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MANIPULATION papers(58,805)
Clear ✕DIAL: Decoupling Intent and Action via Latent World Modeling for End-to-End VLA
Yi Chen, Yuying Ge, Hui Zhou +3 more
2026
SafeDMPs: Integrating Formal Safety with DMPs for Adaptive HRI
Soumyodipta Nath, Pranav Tiwari, Ravi Prakash
2026
GraSP-STL: A Graph-Based Framework for Zero-Shot Signal Temporal Logic Planning via Offline Goal-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning
Ancheng Hou, Ruijia Liu, Xiang Yin
2026
RAAP: Retrieval-Augmented Affordance Prediction with Cross-Image Action Alignment
Qiyuan Zhuang, He-Yang Xu, Yijun Wang +3 more
2026
CLaD: Planning with Grounded Foresight via Cross-Modal Latent Dynamics
Andrew Jeong, Jaemin Kim, Sebin Lee +1 more
2026
Industrial-Grade Robust Robot Vision for Screw Detection and Removal under Uneven Conditions
Tomoki Ishikura, Genichiro Matsuda, Takuya Kiyokawa +1 more
2026
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