Carnegie Mellon University

Ranking

Rank

#1 of 102

Score

95.9 / 100

ICRA + IROS papers 2023–2025

354OpenAlex query, Oct 19, 2026

GitHub stars (lab orgs)

16kOct 17, 2026

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Labs

Robotics labs on GitHub

• Learning and Control for Agile Robotics Lab (LeCAR)github.com/LeCAR-Lab · 8.6k stars
• AirLab (Robotics Institute)github.com/castacks · 2.6k stars
• Robotic Exploration Labgithub.com/RoboticExplorationLab · 1.6k stars
• Robot Perception Labgithub.com/rpl-cmu · 1.2k stars
• Intelligent Control Labgithub.com/intelligent-control-lab · 732 stars
• Bot Intelligence Group (BIG)github.com/cmubig · 265 stars
• Intent Robotics Labgithub.com/CMU-IntentLab · 149 stars
• Transportation, Bots, and Disability Labgithub.com/CMU-TBD · 134 stars
• R-Pad (Robots Perceiving and Doing)github.com/r-pad · 119 stars
• Momentum Robotics Labgithub.com/momentum-robotics-lab · 106 stars
• Biorobotics Labgithub.com/biorobotics · 104 stars
• Robotic Caregiving and Human Interaction Labgithub.com/RCHI-Lab · 76 stars
• LAIRLab (Drew Bagnell)github.com/LAIRLAB · 32 stars
• Robot Software Systems Labgithub.com/cmu-rss-lab · 30 stars
• Driverless Intelligent Vehicle Labgithub.com/DRIVE-LAB-CMU · 23 stars
• Planetary Robotics Labgithub.com/PlanetaryRobotics · 22 stars
• Manufacturing Futures Institutegithub.com/cmu-mfi · 11 stars

Papers

On Robotics Center (817)

Papers with at least one Carnegie Mellon University author that have a summary page here: ICRA and IROS papers, and arXiv preprints since Jan 1, 2026; the 204 most recent are listed.

1. Can Capability Enhancement be Localized?arXiv · Oct 15, 2026
2. Learning When to Think: Utility-Guided Adaptive Reasoning for Efficient Text RetrievalarXiv · Oct 15, 2026
3. Librarian Agents: Training LLMs to Curate Long-Context Workspaces that Anticipate Future QueriesarXiv · Oct 15, 2026
4. Moral Combat: Exploiting Moral Foundations Theory to Jailbreak LLMsarXiv · Oct 14, 2026
5. Replicable Dueling BanditsarXiv · Oct 14, 2026
6. SNOAR: Self-training with Noise filtering, Observation adding, and Remixing for Speech Denoising Without Clean ReferencesarXiv · Oct 14, 2026
7. Tiered-Resolution Volumetric Mapping for Real-Time Simultaneous Planning and Mapping on Natural Outdoor EnvironmentsarXiv · Oct 14, 2026
8. Training Language Models to Fail GracefullyarXiv · Oct 14, 2026
9. What Breaks in Multi-Image Schema Application? Factorial Oracle Interventions Reveal an Instance-Information BottleneckarXiv · Oct 14, 2026
10. When Do Discrete Actions Make Good Continuous Controllers?arXiv · Oct 14, 2026
11. Interaction-as-a-JudgearXiv · Oct 13, 2026
12. Into the Unknown: Benchmarking AI agents on open scientific research problemsarXiv · Oct 13, 2026
13. Knowing the User Is Not Knowing What We Established: Grounding Awareness in Personal AgentsarXiv · Oct 13, 2026
14. Learning from fracture: Teaching language models to design through physical experiencearXiv · Oct 13, 2026
15. Learning Robot Policies for Whole-Body Mobility Assistance via Dynamic Human Motion GenerationarXiv · Oct 13, 2026
16. Truthful and Expected-Payment-Optimal Model Routing in Graph-Based Agentic WorkflowsarXiv · Oct 13, 2026
17. Two Clocks: Why Larger Rollout Batches Learn Slower but Fail on Schedule in Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable RewardsarXiv · Oct 13, 2026
18. Correct Choices, Failed Sequences: Choice2Seq Benchmarks Correctness Retention Across Output InterfacesarXiv · Oct 12, 2026
19. Force-Modulated Dexterity: Unified Compliance for Contact-Rich ManipulationarXiv · Oct 12, 2026
20. MIRROR: Reflecting Hidden Symmetries from Offline Robot Interaction DataarXiv · Oct 12, 2026
21. Robustly Reliable Learning for RegressionarXiv · Oct 12, 2026
22. X-Ragent: Tool-Augmented Reinforcement Learning for Evidence-Grounded Chest X-Ray ReasoningarXiv · Oct 12, 2026
23. ADAPT: Audio-Depth Action Planning with Transition-Aware Rewards for Lights-Out Industrial NavigationarXiv · Oct 11, 2026
24. PhySimCode: A Benchmark and Evaluation Method for Physics Video to Code GenerationarXiv · Oct 11, 2026
25. Scalable Weak-to-Strong Verifier Hardening for Agent EnvironmentsarXiv · Oct 11, 2026

