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  1. Energy-Efficient Gait Adaptation via Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for Quadrupedal Locomotion Across Diverse Terrains

    Oct 7, 2026Ammar Issa, Anubhav Singh, Anton Tsaritsin +1Legged RoboticsEnergy-Efficient Robot Locomotion

    Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, ITMO University, and the Biomechatronics and Energy-Efficient Robotics Lab (BE2R), St. Petersburg, Russia

  2. Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for Collision-Free Locomotion of an Underactuated Biped

    Oct 5, 2026Jagannath Prasad Sahoo, Saurabh Kumar, Surya Prakash S. K. +3Legged RoboticsHierarchical RL

    CAIR, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, India · SMME, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, India

  3. Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning with Stable Temporal Abstraction for Language Model Agents

    Oct 4, 2026Shayan Mohajer Hamidi, Yize Cheng, Yuanda Xu +2Reinforcement LearningHierarchical RL

    LinkedIn Corporation · University of Maryland

  4. Hierarchical Time-aware Bootstrapping for Off-Policy Subgoal Value Learning

    Oct 4, 2026Bingyun Liu, Yuheng JingHierarchical RLTemporal-Difference Learning

    Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences

  5. On Semi-Markov Suboptimality in Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning

    Oct 4, 2026Bingyun Liu, Yuheng JingReinforcement LearningSequential Decision Making

    Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences

  6. Towards Hierarchical Cyber Defense with Large Language Models: From Planning to Execution

    Sep 30, 2026Harshith Doppalapudi, Nathaniel D. Bastian, Ankit ShahAutonomous Cyber DefenseLanguage Model-Based Control

    Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA · Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA

  7. Game-Guided Skill Discovery through Self-Play for Playable Agent Control

    Sep 30, 2026Seungeun Rho, Jeonghwan Kim, Xue Bin Peng +1Robot Skill LearningHierarchical RL

    Georgia Institute of Technology · Simon Fraser University and NVIDIA

  8. Patient-Centered Treatment Planning for Chronic Multimorbidity: A Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Framework for Preference Modeling

    Sep 30, 2026Nafiseh Payani, Soham Das, G. Anthony Wilson +1HealthcareHierarchical RL

    Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA · Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

  9. Validity-Preserving Hierarchical RL for Joint Routing and Switch Placement in EDA

    Sep 30, 2026Dorian Gailhard, Ugo Lecerf, Enzo Tartaglione +2Electronic Design AutomationHierarchical RL

    LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France · Arteris IP

  10. Going Beyond State-Reaching: Learning Abstractions for Intrinsically Motivated Option Discovery

    Sep 29, 2026Akhil Bagaria, Anita De Mello Koch, George KonidarisHierarchical RLRL Exploration

    Brown University

  11. Diffusion Subgoal Planning for Long-Horizon Offline Goal-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning

    Sep 28, 2026Hengrui Zhang, Yuhu Cheng, C. L. Philip Chen +1Diffusion-Based PlanningHierarchical RL

    School of Information and Control Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology · School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology

  12. Hierarchical Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for Warehouse Robot Coordination under Communication Loss

    Sep 27, 2026Weihao Sun, Gehui Xu, Andreas A. MalikopoulosHierarchical RLMulti-Robot Coordination

    Systems Engineering Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA · Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK · Applied Mathematics, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

  13. Fetch My Beer: Synthetic-to-real Hierarchical Policy for Smooth Pick-and-place

    Sep 16, 2026Yingyue Li, Chenyangguang Zhang, Ruida Zhang +3Robot Policy LearningHierarchical RL

    Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China · ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland · Beijing Xiaomi Robot Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, China +1

  14. Learning Options for Compositional Motor Control with Adapter Banks

    Sep 15, 2026Sreejan Kumar, Marcelo Mattar, Lea DunckerRL ControlLatent Action Learning

    Columbia University · New York University

  15. Hierarchical Belief Modeling for Zero-Shot Opponent Adaptation in Partially Observable Multi-Agent Navigation

    Sep 14, 2026Kowei Shih, Lu Cheng, Zeyu Wang +2Opponent ModelingPartially Observable RL

    Tsinghua University, Beijing, China · Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA · University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA +2

  16. Cloud Workflow Scheduling Based on Graph Attention-Driven Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning

    Sep 14, 2026Zongjin Li, Shaohan Feng, Chunxi Yang +1Real-Time SchedulingHierarchical RL

    Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China · School of Information and Electronic Engineering (Sussex Artificial Intelligence Institute), Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China

  17. Topological Necessities: Mechanism-Invariant Strategic Subgoals for Cross-Embodiment Goal-Conditioned Control

    Sep 12, 2026Hao Shi, Xi LiHierarchical RLCross-Embodiment Robot Learning

    Army Engineering University of PLA (Shijiazhuang Campus), Shijiazhuang, China

  18. DRG-MAPPO: Hierarchical Dynamic Role-Graph Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Cooperative Air Combat

    Sep 12, 2026Junlin Liu, Chengwei Li, Yang Gao +4Multi-Agent CoordinationHierarchical RL

    Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences · The Key Laboratory of Cognition and Decision Intelligence for Complex Systems, CASIA · School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  19. From Connectivity to Rewards: Dense Reward Learning with Directed State Graphs

    Sep 11, 2026Shuyuan Zhang, Zihan Wang, Xiao-Wen Chang +1Reinforcement LearningHierarchical RL

    School of Computer Science, McGill University Mila – Quebec AI Institute · Google DeepMind, CIFAR Fellow

  20. HiRAD: A Flexible Large-Scale AGV Routing System

    Sep 9, 2026Yunjie Huang, Ruizhong Wu, Mengxuan Zhang +3Hierarchical RLVehicle Routing

  21. Revisiting Topological Graphs for Macro Action based Closed-loop Reinforcement Learning of Vision Language Navigation in Continuous Environment

    Sep 3, 2026Shuhao Ye, Sitong Mao, Yuxiang Cui +7Robot NavigationHierarchical RL

    Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China · Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd · Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, Ningbo, China

  22. Recursive Value Learning for Long-Horizon Offline Goal-Conditioned RL

    Sep 2, 2026Hyeonseong Jeon, Youngwoon LeeReinforcement LearningOffline RL

    1Yonsei University · 2Seoul National University

  23. A Score Is Not a Policy: Measuring the Value of Adaptive Revision

    Sep 1, 2026Ayushi ChadhaHierarchical RLAdaptive Computation

  24. ToSCA: Leveraging Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning on Temporal and Strategic Abstractions of Conversational Agents

    Aug 22, 2026Xiaoyu Wang, Qingqing Gu, Yue Zhao +5RL for Language ModelsHierarchical RL

    1Geely AI Lab · 2Beijing Institute of Technology · 3Peking University

  25. S2-HWM: Sparse Event-Structured Hierarchical World Model for Long-Horizon Surgical Robot Manipulation

    Aug 13, 2026Shuzhe Zhang, Xin Zhu, Yinling Qian +1Long-Horizon Robotic ManipulationWorld Models for Robotics

    Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  26. Beyond Flat Policies: Hierarchical Post-Training for Embodied Agents in Robotic Manipulation

    Aug 6, 2026He Kong, Zengjue Chen, Qi Wang +6Long-Horizon Robotic ManipulationHierarchical RL

    School of Artificial Intelligence, Jilin University · College of computer science and technology, Jilin University · Joy Future Academy, JD

  27. Enhancing Social Intelligence in LLMs with Hierarchical Reasoning and Utterance-Level Goal Rewarding

    Aug 6, 2026Xiaofeng Wang, Kakam Chong, Shuai Xiao +9Reward ShapingHierarchical RL

    Independent Researcher · Alibaba Group · Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  28. Neurosymbolic Reasoning with Incremental Knowledge for Sample Efficient Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning

    Aug 4, 2026Subrat Prasad Panda, Blaise Genest, Arvind EaswaranReinforcement LearningSymbolic Planning

    CCDS, NTU Singapore · IPAL, CNRS, France

  29. Training Small LLMs as Spatial Multi-Agent Policies

    Aug 2, 2026Yi Mao, Andrew PerraultHierarchical RLMulti-Agent Collaboration

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University

  30. Sample Efficient Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning via Best Policy Identification

    Jul 31, 2026Anders Jonsson, Emilie Kaufmann, Gianmarco Tedeschi +1Hierarchical RLPolicy Learning

    Department of Engineering Universitat Pompeu Fabra · Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inria Centrale Lille, UMR 9189-CRIStAL · Dept. Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering Politecnico di Milano