arXiv:2606. 17294v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Vision Navigation Foundation Models (VNMs) promise end-to-end learned navigation policies capable of zero-shot deployment across diverse embodiments and environments.
By Maeva Guerrier, Koki Kobayashi, Simon Roy, Jana Pavlasek, Giovanni Beltrame
arXiv:2603. 03953v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Safe visual navigation is critical for indoor mobile robots operating in cluttered environments.
By Jaewon Lee, Jaeseok Heo, Gunmin Lee, Howoong Jun, Jeongwoo Oh, Songhwai Oh
arXiv:2607. 20785v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Deploying navigation systems at scale requires a recipe that minimizes sensor assumptions, generalizes across robot embodiments, and trains efficiently.
By Arjun Majumdar, Avinash Sooriyarachchi, Benjamin Tibi, Chris Bamford, Elliot Chane-Sane, Guillaume Lample, Khyathi Raghavi Chandu, Ludovic Ho Fuh, Mathieu Poiree, Olivier Duchenne, Rosalie Millner, Srijan Mishra, Theo Cachet, Thomas Chabal
arXiv:2608. 03244v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Image-goal visual navigation is a fundamental capability for embodied agents.
By Changqing Zhou, Yueru Luo, Zeyu Jiang, Changhao Chen
arXiv:2603. 08862v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Autonomous navigation in highly constrained environments remains challenging for mobile robots.
By Yuanjie Lu, Beichen Wang, Zhengqi Wu, Yang Li, Xiaomin Lin, Chengzhi Mao, Xuesu Xiao
arXiv:2607. 07885v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Dynamic obstacle avoidance in unstructured outdoor environments remains a critical challenge for autonomous mobile robots, particularly when large-scale robot-specific training data and simulation-based policies are impractical.
By Erik Jagnandan, Mulugeta Haile, Gregory Barber, Pratik Chaudhari