ICRA + IROS 2023–2025 (354)

Every paper OpenAlex lists for Carnegie Mellon University in the ICRA proceedings and at IROS, most recent first, as of Oct 19, 2026. Titles open our paper page when we have one, otherwise the publisher's DOI page.

1. A Comprehensive Evaluation of LiDAR Odometry Techniques ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
2. Accelerating Focal Search in Multi-Agent Path Finding with Tighter Lower Bounds ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
3. Acoustic Neural 3D Reconstruction Under Pose Drift ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
4. Bag-of-Word-Groups (BoWG): A Robust and Efficient Loop Closure Detection Method Under Perceptual AliasingIROS · Oct 19, 2025Paper page on Robotics Center
5. Benchmarking Shortcutting Techniques for Multi-Robot-Arm Motion PlanningIROS · Oct 19, 2025Paper page on Robotics Center
6. CAP: A Connectivity-Aware Hierarchical Coverage Path Planning Algorithm for Unknown Environments using Coverage Guidance Graph ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
7. Controllable Traffic Simulation through LLM-Guided Hierarchical Reasoning and Refinement ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
8. Distance and Collision Probability Estimation from Gaussian Surface Models ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
9. Disturbance Observer-based Control Barrier Functions with Residual Model Learning for Safe Reinforcement Learning ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
10. DTactive: A Vision-Based Tactile Sensor with Active Surface ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
11. Enhancing Autonomous Driving Safety with Collision Scenario Integration ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
12. Eye-In-Finger: Smart Fingers for Delicate Assembly and Disassembly of LEGO ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
13. Focus Bug: Learning Environmental Awareness for Efficient Mapless Navigation ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
14. Generalizable Humanoid Manipulation with 3D Diffusion Policies ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
15. Generalized Locomotion in Out-of-distribution Conditions with Robust Transformer ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
16. Incremental Learning for Robot Shared Autonomy ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
17. Learning Generalizable Feature Fields for Mobile Manipulation ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
18. LLA-MPC: Fast Adaptive Control for Autonomous Racing ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
19. Low-Fidelity Visuo-Tactile Pre-Training Improves Vision-Only Manipulation Performance ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
20. Mixed Integer Conic Programming for Multi-Agent Motion Planning in Continuous Space ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
21. Multi-Cali Anything: Dense Feature Multi-Frame Structure-from-Motion for Large-Scale Camera Array Calibration ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
22. Neural MP: A Neural Motion Planner ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
23. On the Design of Fast-Response Variable-Stiffness Continuum Robot with Electro-permanent Magnet-based Ball Joints ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
24. PIPE Planner: Pathwise Information Gain with Map Predictions for Indoor Robot Exploration ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
25. QuietPaw: Learning Quadrupedal Locomotion with Versatile Noise Preference Alignment ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025