Robotics and embodied AI

Manipulation, locomotion, sim-to-real transfer and autonomous driving: learning systems that have to survive physics.

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arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 26

Reinforcement Learning Enables Autonomous Microrobot Navigation and Intervention in Simulated Blood Capillaries

arXiv:2606. 26154v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Autonomous microrobots navigating biological vasculature could enable targeted drug delivery and thrombolysis, yet training control policies for realistic environments remains an open challenge.

By Jannik Drotleff, Samuel Tovey, Paul Hohenberger, Christoph Lohrmann, Julian Ho{\ss}bach, Konstantin Nikolaou, Christian Holm
arXiv AI
Jun 26

MIRROR: Novelty-Constrained Memory-Guided MCTS Red-Teaming for Agentic RAG

arXiv:2606. 26793v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Multimodal agentic retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems expand the attack surface beyond prompt injection to include text poisoning, image injection, direct-query attacks, and orchestrator-level tool manipulation.

By Inderjeet Singh, Andr\'es Murillo, Motoyoshi Sekiya, Yuki Unno, Junichi Suga
arXiv AI
Jun 26

Unsupervised Memory-Enhanced Video Transformers: Obstacle Detection for Autonomous Agricultural Rover

arXiv:2606. 26151v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: While autonomous rovers have become indispensable to precision farming, achieving consistent operational safety remains a critical challenge.

By Th\'eo Biardeau (XLIM-ASALI, UFR SFA), Anne-Sophie Capelle-Laiz\'e (UP, XLIM-ASALI, XLIM-ASALI), Salwan Alwan (UFR SFA), David Helbert (UFR SFA)
arXiv AI
Jun 26

SOLAR: AI-Powered Speed-of-Light Performance Analysis

arXiv:2606. 26383v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: How fast could a deep-learning model run on target hardware, and how far is today's implementation from that limit?

By Qijing Huang, Sana Damani, Zhifan Ye, Athinagoras Skiadopoulos, Siva Kumar Sastry Hari, Jason Clemons, Sahil Modi, Jingquan Wang, Aditya Kane, Edward C Lin, Humphrey Shi, Christos Kozyrakis