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When a robot can trust reversing wind to find an odour source
Analyzes the geometric and transport conditions under which robots can use reversing wind headings to locate odour sources.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on odour source tracking robotics, not visual quality control.
MoCaP: Mobile Code-as-Policies for Zero-Shot Mobile Manipulation from Passive Human Videos
Introduces an agentic framework that extracts spatial cues from passive human videos to guide mobile robot manipulation via executable code policies.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Covers mobile manipulation from human video, not industrial inspection vision.
Slip-Induced Fall Suppression During Cornering for a Remotely Operated Motorcycle with a Rear-Wheel-Swing Mechanism
Formulates an optimization-based control method to suppress slip-induced falls in remotely operated motorcycles during cornering on slippery surfaces.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on motorcycle vehicle dynamics and fall suppression.
Manifold Generative Annealing for Contact Constraint-aware Impedance Control with Reinforcement Learning Prior
Proposes a generative motion and impedance optimization framework combining reinforcement learning priors with model-based refinement for contact-rich tasks.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Addresses robot contact impedance control, not computer vision inspection.
KODA: Kinematics--Observation Data Alignment for Humanoid Learning from Human Egocentric Demonstration
Presents a data alignment framework that converts human egocentric videos into controller-compatible training demonstrations for humanoid robots.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on humanoid learning from demonstrations, not factory quality control.
When to Ask for Help: A Decision-Theoretic Account and Measurement Standard for Slow-Module Scheduling in Dual-System Vision-Language-Action Models
Formalizes a decision-theoretic framework and measurement standard for scheduling slow module invocations in dual-system vision-language-action models.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Addresses scheduling in VLA models, not industrial defect detection.
Evo-DexBench: Benchmarking Generalization across Related Tasks for Dexterous Manipulation
Introduces a benchmark evaluating few-shot generalization and knowledge transfer across related task families in dexterous robotic manipulation.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robotic dexterous manipulation benchmarks, not industrial vision inspection.
LIN-SLAM: Lightweight LiDAR--Inertial Neural SLAM for Real-Time Onboard Navigation
Introduces a hybrid LiDAR-inertial neural SLAM system combining geometric estimation with implicit neural mapping for real-time onboard navigation.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on general SLAM navigation, not manufacturing quality inspection.
An Agentic Framework for Proactive Robots with Procedural Assistance Memory
Proposes an agentic framework using procedural assistance memory to guide proactive robots in assisting users during daily routines.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
About proactive robot assistance, not manufacturing visual inspection.
Vision-Guided Closed-Loop Autonomous Navigation of Light-Driven Janus Microbots
Demonstrates closed-loop autonomous navigation of microbots using real-time object detection and magnetic steering along complex trajectories.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on microbot navigation, not industrial defect detection or inspection.
CLIS-MPPI: Closed-Loop Model Predictive Path Integral Control With Initial-State Sampling Under Execution Delay
Proposes a model predictive path integral controller that samples execution-time initial states to mitigate real-world robotic planning delays.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Covers model predictive path integral control for manipulators, not computer vision.
MR-MPCC: Model Predictive Contouring Control for Robotic Manipulator Tracking under Moving Reference Frames
Presents a model predictive contouring control framework for robotic manipulators tracking paths under moving reference frames.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Addresses robotic path tracking control under moving frames, not visual defect detection.
CQDC-Warp: GPU-Accelerated Differentiable Quasi-Dynamic Simulation for Contact-Rich Manipulation
Introduces a GPU-accelerated differentiable simulator to optimize contact-rich manipulation trajectories for robot hands via batched model predictive control.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on differentiable simulation for robotic manipulation, not visual inspection.
A Black-Box Positioning Solution for Effortless Integration in Wearable Navigation
Presents a plug-and-play pedestrian dead reckoning sensor module for wearable navigation in GPS-degraded environments.
Peer-reviewed
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Covers inertial pedestrian dead reckoning hardware, not industrial computer vision.
