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FlexiTac: A Low-Cost, Open-Source, Scalable Tactile Sensing Solution for Robotic Systems

Binghao Huang, Yunzhu Li · 2026

We present FlexiTac, a low-cost, open-source, and scalable piezoresistive tactile sensing solution designed for robotic end-effectors. FlexiTac is a practical "plug-in" module consisting of (i) thin, …

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MotuBrain: An Advanced World Action Model for Robot Control

MotuBrain Team, Chendong Xiang, Fan Bao, Haitian Liu, Hengkai Tan, Hongzhe Bi, James Li, Jiabao Liu, Jingrui Pang, Kiro Jing, Louis Liu, Mengchen Cai, Rongxu Cui, Ruowen Zhao, Runqing Wang, Shuhe Huang, Yao Feng, Yinze Rong, Zeyuan Wang, Jun Zhu · 2026

Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models achieve strong semantic generalization but often lack fine-grained modeling of world dynamics. Recent work explores video generation models as a foundation for worl…

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A Novel Reinforcement Learning Based Framework for Scalable MIMO Interference Alignment

Samitha Gunarathne, Eslam Eldeeb, Nurul Huda Mahmood, Italo Atzeni · 2026

Interference alignment (IA) is a widely recognized approach for mitigating inter-cell interference in multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks. Despite its effectiveness, practical de…

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A Realistic Discrete Event Simulation model for Ambulance Location and Deployment within a regional Emergency Medical Service

Alberto De Santis, Stefania Iannazzo, Fabio Ingravalle, Stefano Lucidi, Massimo Maurici, Giulia Riccardi, Massimo Roma, Antonio Vinci · 2026

The objective of Emergency Medical Services (EMSs) is to promptly respond to calls from citizens for first aid, providing pre-hospital care and, if necessary, to transfer patients to an appropriate Em…

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OpenPodcar2: a robust, ROS2 vehicle for self-driving research

Rakshit Soni, Chris Waltham, Md Umar Ibrahim, Mark Crampton, Charles Fox · 2026

OpenPodcar2 is a robust, ROS2-interfaced, low-cost, open source hardware and software, autonomous vehicle platform based on an off-the-shelf, hard-canopy, mobility scooter donor vehicle. It is a modif…

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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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Modular Sensory Stream for Integrating Physical Feedback in Vision-Language-Action Models

Jimin Lee, Huiwon Jang, Myungkyu Koo, Jungwoo Park, Jinwoo Shin · 2026

Humans understand and interact with the real world by relying on diverse physical feedback beyond visual perception. Motivated by this, recent approaches attempt to incorporate physical sensory signal…

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dWorldEval: Scalable Robotic Policy Evaluation via Discrete Diffusion World Model

Yaxuan Li, Zhongyi Zhou, Yefei Chen, Yaokai Xue, Yichen Zhu · 2026

Evaluating robotics policies across thousands of environments and thousands of tasks is infeasible with existing approaches. This motivates the need for a new methodology for scalable robotics policy …

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Virtualizing the Senses: Enabling High-Precision ISAC on Commercial Cellular Infrastructure

Henglin Pu, Husheng Li · 2026

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is poised to be a defining feature of 6G networks, promising to transform cellular base stations (BSs) into ubiquitous radar sensors. However, a significant…

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Clinical Evaluation of a Tongue-Controlled Wrist Abduction-Adduction Assistance in a 6-DoF Upper-Limb Exoskeleton for Individuals with ALS and SCI

Juwairiya S. Khan, Mostafa Mohammadi, Alexander L. Ammitzb{o}ll, Ellen-Merete Hagen, Jakob Blicher Izabella Obal, Ana S. S. Cardoso, Oguzhan Kirtas, Rasmus L. K{ae}seler, John Rasmussen, Lotte N.S. Andreasen Struijk · 2026

Upper-limb exoskeletons (ULEs) have the potential to restore functional independence in individuals with severe motor impairments; however, the clinical relevance of wrist degrees of freedom (DoF), pa…

