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  • Learning Asynchronous Upper-body Task-space Trajectory Tracking Policy for Humanoid Robots - 2026-06-24 - Research Publication - The paper “Learning Asynchronous Upper-body Task-space Trajectory Tracking Policy for Humanoid Robots” was published on June 24, 2026. The arXiv paper studies asynchronous upper-body task-space tracking on Unitree G1. The… - source: arxiv.org
  • TaskNPoint: How to Teach Your Humanoid to Hit a Backhand in Minutes - 2026-06-24 - Research Publication - The paper “TaskNPoint: How to Teach Your Humanoid to Hit a Backhand in Minutes” was published on June 24, 2026. The arXiv paper teaches dynamic backhand-hitting skills on a Unitree G1 humanoid. The study’s named evaluation… - source: arxiv.org
  • StairMaster paper deploys hollow-stair locomotion policy on Unitree Go2 - 2026-06-24 - Research Publication - StairMaster is a three-stage reinforcement-learning framework for quadruped locomotion on risky hollow stairs. The paper deploys the policy on a Unitree Go2 robot and reports zero-shot stair climbing up to a 55-degree… - source: arxiv.org
  • RoboAtlas paper evaluates contextual active SLAM on Unitree Go2 - 2026-06-24 - Research Publication - RoboAtlas combines frontier exploration, global semantic-map reasoning, and egocentric VLM reasoning for contextual Active SLAM. The system is evaluated on a Unitree Go2 in real-world environments exceeding 1,800 square… - source: arxiv.org
  • Wheeled-quadruped racing paper controls load transfer on Unitree Go2-W - 2026-06-24 - Research Publication - The paper presents a hierarchical MPC and reinforcement-learning framework for active roll control during autonomous wheeled-quadruped racing. The controller uses a vehicle-dynamics bicycle model of the Unitree Go2-W… - source: arxiv.org
  • fARfetch: Enabling Collocated AR-HRC in Large Visually Diverse Environments with VLM-Driven AR Content Adaptation - 2026-06-23 - Research Publication - The arXiv paper uses Unitree Go2 for collocated augmented-reality human-robot collaboration in visually diverse environments. The study’s named evaluation platform is Go2 from Unitree. - source: arxiv.org
  • RGB: RL Guided Whole-Body MPPI for Humanoid Control - 2026-06-23 - Research Publication - The arXiv paper combines reinforcement learning and MPPI for whole-body humanoid control on Unitree G1. The study’s named evaluation platform is G1 from Unitree. - source: arxiv.org
  • TEXEDO: Test Time Scaling for Controller-aware Language-conditioned Humanoid Motion Generation - 2026-06-22 - Research Publication - The paper “TEXEDO: Test Time Scaling for Controller-aware Language-conditioned Humanoid Motion Generation” was published on June 22, 2026. The arXiv paper studies controller-aware language-conditioned humanoid motion… - source: arxiv.org
  • LP-NavOA: Integrated Local Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance for Humanoid Robots under Limited Perception - 2026-06-22 - Research Publication - The arXiv paper evaluates local navigation and obstacle avoidance on Unitree G1 under limited perception. The study’s named evaluation platform is G1 from Unitree. - source: arxiv.org
  • CoorDex: Coordinating Body and Hand Priors for Continuous Dexterous Humanoid Loco-Manipulation - 2026-06-22 - Research Publication - The arXiv paper coordinates body and hand priors for continuous dexterous loco-manipulation on Unitree G1. The study’s named evaluation platform is G1 from Unitree. - source: arxiv.org
  • VQActFlow: Vector-Quantized Action Mode Steering for Multi-Task Robot Manipulation - 2026-06-19 - Research Publication - The paper “VQActFlow: Vector-Quantized Action Mode Steering for Multi-Task Robot Manipulation” was published on June 19, 2026. The arXiv paper studies vector-quantized action-mode steering for multi-task robot manipulation… - source: arxiv.org
  • Long-Distance Real-World Navigation of the Legged-Wheeled Robot Go2-W Using Deep Reinforcement Learning - 2026-06-19 - Research Publication - The paper builds a deep-reinforcement-learning locomotion controller and autonomous navigation system for the commercially available Go2-W. The controller extends a proprioception-only quadruped policy to the 16-DoF… - source: arxiv.org
  • Duet: Dual-Robot Understanding via Efficient Teaching - 2026-06-18 - Research Publication - The paper “Duet: Dual-Robot Understanding via Efficient Teaching” was published on June 18, 2026. The arXiv paper studies dual-robot understanding via efficient teaching with Unitree G1. The study’s named evaluation… - source: arxiv.org
  • ForEnt dataset paper collects forest-entrapment data with Unitree Go2 - 2026-06-18 - Research Publication - ForEnt is a multi-modal dataset for studying quadruped robot entrapments in forest environments. The dataset is collected with a Unitree Go2 quadruped across eight forest sites to characterize vegetation-related failure… - source: arxiv.org
  • HALOMI: Learning Humanoid Loco-Manipulation with Active Perception from Human Demonstrations - 2026-06-17 - Research Publication - The arXiv paper learns humanoid loco-manipulation with active perception from human demonstrations on Unitree G1. The study’s named evaluation platform is G1 from Unitree. - source: arxiv.org
