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  1. Uncovering and Shaping the Latent Representation of 3D Scene Topology in Vision-Language Models

    May 8, 2026Haoming Wang, Wei Gao3D Spatial Reasoning3D Representation

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15261

  2. Sparse-to-Complete: From Sparse Image Captures to Complete 3D Scenes

    May 7, 2026Yiyang Shen, Yin Yang, Kun Zhou +13D Reconstruction3D Generation

    State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, China · University of Utah, USA · State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, China and Hangzhou Research Institute of Holographic and AI Technology, China +1

  3. HERMES++: Toward a Unified Driving World Model for 3D Scene Understanding and Generation

    Apr 30, 2026Xin Zhou, Dingkang Liang, Xiwu Chen +43D Scene UnderstandingScene Understanding

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Mach Drive · University of Hong Kong

  4. Learning-Based Hierarchical Scene Graph Matching for Robot Localization Leveraging Prior Maps

    Apr 30, 2026Nimrod Millenium Ndulue, Jose Andres Millan-Romera, Matteo Giorgi +2Simultaneous Localization And MappingTwo-Dimensional Light Detection And Ranging

    Authors are with the Automation and Robotics Research Group, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg. Holger Voos is also associated with the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. · Author is with the University of Pisa.

  5. World2Minecraft: Occupancy-Driven Simulated Scenes Construction

    Apr 30, 2026Lechao Zhang, Haoran Xu, Jingyu Gong +33D Semantic Occupancy PredictionEmbodied Artificial Intelligence

    School of Computer Science and Technology, East China Normal University · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory · Shanghai Innovation Institute

  6. Color-Encoded Illumination for High-Speed Volumetric Scene Reconstruction

    Apr 29, 2026David Novikov, Eilon Vaknin, Narek Tumanyan +1Volumetric VideoScene Reconstruction

    Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

  7. Featurising Pixels from Dynamic 3D Scenes with Linear In-Context Learners

    Apr 29, 2026Nikita Araslanov, Martin Sundermeyer, Hidenobu Matsuki +2Video DatasetPixels

    Google · TU Munich · Munich Center for Machine Learning

  8. Semantic Foam: Unifying Spatial and Semantic Scene Decomposition

    Apr 29, 2026Amr Sharafeldin, Shrisudhan Govindarajan, Thomas Walker +4Interactive 3D SegmentationScene Reconstruction

    1Simon Fraser University · University of Edinburgh · 3Wayve Technologies +2

  9. SceneSelect: Selective Learning for Trajectory Scene Classification and Expert Scheduling

    Apr 27, 2026Xinrun Wang, Deshun Xia, Yuxi Sun +1Trajectory ForecastingScene Understanding

    School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) · School of Information Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology · School of Mathematics and Statistics, Wuhan University of Technology

  10. TopoHR: Hierarchical Centerline Representation for Cyclic Topology Reasoning in Driving Scenes with Point-to-Instance Relations

    Apr 27, 2026Yifeng Bai, Zhirong Chen, Bo Song +2Autonomous DrivingTopology

    Institute of Intelligent Machines, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences · University of Science and Technology of China · NullMax +1

  11. Robust Localization for Autonomous Vehicles in Highway Scenes

    Apr 23, 2026Daqian Cheng, Xuchu Ding, Yujia Wu +2Road NetworksAutonomous Navigation

    Bot Auto · Archer Aviation · Prexa AI

  12. You Only Gaussian Once: Controllable 3D Gaussian Splatting for Ultra-Densely Sampled Scenes

    Apr 23, 2026Jinrang Jia, Zhenjia Li, Yifeng ShiNeural RenderingGaussian Primitives

    KE Holdings Inc., Beijing, China

  13. From Scene to Object: Text-Guided Dual-Gaze Prediction

    Apr 22, 2026Zehong Ke, Yanbo Jiang, Jinhao Li +5Gaze Target EstimationGaze Behavior

    School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China · Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Mobility, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea

  14. FurnSet: Exploiting Repeats for 3D Scene Reconstruction

    Apr 22, 2026Paul Dobre, Xin Wang, Hongzhou Yang3D Reconstruction3D Generation

    University of Calgary · Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  15. PLAF: Pixel-wise Language-Aligned Feature Extraction for Efficient 3D Scene Understanding

    Apr 17, 2026Junjie Wen, Junlin He, Fei Ma +13D Scene UnderstandingPixel-Level Prediction

    Pengcheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518108, China · The School of Intelligent Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University-ShenzhenCampus, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

  16. E-VLA: Event-Augmented Vision-Language-Action Model for Dark and Blurred Scenes

    Apr 6, 2026Jiajun Zhai, Hao Shi, Shangwei Guo +2Diffusion-Based Vision-Language-ActionsGeneralist Vision--Language--Action

    Zhejiang University · Ant Group · Hunan University

  17. RGB-Pointmap Pretraining for Unified 3D Scene Understanding

    Apr 2, 2026Ye Mao, Weixun Luo, Ranran Huang +23D Scene Understanding3D Representation

    Imperial College London

  18. SceneTeract: Probing and Improving Agent-Aware Activity Reasoning in 3D Indoor Scenes

    Mar 31, 2026Léopold Maillard, Francis Engelmann, Tom Durand +4Embodied AgentsScene Understanding

    Ecole Polytechnique · Dassault Syst`emes · Stanford University +1

  19. GaussianGPT: Towards Autoregressive 3D Gaussian Scene Generation

    Mar 27, 2026Nicolas von Lützow, Barbara Rössle, Katharina Schmid +13D Scene Generation3D Gaussian

    Technical University of Munich, Germany

  20. LaMP: Learning Vision-Language-Action Policy with 3D Scene Flow as Latent Motion Prior

    Mar 26, 2026Xinkai Wang, Chenyi Wang, Yifu Xu +7Flow-Matching Vision-Language-ActionDiffusion-Based Vision-Language-Actions

    Southeast University, China · Shanghai Innovation Institute, China · Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China +1

  21. ET-SAM: Efficient Point Prompt Prediction in SAM for Unified Scene Text Detection and Layout Analysis

    Mar 26, 2026Xike Zhang, Maoyuan Ye, Juhua Liu +1Segment Anything ModelScene Text Recognition

    School of Computer Science, National Engineering Research Center for Multimedia Software, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, and Hubei Key Laboratory of Multimedia and Network Communication Engineering, Wuhan University, China

  22. EXPLORE-Bench: Egocentric Scene Prediction with Long-Horizon Reasoning

    Mar 10, 2026Chengjun Yu, Xuhan Zhu, Chaoqun Du +4Egocentric VisionScene Reasoning

    University of Science and Technology of China · Foundation Model Team, Li Auto Inc. · Tsinghua University

  23. Rheos: Modelling Continuous Motion Dynamics in Hierarchical 3D Scene Graphs

    Mar 9, 2026Iacopo Catalano, Francesco Verdoja, Javier Civera +23D Scene GraphsMotion Model

    University of Turku, Finland · School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University, Finland · University of Zaragoza, Spain +2

  24. Hybrid Feedback-Guided Optimal Learning for Wireless Interactive Panoramic Scene Delivery

    Feb 6, 2026Xiaoyi Wu, Juaren Steiger, Bin Li +1ImmersionOmnidirectional Images

    IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING

  25. RL-AWB: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Auto White Balance Correction in Low-Light Night-time Scenes

    Jan 8, 2026Yuan-Kang Lee, Kuan-Lin Chen, Chia-Che Chang +1Low-Light ImagesScene Understanding

    MediaTek Inc., Taiwan · National Taiwan University, Taiwan · National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

  26. Event-based Scene Synthesis via Inter-Frame Residual Alignment

    Dec 19, 2025Jiyun Kong, Jun-Hyuk Kim, Jong-Seok LeeOptical FlowScene Reconstruction

