GhostPoint: Self-Supervised Representation Learning by Hallucinating Occluded LiDAR Structure

New research on arXiv explores advanced approaches in robotics and embodied AI, presenting novel methods for robot learning and autonomous manipulation.

Zero-Shot Skeleton-Based Action Anticipation

New research on arXiv explores advanced approaches in robotics and embodied AI, presenting novel methods for robot learning and autonomous manipulation.

Rollplex: Cross-Phase GPU Spatial Sharing for Vision Language Model Post-Training

New research on arXiv explores advanced approaches in robotics and embodied AI, presenting novel methods for robot learning and autonomous manipulation.

SSP: An Event-Matched Syn2Sim2Phy Cross-Domain Evaluation Framework for Autonomous Driving VLA Models

New research on arXiv explores advanced approaches in robotics and embodied AI, presenting novel methods for robot learning and autonomous manipulation.

8,288x Oversubscribed: Unitree's ¥61B STAR Listing Nears with DeepSeek at Its Side and a 'Superman' Teaser on Listing Eve

Unitree has closed the most oversubscribed IPO in A-share history — ¥8.1 trillion in retail orders, a 0.0181% lottery rate — with STAR Market trading (ticker 688836) expected in the Aug 18–24 window. Beyond the frenzy, DeepSeek's ¥141M strategic stake with a 36-month lock-up signals the industry's shift from API vendor deals to brain-body equity integration.

SparseVoxelDet: Fully Sparse Voxel Networks for Efficient Event-Based Drone Detection

New research on arXiv explores advanced approaches in robotics and embodied AI, presenting novel methods for robot learning and autonomous manipulation.

Beyond Myopic World Models: Long-Horizon End-to-End Training for Direct Future Prediction

New research on arXiv explores advanced approaches in robotics and embodied AI, presenting novel methods for robot learning and autonomous manipulation.

SynthRender and I-AsSET: Open-Source Framework and Dataset for Bidirectional Sim-Real Transfer in Industrial Object Perception

New research on arXiv explores advanced approaches in robotics and embodied AI, presenting novel methods for robot learning and autonomous manipulation.

{\Omega}-QVLA: Robust Quantization for Vision-Language-Action Models via Composite Rotation and Per-step Scaling

New research on arXiv explores advanced approaches in robotics and embodied AI, presenting novel methods for robot learning and autonomous manipulation.

Unitree Prices STAR Market IPO at RMB 150.80; DeepSeek Takes RMB 141M Strategic Placement with 36-Month Lock-up

Unitree Robotics priced its STAR Market IPO at RMB 150.80 per share, a RMB 60.99 billion market cap. DeepSeek took a RMB 141 million strategic placement with an unusual 36-month lock-up, alongside an R&D pact pairing its AI models with Unitree's robot hardware.

Renault Puts Wandercraft's Calvin Humanoid on the Douai Tyre Line, Targets 350 Units by End-2027

Renault is trialling Wandercraft's Calvin humanoid on night-shift tyre handling at its Douai plant, with about 10 units planned by end-2026 and roughly 350 across factories in France and Spain by end-2027.

FORGE-plus: Frozen LLM Sets Force Budgets for Contact-Rich Assembly, Passes 256/256 Trials

A two-layer framework lets a frozen text-only LLM assign per-object force ceilings and pick recovery maneuvers from textual force signatures, passing all 256 evaluation episodes on fragile bottle placement and 0.4 mm-clearance gear insertion without breakage.