arXiv:2608.23100v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Robot co-design via bi-level optimization couples within-lifetime controller learning for fitness evaluation with cross-generational morphological ev...
By Junru Song, Yang Yang, Yaqing Xu, Ying Wen, Wei Peng, Guozhen Li, Wei'en Zhou, Wen Yao
arXiv:2606. 09108v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Many stages of the robotic lifecycle, from morphology synthesis to operation, rely fundamentally on the reachable workspace.
By Tim Walter, Xinyu Chen, Jonathan K\"ulz, Matthias Althoff
MorphIK is a flow‑matching neural model that learns inverse kinematics for revolute‑joint kinematic chains it has never seen during training. Using a transformer to encode a robot’s morphology and target pose, the model generates pose solutions from noise and can be fine‑tuned with optimization to achieve sub‑centimeter accuracy. It also efficiently samples the robot’s null space, producing diverse configurations for the same pose.
By Lennart Clasmeier, Jan Gerrit Habekost, Cornelius Weber, Stefan Wermter
arXiv:2607. 23842v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Artificial life systems are typically defined by a set of dynamical rules over an environment, an agent, or both, from which lifelike patterns may emerge.
By Alex Alvarez, Michael Levin
arXiv:2606. 03223v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Robot storytelling offers a unique blend of technological innovation and creative expression that engages children in unprecedented ways.
By Zhe Sun, Meng Wang, Lei Wang, Yuxi Wang, Wanxin Li, Yujia Peng, Zhenliang Zhang
RoboLDA is a Bayesian probabilistic model that learns a four‑level hierarchy—task, robot, organ, voxel—from existing high‑performing voxel‑based soft robot designs. By training with variational inference, it uncovers consistent, intuitive hierarchical patterns and can generate new robot morphologies that outperform evolutionary algorithms by an average of 106.4% without further optimization. The inferred organ structures also improve modular control policies, demonstrating the model’s utility for zero‑shot design and motion control.
By Junru Song, Yang Yang, Jingdan Shi, Guozhen Li, Weien Zhou, Ying Wen, Feifei Wang, Wen Yao, Tingsong Jiang