    Yonsei University, Korea · Chung-Ang University, Korea

  27. ISS Policy : Scalable Diffusion Policy with Implicit Scene Supervision

    Dec 17, 2025Wenlong Xia, Jinhao Zhang, Ce Zhang +6Visuomotor PolicyDiffusion Policies

    [cs.RO]

  28. CoSPlan: Corrective Sequential Planning via Scene Graph Incremental Updates

    Dec 11, 2025Shresth Grover, Priyank Pathak, Akash Kumar +1Classical PlanningScene Understanding

    UCF Institute of Artificial Intelligence, University of Central Florida (UCF)

  29. TabletopGen: Tabletop Scene Generation and Interactive Simulation for Robotic Manipulation

    Dec 1, 2025Ziqian Wang, Yonghao He, Licheng Yang +6Indoor Scene GenerationRobotic Data Acquisition

    School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China · State Key Laboratory of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Systems (MAIS), Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China · D-Robotics, Beijing, China +2

  30. LaGen: Towards Autoregressive LiDAR Scene Generation

    Nov 26, 2025Sizhuo Zhou, Xiaosong Jia, Fanrui Zhang +7Light Detection And Ranging DataAutonomous Driving

    University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China · Shanghai Innovation Institute, Shanghai 200231, China · Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China +1

  31. SCLARO: A Dataset for Grounded Scenario-Level Scene Understanding and ScenarioCLIP for Benchmarking

    Nov 25, 2025Advik Sinha, Saurabh Atreya, Aashutosh A +2Scene ReasoningTemporal Action Localization

    Machine Intelligence Group, Department of CS&IS, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Hyderabad Campus

  32. GraphPilot: Grounded Scene Graph Conditioning for Language-Based Autonomous Driving

    Nov 14, 2025Fabian Schmidt, Markus Enzweiler, Abhinav ValadaAutonomous DrivingSpatio-Temporal Scene Graphs

    Esslingen University of Applied Sciences · University of Freiburg

  33. SpatialThinker: Reinforcing Scene Graph-Grounded Spatial Reasoning via Dense Rewards

    Nov 10, 2025Hunar Batra, Haoqin Tu, Hardy Chen +3Spatial ReasoningSpatial Grounding

    University of Oxford · University of California, Santa Cruz

  34. Effective Gaussian Management for High-fidelity Scene Reconstruction

    Sep 16, 2025Jiateng Liu, Hao Gao, Jiu-Cheng Xie +5Scene ReconstructionGaussian Primitives

    School of Automation, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China · Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau · school of Communications and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China +2

  35. Scensory: Real-Time Robotic Olfactory Perception for Joint Identification and Source Localization

    Sep 11, 2025Yanbaihui Liu, Erica Babusci, Claudia K. Gunsch +1SmellsRobotic Perception

    Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. · Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. +1

  36. Imaginative World Modeling with Scene Graphs for Embodied Agent Navigation

    Aug 9, 2025Yue Hu, Junzhe Wu, Ruihan Xu +5Object Goal NavigationEmbodied Agents

    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US

  37. 3D Software Synthesis Driven by Constraint-Expressive Intermediate Representation

    Jul 24, 2025Shuqing Li, Anson Y. Lam, Yun Peng +23D Scene GenerationLlm-Driven Code Synthesis

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China · Renmin University of China Beijing, China

  38. MetricHMSR:Metric Human Mesh and Scene Recovery from Monocular Images

    Jun 11, 2025Chentao Song, He Zhang, Haolei Yuan +4Human Mesh RecoveryScene Reconstruction

    Tsinghua University · Beihang University · Beijing Normal University

  39. What Moves? Localized Motion Representations for Compositional Scene Control

    Date pendingFrank Fundel, Malek Ben Alaya, Thomas Ressler-Antal +2Latent MotionScene Understanding

  40. Dense Dynamic Scene Reconstruction and Camera Pose Estimation from Multi-View Videos

    Date pendingShuo Sun, Unal Artan, Malcolm Mielle +2Local Camera PoseScene Reconstruction

    Örebro University, Sweden · Schindler EPFL Lab, Lausanne, Switzerland · Technical University of Munich, Germany