengxi Li, Dongheui Lee
2026
VLA-Pro: Cross-Task Procedural Memory Transfer for Vision-Language-Action Models
Shengyu Si, Yuanzhuo Lu, Ruimeng Yang +3 more
2026
ElegantVLA: Learning When to Think for Efficient Vision-Language-Action Models
Ye Li, Huanan Liu, Kangye Ji +7 more
2026
3DVLA: Enhancing Vision-Language-Action Models via 3D Spatial and Instance Understanding
Zhongyu Xia, Yousen Tang, Bingqing Wei +1 more
2026
A Progress-Aware Leader-Follower Midair Docking System for Dual-Drone Aerial Manipulation
Yifan Cai, Jan Ming Kevin Tan, Xiangqi Li +3 more
2026
Phase-Conditioned Imitation Learning with Autonomous Failure Recovery for Robust Deformable Object Manipulation
Dayuan Chen, Kai Tang, Yukuan Zhang +2 more
2026
Decentralized LLM-Driven Coordination of Acoustic Robots for Contactless Object Manipulation
Yingying Wang, Narsimlu Kemsaram, Sriram Subramanian
2026
MonoDuo: Using One Robot Arm to Learn Bimanual Policies
Sandeep Bajamahal, Lawrence Yunliang Chen, Toru Lin +3 more
2026
Self-healing and sense-healing: metal-organic framework-filled polymers for robust and durable soft robotics.
Rajeev S, Amayeka SA, Panicker UG
Materials horizons · 2026
Beyond Binary: Sim-to-Real Dexterous Manipulation with Physics-Grounded Contact Representation
Jiahe Pan, Stelian Coros, Jitendra Malik +1 more
2026
How VLAs Fail Differently: Black-Box Action Monitoring Reveals Architecture-Specific Failure Signatures
Krishnam Gupta
2026
PrimitiveVLA: Learning Reusable Motion Primitives for Efficient and Generalizable Robotic Manipulation
Yutai Li, Shaohui Peng, Jiaming Guo +8 more
2026
GEM: Generative Supervision Helps Embodied Intelligence
Ruowen Zhao, Bangguo Li, Zuyan Liu +9 more
2026
What Frozen VLAs Already Know About Success: A Probing Study of Value-Like Structure in Foundation Robot Policies
Jiachen Zhang, Junnan Nie, Junyi Lao +4 more
2026