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Robotic Scene Cloning:Advancing Zero-Shot Robotic Scene Adaptation in Manipulation via Visual Prompt Editing

Robotics 2026-03-11 v1

Abstract

Modern robots can perform a wide range of simple tasks and adapt to diverse scenarios in the well-trained environment. However, deploying pre-trained robot models in real-world user scenarios remains challenging due to their limited zero-shot capabilities, often necessitating extensive on-site data collection. To address this issue, we propose Robotic Scene Cloning (RSC), a novel method designed for scene-specific adaptation by editing existing robot operation trajectories. RSC achieves accurate and scene-consistent sample generation by leveraging a visual prompting mechanism and a carefully tuned condition injection module. Not only transferring textures but also performing moderate shape adaptations in response to the visual prompts, RSC demonstrates reliable task performance across a variety of object types. Experiments across various simulated and real-world environments demonstrate that RSC significantly enhances policy generalization in target environments.

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@article{arxiv.2603.09712,
  title  = {Robotic Scene Cloning:Advancing Zero-Shot Robotic Scene Adaptation in Manipulation via Visual Prompt Editing},
  author = {Binyuan Huang and Yuqing Wen and Yucheng Zhao and Yaosi Hu and Tiancai Wang and Chang Wen Chen and Haoqiang Fan and Zhenzhong Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.09712},
  year   = {2026}
}