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FeatureFox: Sample-Efficient Panoptic Graph Segmentation for Machining Feature Recognition in B-Rep 3D-CAD Models

Bertram Fuchs, Altay Kacan, Aaron Haag, Oliver Lohse ยท 2026

Automatic feature recognition (AFR) on B-Rep 3D-CAD models is central to CAD/CAM automation, yet most learning-based methods are complex, data-hungry, and evaluate instance grouping and semantic labelโ€ฆ

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Symmetry Is Almost All You Need: Robust Stability with Uncertainty Induced by Symmetric SRG Regions

Ding Zhang, Di Zhao, Philipp Braun, Jianqi Chen ยท 2026

This paper investigates the robust stability problem of a feedback system in the presence of uncertainties induced by graphical regions in the plane where the scaled relative graphs (SRGs) reside. Ourโ€ฆ

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WM-DAgger: Enabling Efficient Data Aggregation for Imitation Learning with World Models

Anlan Yu, Zaishu Chen, Peili Song, Zhiqing Hong, Haotian Wang, Desheng Zhang, Tian He, Yi Ding, Daqing Zhang ยท 2026

Imitation learning is a powerful paradigm for training robotic policies, yet its performance is limited by compounding errors: minor policy inaccuracies could drive robots into unseen out-of-distributโ€ฆ

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Driving-Cycle-Aware Shape and Topology Optimization of an Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine for a Traction Drive

Alexander Schugardt ยท 2026

This paper presents a driving-cycle-aware shape and topology optimization workflow for interior permanent magnet synchronous machines used in traction drives. A k-means clustering approach reduces fulโ€ฆ

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RoboAgent: Chaining Basic Capabilities for Embodied Task Planning

Peiran Xu, Jiaqi Zheng, Yadong Mu ยท 2026

This paper focuses on embodied task planning, where an agent acquires visual observations from the environment and executes atomic actions to accomplish a given task. Although recent Vision-Language Mโ€ฆ

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Human-Robot Copilot for Data-Efficient Imitation Learning

Rui Yan, Zaitian Gongye, Lars Paulsen, Xuxin Cheng, Xiaolong Wang ยท 2026

Collecting human demonstrations via teleoperation is a common approach for teaching robots task-specific skills. However, when only a limited number of demonstrations are available, policies are proneโ€ฆ

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ARM: Advantage Reward Modeling for Long-Horizon Manipulation

Yiming Mao, Zixi Yu, Weixin Mao, Yinhao Li, Qirui Hu, Zihan Lan, Minzhao Zhu, Hua Chen ยท 2026

Long-horizon robotic manipulation remains challenging for reinforcement learning (RL) because sparse rewards provide limited guidance for credit assignment. Practical policy improvement thus relies onโ€ฆ

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ICAT: Incident-Case-Grounded Adaptive Testing for Physical-Risk Prediction in Embodied World Models

Zhenglin Lai, Sirui Huang, Yuteng Li, Changxin Huang, Jianqiang Li, Bingzhe Wu ยท 2026

Video-generative world models are increasingly used as neural simulators for embodied planning and policy learning, yet their ability to predict physical risk and severe consequences is rarely evaluatโ€ฆ

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An Information-Theoretic Method for Dynamic System Identification With Output-Only Damping Estimation

Marios Impraimakis, Feiyu Zhou, Andrew Plummer ยท 2026

The system identification capabilities of a novel information-theoretic method are examined here. Specifically, this work uses information-theoretic metrics and vibration-based measurements to enhanceโ€ฆ

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SHroom: A Python Framework for Ambisonics Room Acoustics Simulation and Binaural Rendering

Yhonatan Gayer ยท 2026

Spherical Harmonics ROOM), an open-source Python library for room acoustics simulation using Ambisonics, available at https://github.com/Yhonatangayer/shroom and installable via \texttt{pip install pyโ€ฆ

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NavTrust: Benchmarking Trustworthiness for Embodied Navigation

Huaide Jiang, Yash Chaudhary, Yuping Wang, Zehao Wang, Raghav Sharma, Manan Mehta, Yang Zhou, Lichao Sun, Zhiwen Fan, Zhengzhong Tu, Jiachen Li ยท 2026

