RecMorph introduces a topology‑guided spatial recurrent architecture for generalized morphology control, converting a kinematic tree into a sequence that enables joint cross‑limb communication and representation transformation. The design incorporates residual preservation, RMS normalization, and input‑dependent channel modulation to stabilize repeated spatial transformations, achieving linear token complexity. Across five UNIMAL tasks and a four‑platform quadruped setting, RecMorph outperforms existing controllers in training performance, inference throughput, and generalization to unseen bodies with up to 30 limbs, while also demonstrating robust real‑world performance on Go1/Go2 trials.
By Quanrui Rao, Yong Liu, Xueming Xiao, Yingbo Luo, Kun Wu, Zhenyu Xu, Meibao Yao
arXiv:2604. 08780v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: World models promise a paradigm shift in robotics, where an agent learns the physics of its environment once and then acquires behaviors efficiently.
By Mohamad H. Danesh, Chenhao Li, Amin Abyaneh, Anas Houssaini, Kirsty Ellis, Glen Berseth, Marco Hutter, Hsiu-Chin Lin
arXiv:2509.12151v3 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: We present a learnable physics-based model that predicts motion of the robot end effector and reaction force-torque in contact-rich manipulat...
By Zongyao Yi, Joachim Hertzberg, Martin Atzmueller
arXiv:2506. 08630v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: A universal controller for any robot morphology would greatly improve computational and data efficiency.
By Laurens Engwegen, Max Weltevrede, Caroline Horsch, Daan Brinks, Wendelin B\"ohmer
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
arXiv:2606. 08775v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Visual world models have shown great potential in learning complex system dynamics.
By Raktim Gautam Goswami, Prashanth Krishnamurthy, Yann LeCun, Farshad Khorrami