Overview

Robotic control turns sensor readings and task goals into actions, from steering mobile robots to coordinating humanoid bodies and handling delicate contact. Methods range from feedback control, inverse kinematics, and model predictive control to reinforcement learning, imitation learning, and vision-language-action policies. Current work often combines these approaches, adding force or tactile feedback, safety constraints, and sim-to-real adaptation to improve performance on manipulation, locomotion, and human-robot interaction tasks. A central challenge is achieving safe, stable behavior that generalizes to unfamiliar conditions while meeting real-time limits and retaining task performance.

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  1. A Tutorial on Shape Servoing of Deformable Objects-Part I: Fundamentals

    Oct 29, 2026Ignacio Cuiral-Zueco, Alessio Caporali, Miguel Aranda +3Deformable Object ManipulationRobotic Control

  2. OmniQuad: a Wheeled-Legged Hybrid Robot with Omnidirectional Wheels

    Oct 28, 2026Francesco Iotti, Alok Ranjan, Franco Angelini +1Robot LocomotionMobile Robotics

  3. Same Label, Different Interface: Beyond Action-Space Labels in Robot Learning

    Oct 28, 2026Arshia Sangwan, Zhongyang ZhangRobot Policy LearningRobotic Control

  4. Spiking Neuromorphic Control for Periodic Orbits Stabilization in Underactuated Robots: A Greedy Lyapunov-Based Approach

    Oct 27, 2026Maksim Surov, Oleg SumenkovRobotic ControlRobot Trajectory Tracking

  5. X-World: Transferring Video Priors to Variable-View Robot Control

    Oct 25, 2026Chun Gu, Xiaofei Wei, Yiming Chen +2Robotic ControlVision-Based Robot Control

  6. Learning Functional Specialisation for Bimanual Robotic Control

    Oct 24, 2026Jingwen Li, Levin Kuhlmann, Jason Friedman +1Robotic ControlBimanual Robotic Manipulation

  7. Probabilistic Energy Modeling Unifies Versatile Swarm Control

    Oct 22, 2026Xiang Zhou, Xiangyu Zhu, Xintong Wang +5Swarm RoboticsRobotic Control

  8. A Transparent 3-DoF Assistive Device for Upper-Limb Tremor and Ataxia Compensation: Design and Experimental Validation

    Oct 22, 2026Thomas Dobosz, Veronika Hofmann, Ahmed Barhoma +12Assistive RoboticsRobotic Control

  9. Preserving Operator Intent Under Actuation Constraints: Teleoperation of Manipulators with Coupled Transmissions

    Oct 21, 2026Xuhan Miao, Zijin Han, Yutong Shen +5Robot TeleoperationRobotic Control

  10. Payload generalization on feedforward control actions for trajectory tracking in robots with rigid and elastic joints

    Oct 21, 2026Giorgia Pazzi, Giorgio Simonini, Michele Pierallini +4Robotic ControlRobot Trajectory Tracking

  11. Doob-Based Generative Policy Optimization

    Oct 20, 2026Maojiang Su, Qijie Zhu, Yu Xiao +4Policy OptimizationRL for Diffusion Models

  12. Human-Robot Interaction via Meta-Learning Based Mode Recognition and Adaptive Control

    Oct 20, 2026Nuo Chen, Ya-Jun PanHuman-Robot InteractionRobotic Control

  13. High-Precision RCM Motion for Ophthalmic Robotics via Hierarchical QP Control and Authority-Guided Recovery Planning

    Oct 20, 2026Huanyu Tian, Adriana Namour, Lingyun Zeng +4Robotic ControlSurgical Robotics

  14. Determination of the Human-Robot Interaction Workspace for Robot Assisted Head Stabilization Control

    Oct 19, 2026Xinmin Liu, Alexander L. Van Slyke, Destinee Holloman +2Healthcare RoboticsHuman-Robot Interaction

  15. RoboMMT: Learning Stable Tracking of Modulated Expressive and Interactive Robot Motion

    Oct 19, 2026Till Hielscher, Kai O. ArrasRobotic ControlRobot Motion Generation

  16. A Spiking Ring-Attractor Architecture for Representation and Control of Revolute Robot Joints

    Oct 19, 2026Aung Htet, Alejandro Rodriguez Jimenez, Ruidong Ma +1Continuous Attractor Neural NetworksRobotic Control

  17. Learning Robot Metareasoning: Adaptive Computation Budgets for Real-Time Control

    Oct 16, 2026Lorenzo Magnino, Antonio Marino, Michael Amir +2Real-Time Robot ControlRobotic Control

  18. LY-GWM-RoboCasa-Human300: Prediction-Guided Action Selection with a Graph Dynamics Model

    Oct 16, 2026TianLiang Ma, Ting Ma, ZhongYuan MaRobotic ControlRobotic Policy Evaluation

  19. GR-VIP: Geometric representation conditioning for precise visuomotor policy

    Oct 16, 2026Chanhwi Lee, Jiwon Seong, Eunje Choi +6Robotic ControlVisuomotor Policy Learning

  20. Weakly Supervised Discovery of Motion Styles for Compositional Robot Control

    Oct 15, 2026Heedo Woo, Antonio Marino, Eduardo Sebastián +1Robotic ControlRobot Locomotion

  21. De-Risking Robotic Welding for In-Space Metal Joining Through Physics-Grounded Digital Twins

    Oct 15, 2026Zhou Daniel Hao, Umer Masood Chaudry, Robert Shaw +4Digital TwinsSpace Robotics

  22. Sub-Millisecond Reflexes for Continuous Physical Human-Robot Interaction

    Oct 15, 2026Jon Škerlj, Sami HaddadinReal-Time Robot ControlRobotic Control

  23. MR-MPCC: Model Predictive Contouring Control for Robotic Manipulator Tracking under Moving Reference Frames

    Oct 15, 2026Chonghao Cheng, Tiancheng Li, Jonathan Woolfrey +2Robotic ControlRobot Trajectory Tracking

  24. Learning from Demonstrations Meets Symbolic Control - A Supervisory Control Architecture for Formal Certification of Learned Motion

    Oct 14, 2026Ashok Kumar, Mahathi Anand, Angela P. Schoellig +1Robotic ControlRobotics

  25. A VR Training System for Robot-Assisted Vascular Intervention with Dual-Mode Control and Model-Based Interaction Response

    Oct 14, 2026Yining Shang, Shuxiang Guo, Sheng Cao +3Virtual RealityRobotic Endovascular Intervention