Physical AI Radar · Weekly roundup · 2026-W42
16 picks published 2026-10-12 → 2026-10-18, grouped by lane. Titles link to the source; dates link to that day’s radar.
- Evidence tags: O = first-party official · R = paper/preprint · M = media/secondary
[O]1 ·[R]11 ·[M]4
Foundation models (VLA / WAM) (2)
[R]LeWAM: A JEPA World Action Model with Diffusion-Steering-Based MPC — arXiv 2610.12407 | 2026-10-12[R]Forward Dynamics Models — arXiv 2610.13117 |99.4%·13%| 2026-10-13
Data engine (collection / curation / scaling) (2)
[R]Generative Neural Retargeting for Human-to-Robot Dexterous Manipulation — arXiv 2610.12440 | 2026-10-12[M]产业出题,科技答题:2026 IEIC国际具身智能技能大赛,用真实岗位任务考核机器人落地能力 — 雷峰网 Leiphone | 2026-10-13
Training & self-improvement (RL / post-training) (3)
[R]SpatialHarness: Test-Time Spatial Scaffolding for Fine Robotic Manipulation — arXiv 2610.12457 |26.7%·66.7%·0%| 2026-10-12[R]Evo-RL: Iterative Robot Reinforcement Learning from Selective Experience — arXiv 2610.13345 |1,000 hours| 2026-10-13[M]百度世界2026将于11月12日在北京举办,主题为「下一幕,智能组织」 — 雷峰网 Leiphone | 2026-10-13
Simulation & evaluation (sim2real / closed-loop) (4)
[R]LiteNWM: Efficient Latent World Models for Onboard Visual Navigation in the Wild — arXiv 2610.12368 |17.56%·16.2%·43.3%| 2026-10-12[R]RoboAware: Learning to Coordinate Embodied Skills from Counterfactual Outcomes — arXiv 2610.11480 |100 tasks·77.0%·90.0%| 2026-10-12[R]AutoBio+: Benchmarking Dexterous Manipulation with Dynamic Experimental Phenomena in Realistic Laboratories — arXiv 2610.13643 |14 tasks| 2026-10-13[O]3D Gaussian Splatting in practice: Industry use cases — AWS Physical AI Blog | 2026-10-13
Edge & real-time (on-device inference / control rate) (3)
[R]Real-Time Motion Planning with Dynamic Hazards: Classical vs. Learning-Based Methods — arXiv 2610.12249 | 2026-10-12[R]WAND: Learning Robust Navigation under Complex Wind Disturbances and Dense Obstacles for Quadrotors — arXiv 2610.11809 | 2026-10-12[M]Closing the reality gap: Why real-time execution has become the new competitive advantage — The Robot Report | 2026-10-13
Safety, permissions & compliance (1)
[R]CSF: Contextual Safety Filtering for Motion Generators — arXiv 2610.12467 |90%·100%| 2026-10-12
Embodiment & supply chain (hardware / cost) (1)
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