Hierarchical Building-Floo-Room Framework for Privacy-Preserving Autonomous Delivery in Large-Scale Buildings
Proposes a hierarchical delivery routing framework across building, floor, and room levels that incorporates access and privacy constraints.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Studies multi-floor autonomous delivery routing, not industrial computer vision inspection.
From Optical Flow to Safety: Visual Safety Certification via Scale-Free Relative Motion
Presents a visual safety certification framework using depth-normalized monocular optical flow to certify collision risk without 3D geometric reconstruction.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on collision avoidance for autonomous navigation, not industrial quality control.
Fast-VLA: You Only Think Once for Robot Manipulation
Introduces a robot manipulation policy that caches vision-language model outputs once per episode to accelerate action prediction without recomputing task context.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Covers efficient vision-language-action policy inference for robots, not visual inspection.
Modular Inverse Dynamics and Wrench Recovery for Closed-Chain Mechanisms Using Path Assembly
Develops a modular inverse-dynamics workflow to recover unique actuator and joint wrenches in closed-chain robotic mechanisms.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Investigates mechanical inverse dynamics for closed-chain mechanisms, not computer vision.
MuSTMM: Learning Sound-Triggered Mobile Manipulation across Multiple Scenes
Introduces a dataset and spatial-memory policy model to evaluate sound-triggered mobile robot manipulation across unseen multi-scene environments.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Addresses sound-triggered mobile robot manipulation, not industrial defect detection.
A 2D Image Feedback-Based Autonomous Endovascular Navigation Method: A Perception and Control Framework
Proposes a 2D image feedback perception and control framework for autonomous endovascular navigation using centerline graphs and rule-based controllers.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Deals with endovascular medical device navigation, not manufacturing defect inspection.
Location-Based Safety Management with Wearable Seamless Indoor-Outdoor Positioning
Presents a wearable tag and cloud platform for tracking workers seamlessly across indoor and outdoor industrial environments.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on wearable sensor localization, not industrial computer vision.
TRACE: Typed Reference-Aware Conversational Editing for Humanoid Motion Diffusion
Presents a conversational editing framework that aligns language instructions with measurable kinematic events for humanoid motion generation.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Addresses humanoid motion diffusion editing, not manufacturing visual inspection.
Multi-Teacher On-Policy Distillation for Flow-Based Vision-Language-Action Models
Proposes a two-level on-policy distillation method to consolidate specialized skills from multiple teacher models into one flow-based policy.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on vision-language-action policy distillation for robotics, not industrial inspection.
Attribution-Gated Joint Estimation of Intention and Capability for Assist-as-Needed Upper-Limb Robots
Introduces an attribution-gated estimation framework to separate intended user motion from voluntary torque capability in assistive robotics.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Covers assistive rehabilitation robotics and control, not industrial computer vision.
A Flow-Theoretic Multimodal Control Framework Fusing Mental and Physical Engagement for Upper-Limb Rehabilitation
Fuses neural and muscular signals into an adaptive exoskeleton control strategy to distinguish user inability from mental disengagement.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Addresses upper-limb rehabilitation robotics, not manufacturing defect detection.
SPEAR: Selective Preference Elicitation with Adaptive Rewards for VLM-Guided Robotic Manipulation
Develops a selective query selection and reward framework to make vision-language models efficient preference guides for robotic manipulation.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robotic manipulation preference learning with VLMs, not visual inspection.
Diffeomorphic Hidden-State Steering: Improving Imitation Learning Policy Robustness through Expert Hidden-State Geometry
Proposes test-time hidden-state steering along expert demonstration geometries to improve the robustness of imitation learning policies.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Investigates imitation learning policy robustness, not industrial computer vision applications.
MAIA: Anticipating Interaction Anomalies in Contact-Rich Manipulation via Multimodal World Models
Introduces a multimodal world model and dataset to anticipate impending execution anomalies during contact-rich robotic manipulation.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Studies manipulation execution anomalies rather than manufacturing visual quality control.
Uni-PNP: Unified Prehensile and Non-prehensile Policy Learning for Generalizable Object Pose Reaching
Presents a unified policy learning prehensile and non-prehensile actions together for reaching object poses across diverse objects and grippers.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Addresses robotic manipulation and grasping policy learning, not industrial defect detection.
