Universal Robots Research

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  • UR20 pose-accuracy paper evaluates Universal Robots arm under ISO 9283 testing - 2026-06-22 - Research Publication - The paper reports experimental pose-accuracy testing of the UR20 robot from Universal Robots. The experiments follow ISO 9283 guidelines and use an OptiTrack vision system to record robot positions. - source: doi.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
  • ROBOGATE: Adaptive Failure Discovery for Safe Robot Policy Deployment via Two-Stage Boundary-Focused Sampling - 2026-03-23 - Research Publication - Deploying learned robot manipulation policies in industrial settings requires rigorous pre-deployment validation, yet exhaustive testing across high-dimensional parameter spaces is intractable. The work is explicitly tied… - 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. The work is explicitly tied to UR3e, making the… - 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 paper validates tactile insertion learning on Universal Robots UR3e - 2025-12-03 - Research Publication - ContactRL presents a reinforcement-learning approach for contact-rich insertion tasks using tactile perception. The real-world validation uses a Universal Robots UR3e arm in the robotic insertion setup. - 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
  • Preference-Driven Active 3D Scene Representation for Robotic Inspection in Nuclear Decommissioning - 2025-04-02 - Research Publication - The study proposes a real-time shared-control framework for active 3D scene representation in robotic inspection. The work addresses operator-specific objectives such as safety-critical coverage and task-driven viewpoints… - source: arxiv.org
  • Multimodal HRI paper evaluates LLM-guided voice and posture interaction on Universal Robots UR3e - 2025-01-01 - Research Publication - The paper presents a natural multimodal fusion system combining voice and deictic posture for human-robot interaction via a large language model. The system is evaluated on real-world tasks of varying complexity using a… - source: arxiv.org
  • TrojanRobot paper evaluates physical robotic backdoor attacks on Universal Robots UR3e - 2024-11-18 - Research Publication - TrojanRobot studies physical-world backdoor attacks against robotic manipulation policies. The experimental setup includes a Universal Robots UR3e arm carrying a Robotiq Hand-E gripper. - source: arxiv.org
  • Failure Prediction from Limited Hardware Demonstrations - 2024-10-11 - Research Publication - Prediction of failures in real-world robotic systems either requires accurate model information or extensive testing. Partial knowledge of the system model makes simulation-based failure prediction unreliable. The work is… - source: arxiv.org
  • Robotic ultrasound paper studies image acquisition with Universal Robots UR3e - 2024-10-04 - Research Publication - The paper studies robotic ultrasound image acquisition using diffusion models and partially observable Markov decision processes. The robotic imaging setup uses a Universal Robots UR3e arm for ultrasound probe positioning. - source: arxiv.org
  • Reinforcement Learning Approach to Optimizing Profilometric Sensor Trajectories for Surface Inspection - 2024-09-05 - Research Publication - High-precision surface defect detection in manufacturing is essential for ensuring quality control. Laser triangulation profilometric sensors are key to this process, providing detailed and accurate surface measurements… - source: arxiv.org

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