arXiv AI

LabEvolver: Training-Free Experience Evolution for Safe and Grounded Wet-Lab Agents

arXiv:2607. 27690v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce LabEvolver, a training-free framework that equips safe and grounded wet-lab agents with episodic memory from execution experience.

arXiv AI
Jun 12

LabVLA: Grounding Vision-Language-Action Models in Scientific Laboratories

arXiv:2606. 13578v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Scientific laboratories increasingly rely on AI systems to reason about experiments, but the physical act of doing science remains largely outside their reach.

By Baochang Ren, Xinjie Liu, Xi Chen, Yanshuo Liu, Chenxi Li, Daqi Gao, Zeqin Su, Jintao Xing, Zirui Xue, Rui Li, Xiangyu Zhao, Shuofei Qiao, Minting Pan, Wangmeng Zuo, Lei Bai, Dongzhan Zhou, Ningyu Zhang, Huajun Chen
arXiv AI
Jul 28

Stress-testing large language model agents in a robotic chemistry laboratory

arXiv:2607. 23045v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI is evaluated through knowledge, reasoning and plan generation, yet scientific agency requires reliable physical action and adaptation to evidence.

By Lulu Guo, Yingkai Sun, Xiaobo Li, Luyao Ge, Ziming Wang, Haitao Zheng, Jingyu Li, Huijuan Zhang, Bingxu Chen, Daobin Liu, Yuebo Liu, Jie Li, Xiaohui Li, Linjiang Chen, Yi Luo, Jun Jiang
arXiv AI
Jun 12

An Embodied Simulation Platform, Benchmark, and Data-Efficient Augmentation Framework for Wet-Lab Robotics

arXiv:2606. 12936v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Wet-lab robots can improve the reproducibility, throughput, and safety of biomedical experiments, but scaling their learning requires customizable simulators for safe and reproducible task generation, open editable laboratory assets, and efficient pipelines that turn limited demonstrations into usable training data.

By Zhe Liu, Huanbo Jin, Zhaohui Du, Zhe Wang, He Xu, Peijia Li, Jiaming Gu, Quan Lu, Qi Wang, Bin Ji, Ting Xiao
arXiv AI
Jul 1

A Self-Evolving Agentic System for Automated Generation and Execution of Biological Protocols

arXiv:2606. 31763v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous wet-lab experimentation requires more than plausible protocol text: biological intent, quantitative procedures, device constraints and experimental feedback must remain aligned from protocol and SOP design to code and physical execution.

By Yankai Jiang, Weiting Tang, Haoran Sun, Zhenyu Tang, Yuejie Hou, Yingnan Han, Rubo Wang, Yueyuxiao Yang, Cheng Liang, Lilong Wang, Wenjie Lou, Xiaosong Wang, Lei Bai, Meng Yang
arXiv AI
Jul 14

Pipette: An Embodied Simulation Platform, Benchmark, and Data-Efficient Augmentation Framework for Wet-Lab Robotics

arXiv:2606. 12936v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Wet-lab robots can improve the reproducibility, throughput, and safety of biomedical experiments, but scaling their learning requires customizable simulators for safe and reproducible task generation, open editable laboratory assets, and efficient pipelines that turn limited demonstrations into usable training data.

By Zhe Liu, Huanbo Jin, Zhaohui Du, Zhe Wang, Dongzhan Zhou, Minting Pan, He Xu, Peijia Li, Jiaming Gu, Quan Lu, Qi Wang, Bin Ji, Ting Xiao
arXiv AI
Jul 2

ASPIRE: Agentic /Skills Discovery for Robotics

arXiv:2607. 00272v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Traditional robot programming is challenging: it requires orchestrating multimodal perception, managing physical contact dynamics, and handling diverse configurations and execution failures.

By Runyu Lu, Yubo Wu, Ethan Kou, Letian Fu, Wenli Xiao, Ajay Mandlekar, Yinzhen Xu, Guanya Shi, Ken Goldberg, Ang Chen, Mosharaf Chowdhury, Yuke Zhu, Linxi "Jim" Fan, Guanzhi Wang
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 7

EvoHarness-RL: Learning Self-Evolving Runtime Harness for Long-Horizon LLM Agents

arXiv:2608. 05446v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Long-horizon LLM agents increasingly rely on external execution support to maintain state, track progress, invoke tools, verify outcomes, and reuse experience across interactions.

By Xuying Ning, Dongqi Fu, Tianxin Wei, Hanqing Zeng, Yuanchen Bei, Bingxuan Li, Zihao Li, Qifan Wang, Xiang Shen, Yifan Wu, Jiayi Liu, Hong Li, Yinglong Xia, Xiangjun Fan, Hanghang Tong, Jingrui He
arXiv AI
Jun 19

ENPIRE: Agentic Robot Policy Self-Improvement in the Real World

arXiv:2606. 19980v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Achieving dexterous robotic manipulation in the real world heavily relies on human supervision and algorithm engineering, which becomes a central bottleneck in the pursuit of general physical intelligence.

By Wenli Xiao, Jia Xie, Tonghe Zhang, Haotian Lin, Letian "Max" Fu, Haoru Xue, Jalen Lu, Yi Yang, Cunxi Dai, Zi Wang, Jimmy Wu, Guanzhi Wang, S. Shankar Sastry, Ken Goldberg, Linxi "Jim" Fan, Yuke Zhu, Guanya Shi
arXiv AI
Jul 14

EvoCUA-1.5: Online Reinforcement Learning for Multi-turn Computer-Use Agents

arXiv:2607. 09773v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Computer-use agents must solve long-horizon tasks through repeated interaction with partially observable, multimodal desktop environments.

By Mianqiu Huang, Taofeng Xue, Chong Peng, Jinrui Ding, Sicheng Fan, Jiale Hong, Yufei Gao, Xiaocheng Zhang, Linsen Guo, Xin Yang, Dengchang Zhao, Yuchen Xie, Peng Pei, Xunliang Xie, Xipeng Qiu
arXiv AI
Jul 20

AEGIS: Assay-Aware Protocol Validation and Runtime Monitoring for Open-Source Liquid Handling Robots

arXiv:2607. 15620v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Self-driving laboratories increasingly rely on low-cost liquid handlers such as the Opentrons OT-2, which ship without the pressure-based aspiration monitoring of Hamilton or Tecan systems and are typically run open-loop.

By Priyanka V. Setty, Arvind Ramanathan, Ian Foster, Rick Stevens