arXiv AI By Chenxi Tao, Seung-Kyum Choi

Prior Availability in Industrial Visual Sim-to-Real: A Review of CAD-Guided and CAD-Unavailable Regimes

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arXiv:2605. 30581v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Industrial visual sim-to-real is often described as transferring from synthetic images to real images, but industrial deployment usually involves a broader mismatch between available evidence and required decisions.

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