Oberseminar : Humanoid Robots

In this oberseminar, we will discuss different scientific papers and research software for the development of humanoid robots and their diverse applications. The Oberseminar will be in English.

Topics that will be covered in the Oberseminar: 

Foundational Models for Robotics: OpenVLA: An Open-Source Vision-Language-Action Model, Vision-Language-Action Models for Robotics: A Review Towards Real-World Applications, V-JEPA 2: Self-Supervised Video Models Enable Understanding, Prediction and Planning,  Causal video-action world model for generalist robot control, Le World Model

3D Scene Representation: What Is The Best 3D Scene Representation for Robotics? From Geometric to Foundation Models, A Step Toward World Models: A Survey on Robotic Manipulation,  SpatialVLA: Exploring Spatial Representations for Visual-Language-Action Models, 3DS-VLA: A 3D Spatial-Aware Vision Language Action Model for Robust Multi-Task Manipulation, (SLAM Handbook) 

Humanoid Locomotion/Manipulation: Humanoid Locomotion and Manipulation: Current Progress and Challenges in Control, Planning, and Learning. HuMI (Humanoid whole body manipulations from robot-free demonstrations), EGOHUMANOID | Human-to-Humanoid Transfer for Loco-Manipulation, Ψ₀: An Open Foundation Model Towards Universal Humanoid Loco-Manipulation, HumanoidBench (Benchmark for humanoid robot tasks),  NVlabs/GR00T-WholeBodyControl (Control for Humanoid Robots),

Robot navigation and autonomy: Navigation World Models,  OmniPlanner: Universal Exploration and Inspection Path Planning across Robot Morphologies, 

Humanoid Mechanics: Berkeley Humanoid Lite: An Open-source, Accessible, and Customizable 3D-printed Humanoid Robot, How to Build a Humanoid Robot: Parts, Tools & Skills (2026), HOPEJr: HOPEJr_open-source_DIY_Humanoid_Robot_with_dexterous_hands, Robot Manual Unitree G1 (宇树科技 文档中心), Booster K1 | Introductory Embodied Development Platform, Open-Sourced Components from Figure Robotics, 

Human Robot Interaction: HRI 2025 Best papers, A Systematic Review of XR-Enabled Remote Human-Robot Interaction Systems, Frontiers | Exploring the ethical, legal, and social implications of cybernetic avatars, Humanoid Robots and Humanoid AI: Review, Perspectives and Directions

Curated Lists of Papers/Projects: GitHub - YanjieZe/awesome-humanoid-robot-learning: A Paper List for Humanoid Robot Learning, GitHub - knightnemo/Awesome-World-Models: A Curated List of Awesome Works in World Modeling, GitHub - JiahuaDong/Awesome-World-Models,GitHub - keon/awesome-physical-ai: A curated list of academic papers and resources on Physical AI, 

Related Oberseminars : Virtual Humans, Mixed Reality & AI

Preparatory Meetings (Summer 2026) 

8th May: Visit to HTWK Robots ? 

15th May: Feedback on the first reading of the papers 

List of Presentations (Summer 2026) : 

5th June: 3D Scene Representations 

12th June: Humanoid Mechanics:

Johannes Dietzel : Berkeley Humanoid, 

Lukas Gutjahr : Hope-Jr, 

19th June: Humanoid Mechanics + Foundational Models 

Marek Achilles : Getting Up, 

Dario Daßler : Open-VLA, (Figure.Helix), 

26th June: Robot navigation and Path planning 

Bruno Köhler: Navigation world models, 

Max Fritsche: Omniplanner, 

3rd July: Humanoid locomotion and intelligence 

Jakob Köppe : Human to Humanoid Transfer of Locomanipulation, 

Luis Maiworm: Humanoid Bench 

10th July : Human Robot Interaction 

Arun Engel: Social Robot Intervention for children with ASD, 

Fabian Haase: (Humanoid Robots Survey Paper)