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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 ✕DIRECT: When and Where Should You Allocate Test-Time Compute in Embodied Planners?
Jadelynn Dao, Milan Ganai, Yasmina Abukhadra +7 more
2026
UniIntervene: Agentic Intervention for Efficient Real-World Reinforcement Learning
Haoyuan Deng, Yitong Gao, Yudong Lin +3 more
2026
APT: Action Expert Pretraining Improves Instruction Generalization of Vision-Language-Action Policies
Kechun Xu, Zhenjie Zhu, Anzhe Chen +2 more
2026
Fourier Features Let Agents Learn High Precision Policies with Imitation Learning
Balázs Gyenes, Emiliyan Gospodinov, Jan Frieling +5 more
2026
Making Foresight Actionable: Repurposing Representation Alignment in World Action Models
Lu Qiu, Yizhuo Li, Yi Chen +3 more
2026
Intelligent Automation for Embodied Benchmark Construction: Pipelines, Embodiments, Simulators, and Trends
Jinshan Lai, Jianwei Hu, Baoyang Jiang +7 more
2026
Bridging the Morphology Gap: Adapting VLA Models to Dexterous Manipulation via Intent-Conditioned Fine-Tuning
Chuanke Pang, Junyi Huang, Zhijun Zhao +3 more
2026
DAM-VLA: Decoupled Asynchronous Multimodal Vision Language Action model
Pankhuri Vanjani, Zhuoyue Li, Jakub Suliga +4 more
2026
VICX: Generalizable Robot Manipulation via Video Generation and In-Context Operator Network
Song Chen, Linyan Xiang, Ying Zhou +1 more
2026
Learning Unions of Convex Sets via Invertible Latent Decomposition for Path Planning
Taerim Yoon, Dongho Kang, Kisang Park +3 more
2026
PAWS: Preference Learning with Advantage-Weighted Segments
Aleksandar Taranovic, Onur Celik, Niklas Freymuth +6 more
2026
Deformable In-Hand Slip-Aware Tactile Sensor with Integrated Velocity, Force/Torque, and Pressure Map Sensing
Gabriel Arslan Waltersson, Yiannis Karayiannidis
2026
Embodied-BenchClaw: An Autonomous Multi-Agent System for Embodied Spatial Intelligence Benchmark Construction
Baoyang Jiang, Fengchun Zhang, Leyuan Wang +7 more
2026
DuoBench: A Reproducible Benchmark for Bimanual Manipulation in Simulation and the Real World
Tobias Jülg, Seongjin Bien, Simon Hilber +7 more
2026
Critic Architecture Matters: Dual vs. Unified Critics for Humanoid Loco-Manipulation
Mehmet Turan Yardımcı
2026
Modular Anthropomorphic Hand Design via Multi-Parameter Finger Benchmarking and Selection
Yu Zhang, Huijiang Wang, Josie Hughes
2026
Blind Dexterous Grasping via Real2Sim2Real Tactile Policy Learning
Shengcheng Luo, Xiyan Huang, Zhe Xu +3 more
2026
TacCoRL: Integrating Tactile Feedback into VLA via Simulation
Siyu Ma, Yuqi Liang, Chang Yu +5 more
2026
LUCID: Learning Embodiment-Agnostic Intent Models from Unstructured Human Videos for Scalable Dexterous Robot Skill Acquisition
Harsh Gupta, Guanya Shi, Wenzhen Yuan
2026
Learning Object Manipulation from Scratch via Contrastive Interaction
Tongle Shen, Caleb Chuck, Fan Feng +1 more
2026
Sliding Integral Neural Network Driven Robust Solution for Time-Varying Quadratic Programming.
Si Y, Li Z, Zhao K +2 more
IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems · 2026
Compliant Magnetic Sensor Arrays Enable Real-Time Force Myogram Pattern Recognition for Dexterous Hand Control by Amputees.
Cheng WY, Engeberg ED
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2026
Dynamic Execution Horizon Prediction for Chunk-based Robot Policies
Yuchi Zhao, Miroslav Bogdanovic, Arjun Sohal +5 more
2026
PLUME: Probabilistic Latent Unified World Modeling and Parameter Estimation for Multi-Finger Manipulation
Abhinav Kumar, Soshi Iba, Rana Soltani Zarrin +1 more
2026