Universal Robots launches Gen 7 for AI-ready cobots - 2026-09-15 - Article - The redesigned platform adds new arms, a more integrated tool flange and the compute and software layers Universal Robots is positioning for industrial AI.
Bandelin automates sandblasting using Nordbo Mimic and Universal Robots - 2025-09-20 - Article - German ultrasonic-cleaning-equipment producer Bandelin used Nordbo Robotics' Mimic demonstration-based programming technology to automate sandblasting in a case study published 20 September 2025.
Nordbo Robotics details Mimic UR and Mimic Core 2.0 programming platforms - 2025-08-21 - Article - Nordbo Robotics detailed its Mimic UR and Mimic Core 2.0 programming approaches on 21 August 2025, distinguishing the Universal Robots-integrated workflow from its standalone Mimic Core environment.
FR-VLA: Implicit Force Reasoning VLA for Contact-Rich Manipulation - 2026-10-19 - Research Publication - FR-VLA uses implicit force reasoning for contact-rich manipulation. Five tasks are evaluated on UR5e and UR3e robots with force/torque information and external and wrist-mounted cameras. - source: arxiv.org
When Agents Control Robots: A Zero Trust Policy Model for Agentic Cyber-Physical Systems - 2026-05-25 - Research Publication - Multi-agent systems powered by large foundation models (LFMs) are increasingly deployed to control industrial robots through natural language, creating deployments in which security failures produce physical consequences. - source: arxiv.org
FactoryBench: Evaluating Industrial Machine Understanding - 2026-05-08 - Research Publication - We introduce FactoryBench, a benchmark for evaluating time-series models and LLMs on machine understanding over industrial robotic telemetry. Q&A pairs are organized along four causal levels (state, intervention… - source: arxiv.org
ROBOGATE: Adaptive Failure Discovery for Safe Robot Policy Deployment via Two-Stage Boundary-Focused Sampling - 2026-03-23 - Research Publication - The UR3e evaluation comprises 10,000 Isaac Sim trials and reports reach-constrained pick-and-place performance with a suction gripper. - source: arxiv.org
RoboCritics: Enabling Reliable End-to-End LLM Robot Programming through Expert-Informed Critics - 2026-03-06 - Research Publication - End-user robot programming grants users the flexibility to re-task robots in situ, yet it remains challenging for novices due to the need for specialized robotics knowledge. - source: arxiv.org
DISF: Disentangled Iterative Surface Fitting for Contact-stable Grasp Planning with Grasp Pose Alignment to the Object Center of Mass - 2025-12-31 - Research Publication - In this work, we address the limitation of surface fitting-based grasp planning algorithm, which primarily focuses on geometric alignment between the gripper and object surface while overlooking the stability of contact… - source: arxiv.org
ContactRL: Safe Reinforcement Learning based Motion Planning for Contact based Human Robot Collaboration - 2025-12-03 - Research Publication - In collaborative human-robot tasks, safety requires not only avoiding collisions but also ensuring safe, intentional physical contact. - source: arxiv.org
Development of a Linear Guide-Rail Testbed for Physically Emulating ISAM Operations - 2025-10-14 - Research Publication - In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) is a set of emerging operations that provides several benefits to improve the longevity, capacity, mo- bility, and expandability of existing and future space assets. - source: arxiv.org
RoboPilot: Generalizable Dynamic Robotic Manipulation with Dual-thinking Modes - 2025-09-30 - Research Publication - Adds UR3e research around long-horizon manipulation, replanning and benchmarked error recovery. - source: arxiv.org
ARMimic: Learning Robotic Manipulation from Passive Human Demonstrations in Augmented Reality - 2025-09-29 - Research Publication - Adds UR3e imitation-learning research with explicit real-robot deployment. - source: arxiv.org
Preference-Driven Active 3D Scene Representation for Robotic Inspection in Nuclear Decommissioning - 2025-04-02 - Research Publication - Active 3D scene representation is pivotal in modern robotics applications, including remote inspection, manipulation, and telepresence. - source: arxiv.org
Natural Multimodal Fusion-Based Human-Robot Interaction: Application With Voice and Deictic Posture via Large Language Model - 2025-01-01 - Research Publication - Translating human intent into robot commands is crucial for the future of service robots in an aging society. - source: arxiv.org
TrojanRobot paper uses Robotiq Hand-E gripper in physical robotic backdoor experiments - 2024-11-18 - Research Publication - Robotic manipulation policies are increasingly empowered by \textit{large language models} (LLMs) and \textit{vision-language models} (VLMs), leveraging their understanding and perception capabilities. - source: arxiv.org
Design and Evaluation of a Compliant Quasi Direct Drive End-effector for Safe Robotic Ultrasound Imaging - 2024-10-04 - Research Publication - Robot-assisted ultrasound scanning promises to advance autonomous and accessible medical imaging. However, ensuring patient safety and compliant human-robot interaction (HRI) during probe contact poses a significant… - source: arxiv.org
Towards human-like kinematics in industrial robotic arms: a case study on a UR3 robot - 2024-09-25 - Research Publication - Safety in industrial robotic environments is a hot research topic in the area of human-robot interaction (HRI). Up to now, a robotic arm on an assembly line interacts with other machines away from human workers. - source: arxiv.org
Guarding Force: Safety-Critical Compliant Control for Robot-Environment Interaction - 2024-05-08 - Research Publication - In this study, we propose a safety-critical compliant control strategy designed to strictly enforce interaction force constraints during the physical interaction of robots with unknown environments. - source: arxiv.org