cs.ROMar 11, 2026

Cybo-Waiter: A Physical Agentic Framework for Humanoid Whole-Body Locomotion-Manipulation

Authors: Peng Ren, Haoyang Ge, Chuan Qi, Cong Huang, Hong Li, Jiang Zhao, Pei Chi, Kai Chen

Organizations: Beihang University, Beijing, China · Zhongguancun Academy, Beijing, China · Tianjin University, Tianjin, China · University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China · 

Abstract

Robots are increasingly expected to execute open ended natural language requests in human environments, which demands reliable long horizon execution under partial observability. This is especially challenging for humanoids because locomotion and manipulation are tightly coupled through stance, reachability, and balance. We present a humanoid agent framework that turns VLM plans into verifiable task programs and closes the loop with multi object 3D geometric supervision. A VLM planner compiles each instruction into a typed JSON sequence of subtasks with explicit predicate based preconditions and success conditions. Using SAM3 and RGB-D, we ground all task relevant entities in 3D, estimate object centroids and extents, and evaluate predicates over stable frames to obtain condition level diagnostics. The supervisor uses these diagnostics to verify subtask completion and to provide condition-level feedback for progression and replanning. We execute each subtask by coordinating humanoid locomotion and whole-body manipulation, selecting feasible motion primitives under reachability and balance constraints. Experiments on tabletop manipulation and long horizon humanoid loco manipulation tasks show improved robustness from multi object grounding, temporal stability, and recovery driven replanning.

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