Authors propose STOCS, a novel algorithm that embeds contact point & timing selection into contact‑implicit trajectory optimization—dramatically improving planning speed and enabling complex contact-rich motions on high-fidelity 3D geometry. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/109... #Robotics

Researchers propose a compact 6D suction cup model that reduces parameter count from 21 to just 5 via symmetry reduction, achieving ~5 mm and 3° accuracy and robust force estimation even at 60° gripper tilt. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/109... #RobotSensingSystems #RobotManipulator

Introducing Hierarchical Diffusion Policy that guides robot manipulation with a two‑stage policy—first predicting optimal contact points in 3D, then generating trajectories to reach them via conditional diffusion. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/109... #RobotManipulation #RobotTrajectory

Introducing an autonomous design algorithm that synthesizes self-aligning #KneeJoint mechanisms—no human input—adapts to diverse physiques, completes design in under an hour, and promises fast, scalable exoskeleton deployment. #HumanCenteredRobotics

A call-for-papers for Foundation Models for Robotics special collection. T-RO is now accepting submissions through November 30. www.ieee-ras.org/publications... #FoundationModelsforRobotics #TactileSensing #RobotEmbodiments

A fly‑inspired two-stage control policy enabling palm‑sized drones to perform dynamic inverted landings on ceilings. Trained via reinforcement learning in simulation (augmented optical‐flow+SVM+neural net) ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108... #AerialSystems #BiologicallyInspiredRobots

Presenting a dynamic model‑based cooperative tracking control for both position and orientation of a tensegrity continuum robot’s end‑effector—achieving precise, cooperative movement via a dynamic model. ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc... #ContinuumRobots #RobotSensingSystems

T-RO researchers present a novel rhythmic motion control strategy for robotic facial laser treatments by learning rhythmic, geometric-constrained trajectories from expert demonstrations. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108... #CosmeticDermatologyRobots #ServiceRobots #SkinCare

A transformer-based, coarse-to-fine #VisualLocalization pipeline that extracts stable, illumination-invariant descriptors for place recognition, achieves sub-meter global relocalization in under 0.5 s across 2 km and provides real-time tracking. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...

AQUA‑SLAM, a tightly coupled acoustic‑visual‑inertial #SLAM system fusing DVL, stereo vision, and IMU within a graph‑based framework. With novel online calibration it achieves state‑of‑the‑art underwater localization, validated in North Sea trials. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/109...

Authors introduce AVOCADO. The two-stage planner estimates other agents’ cooperation levels using nonlinear opinion dynamics, then adapts a Velocity-Obstacle policy for robust, communication-free crowd navigation ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/109... #CollisionAvoidance #RobotSensingSystem #Robotics

Check out the latest on the T-RO Visual SLAM special collection. Keep checking back as many more papers will be added to this collection in the coming months. ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/topics-i... #VisualSLAM #RobotLearning #GaussianSplatting

A huge welcome to our new T-RO editorial board members. We are grateful for your commitment to the journal and look forward to working with you. Thank you! www.ieee-ras.org/publications... #IEEEras #Robotics

Researchers introduce a hybrid real‑to‑sim‑to‑real learning approach that helps robots adapt quickly to new tasks with minimal trials. The result? Faster learning and stronger performance with fewer attempts. ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc... #RobotLearning #BayesMethod #SimToReal

The first experimental validation of model-based robust position control for an underactuated dielectric elastomer #SoftRobot! This shows the controller stabilizing arbitrary configurations despite underactuation & input saturation. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108... #Robotics #ControlSystems

T-RO Honorable Mention paper entitled “Task and Motion Planning for Execution in the Real” introduces a framework integrating task and motion planning for real-world robotic execution under uncertainty, improving adaptability ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/105... #RobotSensingSystems #Robotics

T-RO is proud to announce the upcoming special collection, Foundation Models for Robotics. Submission window opens September 1. #RobotEmbodiments #FoundationModels #RoboticsFoundationModels #RoboticVLM #RoboticsLLM #IEEERAS

