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LaST-R1: Reinforcing Action via Adaptive Physical Latent Reasoning for VLA Models

Hao Chen, Jiaming Liu, Zhonghao Yan, Nuowei Han, Renrui Zhang, Chenyang Gu, Jialin Gao, Ziyu Guo, Siyuan Qian, Yinxi Wang, Peng Jia, Chi-Wing Fu, Shanghang Zhang, Pheng-Ann Heng · 2026

Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have increasingly incorporated reasoning mechanisms for complex robotic manipulation. However, existing approaches share a critical limitation: whether employing ex…

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RAY-TOLD: Ray-Based Latent Dynamics for Dense Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance with TDMPC

Seungho Han, Seokju Lee, Jeonguk Kang · 2026

Dense, dynamic crowds pose a persistent challenge for autonomous mobile robots. Purely reactive planning methods, such as Model Predictive Path Integral (MPPI) control, often fail to escape local mini…

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Complex-Vector Power and Cross-Phase Unbalance in Three-Phase Systems

Juan Carlos Bravo-Rodriguez, Juan Carlos del-Pino-Lopez, Francisco Casado-Machado · 2026

Unbalanced three-phase systems still lack a compact phasor-domain representation of power that makes phase asymmetry explicit while remaining consistent with established apparent-power definitions. Th…

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MotionBricks: Scalable Real-Time Motions with Modular Latent Generative Model and Smart Primitives

Tingwu Wang, Olivier Dionne, Michael De Ruyter, David Minor, Davis Rempe, Kaifeng Zhao, Mathis Petrovich, Ye Yuan, Chenran Li, Zhengyi Luo, Brian Robison, Xavier Blackwell, Bernardo Antoniazzi, Xue Bin Peng, Yuke Zhu, Simon Yuen · 2026

Despite transformative advances in generative motion synthesis, real-time interactive motion control remains dominated by traditional techniques. In this work, we identify two key challenges in bridgi…

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Reduced-Order Data Assimilation for Thermospheric Density Using Physics-informed SINDyc Models

Sriram Narayanan, Daniele Sicoli, Piyush Mehta · 2026

Accurate estimation of thermospheric mass density is a prerequisite for orbit prediction and space situational awareness, where the upper atmosphere responds nonlinearly to solar and geomagnetic forci…

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SPLIT: Separating Physical-Contact via Latent Arithmetic in Image-Based Tactile Sensors

Wadhah Zai El Amri, Nicolas Navarro-Guerrero · 2026

Training machine learning models for robotic tactile sensing requires vast amounts of data, yet obtaining realistic interaction data remains a challenge due to physical complexity and variability. Sim…

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Supporting Family-School Partnerships with Robot-Facilitated Home-Based Activities

Michael F Xu, Qiyao Yang, Heather Kirkorian, Bilge Mutlu · 2026

Family-school partnerships (FSP) are critical to children's development, yet families often face barriers such as time constraints, fragmented communication, and limited opportunities for meaningful e…

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Designing Robots to Support Parent-Child Connections: Opportunities Through Robot-Mediated Communication

Michael F Xu, Bengisu Cagiltay, Yaxin Hu, Anjun Zhu, Bilge Mutlu · 2026

The sense of family connectedness may support positive outcomes including individual well-being, resilience, and healthy family functioning. However, as technologies advance, they often replace human-…

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Explainable AI in Speaker Recognition -- Making Latent Representations Understandable

Yanze Xu, Wenwu Wang, Mark D. Plumbley · 2026

Neural networks can be trained to learn task-relevant representations from data. Understanding how these networks make decisions falls within the Explainable AI (XAI) domain. This paper proposes to st…

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Neuro-Symbolic Manipulation Understanding with Enriched Semantic Event Chains

Fatemeh Ziaeetabar · 2026

Robotic systems operating in human environments must reason about how object interactions evolve over time, which actions are currently being performed, and what manipulation step is likely to follow.…

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HALO: Hybrid Auto-encoded Locomotion with Learned Latent Dynamics, Poincar\'e Maps, and Regions of Attraction

