cs.RO · 2026-07-28 · No. 67

Robotics, 2026-07-28.

3 new papers in cs.RO. Titles, authors, abstracts. Links to arXiv. Want this in your inbox every morning? Subscribe →

01 — The papers

3 entries
  1. 01

    Not Forgotten: Implementation and Evaluation of a Personalized Episodic Memory for the Humanoid Robot Head Kim

    Steve Aschenbrenner, Marcel Heisler, Thomas Sievers, Christian Becker-Asano

    cs.RO · cs.AI · cs.HC

    Social robots that rely on large language models for conversation are unable to retain information across sessions. This absence of memory violates social expectations, potentially preventing the formation of persistent relationships. This paper presents a lightweight episodic memory module that integrates vector-based semantic retrieval with an LLM-controlled dialog system, deployed on the humanoid robot head Kim. The module employs a hybrid...

    arxiv.org/abs/2607.24190 · PDF

  2. 02

    A Case Study on the Acceptance of a Humanoid Robotic Head Employed in Three Public Spaces

    Marcel Heisler, Luca Randecker, Christian Becker-Asano

    cs.RO · cs.AI · cs.HC

    Previous research has shown that a human-like robot's acceptance heavily depends on the setting in which it operates and its ability to perform relevant tasks. This paper, first, reports on how our robot processes natural language to generate a multimodal, verbal response integrating emotional expressions based on an emotion simulation backend. Then, it describes how visitors were invited to speak with our robot in their own language at three...

    arxiv.org/abs/2607.24113 · PDF

  3. 03

    Embodied GPT-5.1: Evidence of a World Model?

    Roberto Spinelli, Thiago C. Martins

    cs.RO · cs.AI

    This exploratory study examines whether a large multimodal language model, GPT-5.1, can serve as the high-level controller of a physical mobile robot despite having no prior embodiment, no training in simulated environments, and no exposure to sensorimotor experience. Using only low-resolution first-person images and a discrete action set, the model was tasked with navigation and object-directed behaviors such as locating and contacting a...

    arxiv.org/abs/2607.23899 · PDF

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