  • Steering Generative Reinforcement Learning into Stable Robotic Controller - 2026-06-15 - Research Publication - The paper “Steering Generative Reinforcement Learning into Stable Robotic Controller” was published on June 15, 2026. The arXiv paper studies stable generative reinforcement-learning controllers on Unitree G1. The study’s… - source: arxiv.org
  • SemGeoNav paper evaluates safety-guided visual navigation on Unitree Go2 - 2026-06-15 - Research Publication - SemGeoNav integrates semantic reasoning with geometric planning for safer visual navigation in open environments. The approach is evaluated on a Unitree Go2 quadruped robot in real-world navigation experiments. - source: arxiv.org
  • FlashNav paper trains deployable navigation policies for Unitree Go2 within seconds - 2026-06-14 - Research Publication - FlashNav is a GPU-first framework for ultra-fast range-based robot navigation policy training. Experiments include TurtleBot2 and Unitree Go2, with deployable policies trained in seconds-level wall-clock time. - source: arxiv.org
  • LoComposition paper deploys terrain-adaptive quadruped locomotion on Unitree Go2 - 2026-06-14 - Research Publication - LoComposition decomposes quadruped locomotion into task rewards, operational constraints, energy minimization, and terrain-adaptive exteroceptive perception. The paper reports robust zero-shot deployment on a physical… - source: arxiv.org
  • Kine2Go paper releases kinematic dataset for Unitree Go2 gaits and motions - 2026-06-12 - Research Publication - Kine2Go introduces a kinematic dataset for the Unitree Go2 robot covering diverse gaits and motions. The dataset contains 800 gait-kinematics trajectory records derived from 40 distinct policies and translated to a… - source: arxiv.org
  • AgniNav paper transfers monocular local navigation to Unitree Go2 - 2026-06-09 - Research Publication - Researchers published AgniNav and documented cross-embodiment monocular navigation experiments that included a Unitree Go2. AgniNav standardizes cross-embodiment monocular local navigation through a configurable… - source: arxiv.org
  • PTDL:Multi-Terrain Fall Recovery via Phase-Terrain Decoupled Learning - 2026-06-08 - Research Publication - Humanoid robots can fall on slopes, gravel, and uneven ground in unstructured environments. We target integrated fall recovery and locomotion: rebuilding balance from a fallen state using proprioception alone and resuming…… - source: arxiv.org
  • MotionWAM: Towards Foundation World Action Models for Real-Time Humanoid Loco-Manipulation - 2026-06-08 - Research Publication - World Action Models (WAMs) couple a video dynamics prior to the policy and have shown encouraging results on tabletop manipulation, but iterative denoising over high-dimensional video-action latents leaves them too slow… - source: arxiv.org
  • Semantic-skill discovery paper validates multi-quadruped coordination on Unitree Go2 teams - 2026-06-06 - Research Publication - Researchers published a semantic-skill discovery method and validated coordinated rollouts with teams of Unitree Go2 quadrupeds. The paper studies continual quadruped robot coordination through semantic skill discovery.… - source: arxiv.org
  • Cooperative Long Rope Skipping via Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning - 2026-06-06 - Research Publication - Humans exhibit remarkable motor agility, enabling a wide range of dynamic skills such as running and jumping, which highlights the great potential of humanoid robots for athletic locomotion. G1 is the evaluation platform… - source: arxiv.org
  • Predictive Style Matching: Natural and Robust Humanoid Locomotion - 2026-06-05 - Research Publication - Reinforcement learning has become the prevailing approach to humanoid locomotion control: policies transfer reliably from simulation to hardware and recover gracefully from disturbances. G1 is the hardware platform used… - source: arxiv.org
  • Hierarchical object-representation paper evaluates perception with Unitree B2 dataset - 2026-06-02 - Research Publication - The paper studies hierarchical object representation for spatial robot perception using points, meshes, and superquadrics. It evaluates perception on a dataset collected with a Unitree B2 robot platform. - source: arxiv.org
  • Library service-robot navigation paper builds ROS 2 stack on Unitree Go2 Edu - 2026-06-02 - Research Publication - The paper presents a ROS 2 autonomous-navigation system for a Unitree Go2 Edu quadruped operating in library aisles and cluttered reader spaces. The stack combines RTAB-Map, AMCL, EKF sensor fusion, Nav2 planning, A*, and… - source: arxiv.org
  • State-dependent AMP paper unifies G1 walking, running, and fall recovery - 2026-05-18 - Research Publication - The paper introduces a state-dependent adversarial motion prior framework that lets one policy handle walking, running, and fall recovery on Unitree G1. Hardware experiments validate a single frozen ONNX policy running at… - source: arxiv.org
  • MUJICA paper validates unified wheeled-legged control on Unitree Go2-W - 2026-05-13 - Research Publication - The MUJICA paper introduces a multi-skill unified control architecture for wheeled-legged robots balancing driving and legged locomotion. The authors validate the framework in simulation and real-world experiments on a… - source: arxiv.org

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