Comfortably Stuck: Evaluation Pitfalls in Bench2Drive's Closed-Loop Protocol
Identifies metric flaws in the Bench2Drive benchmark where comfort scores reward stationary vehicles, and proposes a distance-based correction.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on autonomous driving evaluation in CARLA, not industrial visual inspection.
Trajectory-based Diffusion from One-shot Human Video for Generalizable Manipulation
Extracts object trajectories from single-shot human demonstration videos to train generalizable manipulation policies without explicit action labels.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robot manipulation from video, not industrial inspection.
Time-Optimal Ergodic Retrieval
Formulates a time-optimal ergodic search method that accounts for target return phases to reduce total robotic retrieval time.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on search and retrieval path planning, not industrial vision.
MAGMA: Multiplier-Augmented Geometric Motion Algorithm
Introduces an augmented Lagrangian trajectory optimizer based on affine geometric heat flow to handle constrained mechanical systems.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on trajectory optimization algorithms, not industrial visual inspection.
Sub-Millisecond Reflexes for Continuous Physical Human-Robot Interaction
Presents an open-source reflex controller enabling sub-millisecond mode switching for safety-critical physical human-robot interaction.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robot controller middleware, not industrial visual inspection.
What Should Robot Policies Learn to Predict? Rethinking Supervision Targets in Vision-Language-Action Learning
Studies how allocating training samples to auxiliary prediction targets affects performance in vision-language-action models under a fixed budget.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robot policy training objectives, not industrial vision.
TS-WAM: Temporal Latent Actions and World-Action Coupling for Vision-Language Robot Control
Proposes a teacher-student world-action model that uses latent actions and visual predictions to learn robot control from action-free videos.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robot manipulation control, not industrial visual inspection.
De-Risking Robotic Welding for In-Space Metal Joining Through Physics-Grounded Digital Twins
Develops a physics-grounded digital twin prototype to de-risk robotic welding processes for space manufacturing and modular assembly.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on digital twin welding simulation, not computer vision.
Perceptual Comparisons of Viscoelastic Renderings: Fractional- vs Integer-Order Models
Compares fractional-order and integer-order viscoelastic models to evaluate human perceptual realism during haptic rendering.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on haptic rendering models, not industrial visual inspection.
Towards bio-inspired visual navigation: a neuromorphic navigation paradigm for MAVs
Presents an event-driven neuromorphic visual navigation paradigm for micro aerial vehicles combining spiking neural networks with neuromorphic hardware.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on MAV neuromorphic navigation, not industrial visual inspection.
VeriVLA: Adaptive Test-Time Verification for Flow-Based VLAs with Latent World Models
Introduces a test-time verification method using latent world models to detect critical states and select better actions in flow-based policies.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robot manipulation policies, not industrial visual inspection.
VP-EVT: Active Visibility Preservation for Embodied Visual Tracking
Proposes an active visual tracking framework that optimizes robot motion to prevent pedestrian occlusions when following a target person.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on pedestrian tracking navigation, not industrial visual inspection.
Plans Are Not Executions: Adapting Frozen World-Model Planners to Controller-Induced Execution Shift
Analyzes the planning-execution gap in frozen world-model planners and adapts trajectory representations to downstream controller shifts.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robot motion planning, not industrial visual inspection.
CBF-Based Control Allocation for Omnidirectional Tiltrotor Aerial Robots
Develops a control barrier function allocator to preserve wrench feasibility during slow servo reconfigurations on tiltrotor aerial robots.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on aerial robot control allocation, not industrial vision.
Onboard Lightweight LLM Reasoning for Human-Aware Safe UAV Navigation
Designs an onboard pipeline using a lightweight language model to infer obstacle-specific safety clearance for aerial robot navigation around humans.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on UAV navigation safety, not industrial visual inspection.
CF-Splat: Closed-Form Triangle Splatting with Mesh Priors
Presents a closed-form triangle splatting framework for efficient novel-view synthesis by linearly solving spherical harmonics over a known mesh.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on novel-view synthesis, not industrial visual inspection.