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Visual-Tactile Peg-in-Hole Assembly Learning from Peg-out-of-Hole Disassembly

Yongqiang Zhao, Xuyang Zhang, Zhuo Chen, Matteo Leonetti, Emmanouil Spyrakos-Papastavridis, Shan Luo · 2026

Peg-in-hole (PiH) assembly is a fundamental yet challenging robotic manipulation task. While reinforcement learning (RL) has shown promise in tackling such tasks, it requires extensive exploration. In…

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CKM Beyond Channel Gain: Spatial Correlation Map Construction with Deep Learning

Z. Chen, S. Fu, Y. Zeng, X. Xu, Z. Wei · 2026

Channel knowledge map (CKM) is a promising technique to achieve environment-aware wireless communication and sensing. Constructing the complete CKM based on channel knowledge observations at sparse lo…

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SwarmDrive: Semantic V2V Coordination for Latency-Constrained Cooperative Autonomous Driving

Anjie Qiu, Donglin Wang, Zexin Fang, Sanket Partani, Hans D. Schotten · 2026

Cloud-hosted LLM inference for autonomous driving adds round-trip delay and depends on stable connectivity, while purely local edge models struggle under occlusion. We present SwarmDrive, a semantic V…

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VLA Foundry: A Unified Framework for Training Vision-Language-Action Models

Jean Mercat, Sedrick Keh, Kushal Arora, Isabella Huang, Paarth Shah, Haruki Nishimura, Shun Iwase, Katherine Liu · 2026

We present VLA Foundry, an open-source framework that unifies LLM, VLM, and VLA training in a single codebase. Most open-source VLA efforts specialize on the action training stage, often stitching tog…

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Defining Robust Ultrasound Quality Metrics via an Ultrasound Foundation Model

Ziyang Huang, Bingyan Li, Chen Ma, Tianyi Liu, Yihui Zhai, Hong Xu, Yi Guo, Zeju Li, Yuanyuan Wang · 2026

Clinicians lack a principled framework to quantify diagnostic utility in ultrasound reconstructions. Existing standards like PSNR and VGG-LPIPS are inadequate, failing to account for modality-specific…

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Multimodal embodiment-aware navigation transformer

Louis Dezons, Quentin Picard, Remi Marsal, Francois Goulette, David Filliat · 2026

Goal-conditioned navigation models for ground robots trained using supervised learning show promising zero-shot transfer, but their collision-avoidance capability nevertheless degrades under distribut…

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PROMETHEE-based Modeling of Endogenous Behavioral Uncertainty of EV Owners

Dipayan Sarkar, Qifeng Li · 2026

The electric vehicle (EV) charging demands (CD) are jointly determined by the EV owners' behavior (i.e., human factor) and the electricity prices (i.e., decisions of distribution system operators (DSO…

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Inertia Matching Principle: Improving Transient Synchronization Stability in Hybrid Power Systems With VSGs and SGs

Changjun He, Li Zhang, Qi Liu, Rui Zou · 2026

This paper investigates the transient synchronization stability in power systems hybridized with virtual synchronous generators (VSGs) and synchronous generators (SGs). A relative swing equation model…

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Thrust Regulation Through Wing Linkage Modulation on the Aerobat Platform: Piezoelectric Slip-Stick Actuated Regulator Development

Luca Ciampaglia · 2026

Aerobat is a bat-inspired flapping-wing robot with a wing gait generate by the computational structure, a planar linkage of carbon fiber links driven by a single motor. This design minimizes weight bu…

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Grid-Supporting Equipment Supply Chains Constrain the Feasible Pace of Power System Expansion

Boyu Yao, Yury Dvorkin · 2026

Power system expansion depends on the equipment required to connect, convert, regulate, and condition electricity, yet grid-supporting equipment (GSE) is rarely modeled as an explicit constraint. We d…

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