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Training deep learning methods on small time series datasets that also include corrupted samples is challenging. Diffusion models have shown to be effective to generate realistic and synthetic data, and correct corrupted samples through…

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Diffusion policies have demonstrated strong performance in generative modeling, making them promising for robotic manipulation guided by natural language instructions. However, generalizing language-conditioned diffusion policies to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Ce Hao , Kelvin Lin , Zhiwei Xue , Siyuan Luo , Harold Soh

Equipping autonomous robots with the ability to navigate safely and efficiently around humans is a crucial step toward achieving trusted robot autonomy. However, generating robot plans while ensuring safety in dynamic multi-agent…

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We introduce Diffusion Active Learning, a novel approach that combines generative diffusion modeling with data-driven sequential experimental design to adaptively acquire data for inverse problems. Although broadly applicable, we focus on…

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Given a dataset of expert trajectories, standard imitation learning approaches typically learn a direct mapping from observations (e.g., RGB images) to actions. However, such methods often overlook the rich interplay between different…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Zixuan Huang , Huaidian Hou , Dmitry Berenson

With the great success of diffusion models (DMs) in generating realistic synthetic vision data, many researchers have investigated their potential in decision-making and control. Most of these works utilized DMs to sample directly from the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Hanye Zhao , Xiaoshen Han , Zhengbang Zhu , Minghuan Liu , Yong Yu , De-Chuan Zhan , Weinan Zhang

Diffusion-based visuomotor policies effectively capture multimodal action distributions through iterative denoising, but their high inference latency limits real-time robotic control. Recent flow matching and consistency-based methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Chongyang Xu , Yixian Zou , Ziliang Feng , Fanman Meng , Shuaicheng Liu

Achieving generalizable and precise robotic manipulation across diverse environments remains a critical challenge, largely due to limitations in spatial perception. While prior imitation-learning approaches have made progress, their…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Yiqi Huang , Travis Davies , Jiahuan Yan , Jiankai Sun , Xiang Chen , Luhui Hu

Diffusion models have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in image generation tasks, including image editing and video creation, representing a good understanding of the physical world. On the other line, diffusion models have also shown…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Yanjiang Guo , Yucheng Hu , Jianke Zhang , Yen-Jen Wang , Xiaoyu Chen , Chaochao Lu , Jianyu Chen

Causal reasoning can be considered a cornerstone of intelligent systems. Having access to an underlying causal graph comes with the promise of cause-effect estimation and the identification of efficient and safe interventions. However,…

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The field of general-purpose robotics has recently embraced powerful probabilistic diffusion-based models to learn the complex embodiment behaviours. However, existing models often come with significant trade-offs, namely high computational…

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Existing imitation learning methods decouple perception and action, which overlooks the causal reciprocity between sensory representations and action execution that humans naturally leverage for adaptive behaviors. To bridge this gap, we…

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Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DPMs) have recently demonstrated impressive results on various generative tasks.Despite its promises, the learned representations of pre-trained DPMs, however, have not been fully understood. In this paper,…

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Learning high-performance control policies that remain consistent with expert behavior is a fundamental challenge in robotics. Reinforcement learning can discover high-performing strategies but often departs from desirable human behavior,…

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Artificial neural networks, especially recent diffusion-based models, have shown remarkable superiority in gaming, control, and QA systems, where the training tasks' datasets are usually static. However, in real-world applications, such as…

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A key challenge with procedure planning in instructional videos lies in how to handle a large decision space consisting of a multitude of action types that belong to various tasks. To understand real-world video content, an AI agent must…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-15 Fen Fang , Yun Liu , Ali Koksal , Qianli Xu , Joo-Hwee Lim

Generative models such as diffusion models, excel at capturing high-dimensional distributions with diverse input modalities, e.g. robot trajectories, but are less effective at multi-step constraint reasoning. Task and Motion Planning (TAMP)…

Human-level contact-rich manipulation relies on the distinct roles of two key modalities: vision provides spatially rich but temporally slow global context, while force sensing captures rapid, high-frequency local contact dynamics.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Wendi Chen , Han Xue , Yi Wang , Fangyuan Zhou , Jun Lv , Yang Jin , Shirun Tang , Chuan Wen , Cewu Lu

The current dominant paradigm in sensorimotor control, whether imitation or reinforcement learning, is to train policies directly in raw action spaces such as torque, joint angle, or end-effector position. This forces the agent to make…

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