Compliant GMT: Making General Motion Tracking Compliant via Residual Reference Adaptation
Introduces a residual adapter for pretrained general motion trackers to give humanoid robots compliant, force-aware responses to physical disturbances.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on humanoid motion tracking, not industrial computer vision.
FastVLA: Task-Conditioned and Temporally Adaptive Visual Token Compression for Efficient Vision-Language-Action Models
This paper introduces an adaptive visual token compression method to reduce latency and computation during vision-language-action robot policy inference.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robot manipulation efficiency, not industrial defect detection.
Inertially Significant Humanoid Teleoperation via Whole Body Model Predictive Control and Online Parameter Estimation
This paper integrates whole-body model predictive control with online parameter estimation to improve humanoid robot teleoperation under heavy payloads.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on humanoid teleoperation and control, not industrial vision.
MOSS: Mode-Oriented Source Shaping for Robot Flow Matching Policies
This paper presents a method for flow matching robotic policies that guides behavior mode selection through targeted source-space distributions.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robot manipulation policies, not industrial defect detection.
Safe and Fuel-Efficient Motion Planning for Lunar Propulsive Drones
This paper presents an autonomous motion planning and vision-guided control framework for fuel-efficient hopping maneuvers of lunar drones.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on lunar drone motion planning, not industrial inspection.
Mem4Act: Learning Effective Latent Memory for Long-Horizon Robotic Manipulation
This paper introduces a framework that learns fixed-size latent temporal representations to guide action policies in long-horizon robotic manipulation.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Addresses latent memory for robotic manipulation policies, not industrial computer vision.
Illumination-Aware Active Perception for Spacecraft Inspection
This paper presents an active inspection planning framework using image-based autoencoder variance to account for harsh lighting variations in orbit.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Investigates autonomous spacecraft inspection planning, not manufacturing or factory production lines.
Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning for Path-Safe Target Reaching in Robotic Harvesting of Hydroponic Lettuce
This paper proposes a reinforcement learning framework trained entirely in simulation for path-safe hydroponic lettuce harvesting with physical robot arms.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robotic arm path planning for harvesting, not manufacturing defect detection.
Spark-0: Scaling Spatially Aligned Tactile Pretraining for Robot Dexterous Manipulation
This paper introduces a vision-tactile-action model pretrained on human hand data for contact-rich dexterous robotic manipulation.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Focuses on robotic tactile dexterous manipulation rather than industrial visual inspection.
Value as Memory: Online Value-Guided Post-training for General Robot Policies
This paper presents a framework using cached value predictions as memory to guide online reinforcement learning for long-horizon robotic manipulation.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Covers reinforcement learning for robotic manipulation, not industrial computer vision.
Normalization by Evaluation with Substitutions as Operations
This paper analyzes normalization by evaluation within an untyped domain model by treating variable substitutions as operations.
Preprint
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Theoretical programming language semantics and lambda calculus, not LLMs for code.
Are We Testing the Wrong Quantum Bugs? A Study of Fault Representation Gaps in Quantum Software Testing
This paper audits quantum software testing tools and benchmarks against 410 real-world defects to identify gaps in fault coverage.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Studies traditional quantum software testing rather than AI system safety and reliability.
Are We Testing the Wrong Quantum Bugs? A Study of Fault Representation Gaps in Quantum Software Testing
This paper audits quantum software testing tools and benchmarks against 410 real-world defects to identify gaps in fault coverage.
Preprint
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:19
Not relevant
Examines quantum compiler bug testing, not LLMs for code or coding assistants.
Tokenized Joint Source-Network Coding for Loss-Resilient Video Streaming
This paper proposes a tokenized joint source-network coding framework to improve video streaming resilience against network packet loss.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Addresses network video streaming and error coding, not industrial visual inspection.
Tokenized Joint Source-Network Coding for Loss-Resilient Video Streaming
This paper proposes a tokenized joint source-network coding framework to improve video streaming resilience against network packet loss.
Preprint
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Focuses on video transmission coding protocols, not multimodal reasoning models.
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