Honorable Mention paper, “Modeling & Design of Lattice-Reinforced Pneumatic Soft Robots” proposes a design methodology for #SoftRobots using lattice structures to enhance strength and control complex deformations. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/103... #PneumaticSoftRobots #RobotDesign

A T-RO King-Sun Fu Award Honorable Mention paper develops reactive modulation techniques on manifolds for safe navigation around complex, non-convex obstacles in real-time. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/104... Authors: Christopher K. Fourie, Nadia Figueroa, and Julie Shah #RobotSensingSystems

A T-RO King-Sun Fu Award Honorable Mention paper presents a #Biomimetic #RoboticArm optimized to closely replicate human joint performance, achieving high torque and range of motion. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/104... Authors: Haosen Yang, Guowu Wei, and Lei Ren

TRO Honorable Mention recipient is a paper entitled “Port-Hamiltonian Neural ODE Networks on Lie Groups” which introduces a structure-preserving neural ODE framework for learning #RobotDynamics on Lie groups, enhancing stability and control accuracy ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10598388

The new 2024 Clarivate JCR Journal Impact Factors have been published. We are proud to announce T-ROs impact factor is now 10.5 vs. the 2023 rating of 9.3. Congratulations and with much appreciation to our incredibly hard-working editorial board. Thank you!

Last call. Event-based Vision for Robotics special collection is accepting submissions through June 30, 2025. Submit before the deadline. www.ieee-ras.org/publications...

Get high-quality and efficient 3D reconstruction! This T-RO paper presented at ICRA 2025 combines the best of next-best view planning and set-covering view-planning to boost coverage & cut movement costs by 45%. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/107... #3DScanning #ViewPlanning #ComputerVision

Call-for-papers, Robot-Assisted Medical Imaging! A special thank you to handling editor Arianna Menciassi and guest AEs Zhongliang Jiang, Stamatia Giannarou, Sophia Bano, Tim Salcudean, and Nassir Navab www.ieee-ras.org/publications... #RoboticCT #SurgicalRobotics #RoboticLaparoscopy

This T-RO paper uses real-time ultrasound imaging to track functional electrical stimulation-induced muscle fatigue, creating a muscle-machine interface to optimize functional electrical simulation dosage & #exoskeletons control for users. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10637757

Congratulations to TRO Editor-in-Chief, Wolfram Burgard @wolfram-burgard.bsky.social for receiving the @ieeeras.bsky.social RAS Pioneer Award. The society's highest distinction recognizes Dr. Burgard's pioneering contributions to probabilistic state estimation, perception, and learning in robotics

And the winner of the 2024 #TRO King-Sun Fu Award is the paper entitled “Certifiably Correct Range-Aided SLAM” which presents CORA, an algorithm achieving certifiably optimal solutions for range-aided SLAM problems, enhancing mapping accuracy and robustness. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/106...

This T-RO paper presenting at ‪#ICRA2025 introduces a method integrating parametric curves into Motion Manifold Primitives. This approach ensures isometric latent spaces for better performance & online adaptation. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/106... #Robotics #MotionPlanning #AI #IEEEras

This T-RO paper will be presented at @ieee-ras-icra.bsky.social introduces PRIOR-SLAM, leveraging geometric invariance via map segments & Perspective-Invariant ORB features for robust place recognition. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/107... #Robotics #ComputerVision #Localization #ICRA2025 #SLAM

This T-RO paper will be presented at #ICRA2025 develops a Contact-Implicit MPC method for controlling #robots making/breaking contact. The bilevel planner uses LCPs to reason about contact timing/forces online, generating new contact modes in real-time. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/103...

As we get closer to @ieeeras.bsky.social ICRA2025, we will spend the next month highlighting T-RO papers that will be presented. You can find a full list of the T-RO papers here: ieee-ras.org/publications/t-ro/t-ro-list-of-conference-papers #ICRA2025 #IEEERAS #ICRAAtlanta #RobotAutomation #robotics

Researchers from EPFL introduce a tactile coverage method that adapts to curved surfaces and target distributions in real time. This approach enhances tactile exploration and perception for #roboticsystems. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108... #ErgodicCoverage #TactileRobotics #PointCloud

Presenting a framework enabling robots to learn manipulation from offline human videos using Information Theory. By identifying key hand-object interactions and generating Behavior Trees, #robots can replicate human actions, with the open-source #HANDSOMEdataset. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...

