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• The State of Robotics in 2026: A Citation-Grounded Survey of Research and Companies

  3 May, 2026

  A citation-grounded survey of robotics research as it stands in May 2026 — VLA foundation models (RT-2, OpenVLA, π0, π0.5, Helix, Gemini Robotics), imitation-learning architectures (Diffusion Policy, ACT/ALOHA, RDT-1B), cross-embodiment data (Open X-Embodiment, DROID), whole-body humanoid control (HOVER, ASAP, OmniH2O), reward design with LLMs (Eureka, DrEureka), world models for robotics (Cosmos, Genie, 1X), simulators (Isaac Lab, Genesis, RoboCasa), and the company landscape (Figure, Tesla, Boston Dynamics, Apptronik, Agility, 1X, Unitree, Physical Intelligence, Skild AI, XPENG, UBTECH, Fourier). With venue-by-venue references from ICLR, ICML, NeurIPS, CoRL, RSS, ICRA, and Science Robotics.