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Time-to-Goal: Learned Temporal Metrics for Long-Horizon Planning with JEPA World Models
Joint-Embedding Predictive Architectures (JEPAs) support planning by comparing predicted latent states with an encoded goal.Does RRT* Work on Uneven Terrain Meshes?
The optimal rapidly exploring random tree (RRT*) is proven asymptotically optimal on open subsets of Euclidean space with straight-line local planning.FWIK: Multi-Waypoint IK Selection via Lookahead Graph Search
An ordered sequence of end-effector poses can give a redundant robot arm multiple valid joint configurations at each waypoint.Diversity-Aware Experience Replay via Statistical Leverage Scores
Off-policy deep reinforcement learning trains on random samples from a replay buffer of past experience.LumiTac: Compact, High-Rate Six-Axis Optical Tactile Sensing for Human-Robot Interaction
Integrating six-axis tactile feedback into robotic interfaces requires compact sensors with accurate load measurement and rapid online reconstruction.Reflection-Robust Stereo Visual-Inertial Odometry via Kalman-Filtered Ground-Height Estimation
Visual-inertial odometry relies on visual features that correspond to 3D points with consistent projections across sequential frames.Robots in the City: Persona-Based Perceptions of Urban Robots
Pedestrians increasingly encounter robots in urban public spaces without interacting with them, but how robots change the perceived safety of a street remains unclear.Learning Object-Centric Motion Priors from Human for Robotic Dexterous Manipulation
Manipulating diverse objects with multi-fingered dexterous hands is challenging due to the high dimensionality and complex dynamics.The Effectiveness of Sliding Mode Control for Robust Vision Stabilization under the Plant-Binding Condition
Boundary-layer Sliding Mode Control (SMC) has been applied to vision-based stabilization, but identifying its activation condition against simpler causal baselines (LPF, PID) has been elusive.Fluidic Body: Swarm Robots as a Fluid Extension of the Hand
Swarm robots have attracted growing interest as a physical interface for human--computer interaction, since a swarm can reshape its formation to fit the objects and surroundings it works with.Online Adaptation to Latent Physical Properties for Learning from Demonstration
Manipulating visually identical objects with different physical properties requires adapting actions based on information acquired through interaction.ReactWorld: Structuring Interaction Responses for Embodied Video Generation
Embodied video world models predict scene changes caused by robot actions, yet generated object responses may remain inconsistent with task intent and contact dynamics.3D Pose Estimation in Projection Space via Pixel-level Visible Light Communication
Projector-based augmented reality enables natural interaction between users and devices by overlaying digital information onto the physical world through projected imagery.A Layered View of LLM Support in Underwater Robotics
This extended abstract discusses a specific and, in our experience, practically relevant role for large language models (LLMs) in underwater robotics.Can Astra Solve RoboMME without Breaking the Bank?
Robotic manipulation often requires remembering information that is no longer visible, such as an object's location before occlusion or the order of a demonstrated action sequence.Beyond Terminal Constraints: Reliable Robot Control with Learned Safe Sets
Ensuring safety in advanced robot control methods such as Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Reinforcement Learning remains an open challenge.CoSafe: Cooperative Runtime Safety Assurance for Mixed-Traffic Autonomous Driving
With the rapid development of autonomous driving systems (ADSes), real-world roads are evolving into mixed-traffic environments where autonomous vehicles (AVs) and other traffic participants (e.g…Riemannian Optimization-based Whole-body Obstacle Avoidance for Mobile Continuum Robots in Cluttered Environments
Inspired by the coordination of global motion and local shape adaptation in snakes, elephant trunks, and octopus arms, we propose a unified planning and control framework for mobile continuum robots…Corridor-Based Monitoring and Emergency Braking Decision for Automated Vehicle Safety
This paper addresses emergency-braking decisions for a redundant safety channel in automated vehicles.Scale Anchoring via Implicit Semantics and Sequence-Consistent Loop Closure for VGGT-Based SLAM
Feed-forward geometric foundation models enable dense monocular reconstruction without requiring camera calibration, but independently reconstructed submaps can accumulate scale drift, and even a…