T-RO is calling for Robot-Assisted Medical Imaging papers. Submissions open June 1. Thank you to Arianna Menciassi, Zhongliang Jiang, Stamatia Giannarou, Sophia Bano, Tim Salcudean, and Nassir Navab for handling this exciting collection www.ieee-ras.org/publications... #RobotAssistedMedicalImaging

REMINDER: the transfer deadline for presenting a T-RO paper at CASE or IROS is April 30th! www.ieee-ras.org/publications... #IROS2025 #CASE2025 #IEEERAS

In this T-RO paper, researchers from @ucsandiego.bsky.social and @tum.de present a distributed multirobot exploration method that enables teams of #robots to actively map environments more efficiently by optimizing exploration trajectories on a #RiemannianManifold ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...

The challenges of mapping dynamic environments. Particle-based instance-aware semantic occupancy map jointly estimates occupancy, semantics, and instance IDs to improve robustness and accuracy. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108... #RobotSensingSystems

Researchers from The University of Hong Kong introduce FAPP, a fast and adaptive perception and planning framework for @UAVs to navigate dynamic and cluttered environments ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.... #CollisionAvoidance #VehicleDynamics #HeuristicAlgorithms #AerialSystems #ObstacleAvoidance

In this T-RO paper, researchers at ShanghaiTech University explore how the noncontact manipulation of particles using an ultrasonic phased transducer array can enable precise material handling. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108... #SurfaceAcousticWaves #AcousticManipulation #PhasedArrays

In a recent T-RO paper, researchers show how complex manipulation tasks that require both precise reaching and controlled slipping or sliding can benefit from see-through visuotactile sensing. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108... #RobotSensingSystems #TactileSensor #ImitationLearning

If you are interested in presenting your recent T-RO paper at CASE or IROS, make sure to complete the transfer before April 30th! www.ieee-ras.org/publications... #IROS2025 #CASE2025 #IEEERAS #Robotics #RobotConferences

Researchers have developed a novel method for real-time state estimation in systems with multiple coupled #continuumrobots. The approach achieves millimeter-level accuracy with high update rates, and an open-source C++ implementation is available to the community ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...

A new T-RO paper presents an adaptive approach for combining robot precision with human guidance in geometrically-constrained scenarios, featuring online adaptation capabilities. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108... #HapticGuidance #HumanRobotCollaboration

Researchers from #NazarbayevUniversity demonstrate that AR-based feedback maintains #teleoperation performance with occluded robots using event-based tactile sensors in T-RO. Their findings advance remote robot control capabilities. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/107... #AR #Haptics

Researchers from Imperial College London present an affordable ($80) barometric #tactilesensor, achieving 0.28mm resolution through machine learning enhancement. Mounted on a robotic gripper, it enables precise object pose estimation. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/107... #RoboticGrasping #Sensors

Sadly, T-RO has recently lost a founding father with the passing of George Bekey renowned American roboticist, an original member of @ieeeras.bsky.social and founding editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO). ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...

DREAM, a real-time multi-robot navigation framework handling cluttered environments with uncertain communication and obstacle dynamics. The system explicitly accounts for interactive obstacles while maintaining robust performance. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10771711 #MultiRobot #Navigation

Researchers at KAIST introduce a graph-structured super-resolution framework for large-area tomographic tactilesensing in T-RO. Demonstrated on a #humanoid face, the system enables natural human-robot interaction while adapting to various sensor shapes. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10770598

A lightweight active ankle #prosthesis with graceful degradation capabilities, validated through extensive trials with trans-tibial and trans-femoral amputees. The design achieves reduced encumbrance while maintaining safety through passive fallback. #Biomechanics ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/107...