There are two major categories of embodied navigation: Vision-Language Navigation (VLN), where agents navigate by following natural language instructions; and Object-Goal Navigation (OGN), where agentโ€ฆ

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Safety-Guaranteed Imitation Learning from Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Close Proximity Operations

Alexander Meinert, Niklas Baldauf, Peter Stadler, Alen Turnwald ยท 2026

This paper presents a safety-guaranteed, runtime-efficient imitation learning framework for spacecraft close proximity control. We leverage Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) for safety certificates andโ€ฆ

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SignNav: Leveraging Signage for Semantic Visual Navigation in Large-Scale Indoor Environments

Jian Sun, Yuming Huang, He Li, Shuqi Xiao, Shenyan Guo, Maani Ghaffari, Qingbiao Li, Chengzhong Xu, Hui Kong ยท 2026

Humans routinely leverage semantic hints provided by signage to navigate to destinations within novel Large-Scale Indoor (LSI) environments, such as hospitals and airport terminals. However, this capaโ€ฆ

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ExpertGen: Scalable Sim-to-Real Expert Policy Learning from Imperfect Behavior Priors

Zifan Xu, Ran Gong, Maria Vittoria Minniti, Ahmet Salih Gundogdu, Eric Rosen, Kausik Sivakumar, Riedana Yan, Zixing Wang, Di Deng, Peter Stone, Xiaohan Zhang, Karl Schmeckpeper ยท 2026

Learning generalizable and robust behavior cloning policies requires large volumes of high-quality robotics data. While human demonstrations (e.g., through teleoperation) serve as the standard source โ€ฆ

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Fast Volume Alignment by Frequency-Marched Newton

Fabian Kruse, Valentin Debarnot, Vinith Kishore, Ivan Dokmanic ยท 2026

We develop a fast and accurate method for 3D alignment, recovering the rotation and translation that best align a reference volume with a noisy observation. Classical matched filtering evaluates crossโ€ฆ

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Cybo-Waiter: A Physical Agentic Framework for Humanoid Whole-Body Locomotion-Manipulation

Peng Ren, Haoyang Ge, Chuan Qi, Cong Huang, Hong Li, Jiang Zhao, Pei Chi, Kai Chen ยท 2026

Robots are increasingly expected to execute open ended natural language requests in human environments, which demands reliable long horizon execution under partial observability. This is especially chโ€ฆ

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Unified Learning of Temporal Task Structure and Action Timing for Bimanual Robot Manipulation

Christian Dreher, Patrick Dormanns, Andre Meixner, Tamim Asfour ยท 2026

Temporal task structure is fundamental for bimanual manipulation: a robot must not only know that one action precedes or overlaps another, but also when each action should occur and how long it shouldโ€ฆ

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RoboPocket: Improve Robot Policies Instantly with Your Phone

Junjie Fang, Wendi Chen, Han Xue, Fangyuan Zhou, Tian Le, Yi Wang, Yuting Zhang, Jun Lv, Chuan Wen, Cewu Lu ยท 2026

Scaling imitation learning is fundamentally constrained by the efficiency of data collection. While handheld interfaces have emerged as a scalable solution for in-the-wild data acquisition, they predoโ€ฆ

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Force-Aware Residual DAgger via Trajectory Editing for Precision Insertion with Impedance Control

Yiou Huang, Ning Ma, Weichu Zhao, Zinuo Liu, Jun Sun, Qiufeng Wang, Yaran Chen ยท 2026

Imitation learning (IL) has shown strong potential for contact-rich precision insertion tasks. However, its practical deployment is often hindered by covariate shift and the need for continuous expertโ€ฆ

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Keyframe-Guided Structured Rewards for Reinforcement Learning in Long-Horizon Laboratory Robotics

Yibo Qiu, Shu'ang Sun, Haoliang Ye, Ronald X Xu, Mingzhai Sun ยท 2026

Long-horizon precision manipulation in laboratory automation, such as pipette tip attachment and liquid transfer, requires policies that respect strict procedural logic while operating in continuous, โ€ฆ

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