Blake Werner, Sergio A. Esteban, Massimiliano De Sa, Max H. Cohen, Aaron D. Ames · 2026

Reduced-order models are powerful for analyzing and controlling high-dimensional dynamical systems. Yet constructing these models for complex hybrid systems such as legged robots remains challenging. …

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FLASH: Fast Learning via GPU-Accelerated Simulation for High-Fidelity Deformable Manipulation in Minutes

Siyuan Luo, Bingyang Zhou, Chong Zhang, Xin Liu, Zhenhao Huang, Gang Yang, Zhengtao Han, Xiaotian Hu, Eric Yang, Rymon Yu, Ziqiu Zeng, Fan Shi · 2026

Simulation frameworks such as Isaac Sim have enabled scalable robot learning for locomotion and rigid-body manipulation; however, contact-rich simulation remains a major bottleneck for deformable obje…

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Limits of Lamarckian Evolution Under Pressure of Morphological Novelty

Jed R Muff, Karine Miras, A.E. Eiben · 2026

Lamarckian inheritance has been shown to be a powerful accelerator in systems where the joint evolution of robot morphologies and controllers is enhanced with individual learning. Its defining advanta…

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GasLiteAA: Optimizing ERC-4337 for Efficient and Secure Gas Sponsorship

Hongxu Su, Mingzhe Liu, Jie Xu, Xiaohua Jia, Xuechao Wang · 2026

ERC-4337, the Ethereum account abstraction standard, simplifies account management and transaction fee payment in decentralized applications by introducing programmable smart contract wallets and gas …

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LEGO: Latent-space Exploration for Geometry-aware Optimization of Humanoid Kinematic Design

Jihwan Yoon, Taemoon Jeong, Jeongeun Park, Chanwoo Kim, Jaewoon Kwon, Yonghyeon Lee, Kyungjae Lee, Sungjoon Choi · 2026

Designing robot morphologies and kinematics has traditionally relied on human intuition, with little systematic foundation. Motion-design co-optimization offers a promising path toward automation, but…

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HistDiT: A Structure-Aware Latent Conditional Diffusion Model for High-Fidelity Virtual Staining in Histopathology

Aasim Bin Saleem, Amr Ahmed, Ardhendu Behera, Hafeezullah Amin, Iman Yi Liao, Mahmoud Khattab, Pan Jia Wern, Haslina Makmur · 2026

Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is essential for assessing specific immune biomarkers like Human Epidermal growth-factor Receptor 2 (HER2) in breast cancer. However, the traditional protocols of obtaining …

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Cognitive Flexibility as a Latent Structural Operator for Bayesian State Estimation

Thanana Nuchkrua, Sudchai Boonto, Xiaoqi Liu · 2026

Deep stochastic state-space models enable Bayesian filtering in nonlinear, partially observed systems but typically assume a fixed latent structure. When this assumption is violated, parameter adaptat…

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Improved Implementation of Approximate Full Mass Matrix Inverse Methods into Material Point Method Simulations

John A. Nairn · 2026

Approximate full mass matrix methods for the material point method, known as FMPM(k) of order k, can improve the calculation of grid velocities from grid momentum. It can be implemented in any MPM cod…

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From Points to Sets: Set-Based Safety Verification in the Latent Space

Wenyuan Wu, Peng Xie, Zhen Zhang, Yanliang Huang, Karl H. Johansson, Amr Alanwar · 2026

We extend latent representation methods for safety control design to set-valued states. Recent work has shown that barrier functions designed in a learned latent space can transfer safety guarantees b…

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LatentMimic: Terrain-Adaptive Locomotion via Latent Space Imitation

Zhiquan Wang, Yunyu Liu, Dipam Patel, Ayush Kumar, Aniket Bera, Bedrich Benes · 2026

Developing natural and diverse locomotion controllers for quadruped robots that can adapt to complex terrains while preserving motion style remains a significant challenge. Existing imitation-based me…

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