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MANIPULATION papers(58,805)
Clear ✕LoopVLA: Learning Sufficiency in Recurrent Refinement for Vision-Language-Action Models
Boyang Shen, Kaixiang Yang, Hao Wang +4 more
2026
Zero-Shot Sim-to-Real Robot Learning: A Dexterous Manipulation Study on Reactive Catching
Kejia Ren, Gaotian Wang, Andrew S. Morgan +1 more
2026
MVB-Grasp: Minimum-Volume-Box Filtering of Diffusion-based Grasps for Frontal Manipulation
Bibek Poudel, Abdul Basit, Muhammad Shafique
2026
ACSAC: Adaptive Chunk Size Actor-Critic with Causal Transformer Q-Network
Qian Chen, Junqiao Zhao, Hongtu Zhou +4 more
2026
RePO-VLA: Recovery-Driven Policy Optimization for Vision-Language-Action Models
Weijia Liufu, Xiaoyu Guo, Ruiyi Chen +16 more
2026
Transceiver-Integrated BD-RIS: Wave-Domain Signal Processing for Sustainable and Inclusive 6G
Mahmoud Raeisi, Ayoub Ammar Boudjelal, Henk Wymeersch +2 more
2026
IMPACT: An Implicit Active-Set Augmented Lagrangian for Fast Contact-Implicit Trajectory Optimization
Jiayun Li, Dejian Gong, Georgia Chalvatzaki
2026
HyDRA Scorpion: A Cost-effective and Modular ROV for Real-Time Underwater Inspection, Intervention, and Object Detection
Anika Tabassum Orchi, Md Farhan Zaman, Md Darain Khan +16 more
2026
A low-cost mockup to simulate robotic laser cutting in nuclear decommissioning
Frederico Fernandes Afonso Silva, Murilo Marques Marinho, Bruno Vilhena Adorno
2026
ECHO: Continuous Hierarchical Memory for Vision-Language-Action Models
Yanbin Hu, Jin Cui, Jiayi Lu +6 more
2026
ClickSeg3D: Few-Click Interactive Segmentation via Semantic Embeddings
Xueyang Kang, Zijian Yu, Kourosh Khoshelham +1 more
2026
ElasticFlow: One-Step Physics-Consistent Policy with Elastic Time Horizons for Language-Guided Manipulation
Kewei Chen, Yayu Long, Shuai Li +1 more
2026
ProcVLM: Learning Procedure-Grounded Progress Rewards for Robotic Manipulation
Youhe Feng, Hansen Shi, Haoyang Li +7 more
2026
Latent Geometry Beyond Search: Amortizing Planning in World Models
Hoang Nguyen, Xiaohao Xu, Xiaonan Huang
2026
BEACON: Cross-Domain Co-Training of Generative Robot Policies via Best-Effort Adaptation
Antong Zhang, Han Qi, Heng Yang
2026
Trajectory-Consistent Flow Matching for Robust Visuomotor Policy Learning
Riad Ahmed, Sujosh Nag, Moniruzzaman Akash +2 more
2026
Failing Forward: Adaptive Failure-Informed Learning for Vision-Language-Action Models
Meng Zheng, Samhita Marri, Anwesa Choudhuri +6 more
2026
TAVIS: A Benchmark for Egocentric Active Vision and Anticipatory Gaze in Imitation Learning
Giacomo Spigler
2026
NoiseGate: Learning Per-Latent Timestep Schedules as Information Gating in World Action Models
Wen Huang, Haoran Sun, Yongjian Guo +8 more
2026
Drifting Field Policy: A One-Step Generative Policy via Wasserstein Gradient Flow
Juil Koo, Mingue Park, Jiwon Choi +2 more
2026
PhySPRING: Structure-Preserving Reduction of Physics-Informed Twins via GNN
Yixiong Jing, Xingyuan Chen, Guangming Wang +3 more
2026
BrickCraft: Visuomotor Skill Composition with Situated Manual Guidance for Long-Horizon Interlocking Brick Assembly
Jichuan Yu, Bowei Li, Zhenran Tang +4 more
2026
Escaping the Diversity Trap in Robotic Manipulation via Anchor-Centric Adaptation
Yanzhe Chen, Kevin Yuchen Ma, Qi Lv +4 more
2026
AT-VLA: Adaptive Tactile Injection for Enhanced Feedback Reaction in Vision-Language-Action Models
Xiaoqi Li, Muhe Cai, Jiadong Xu +5 more
2026