activity
20242026
collaborators

13 papers

cs.LG2026

Towards a Formal Definition of Agent Memory: Basis, Span, Optimality, and the Sequential Memory Problem

Hongyao Tang

Despite the wide deployment of memory in large-model agents, there is no unified formal account of what a memory is or when it is optimal. This paper takes a first step toward this…

cs.RO2026

Embodied-R1.5: Evolving Physical Intelligence via Embodied Foundation Models

Yifu Yuan, Yaoting Huang, Xianze Yao +20

We introduce Embodied-R1.5, a unified Embodied Foundation Model (EFM) that integrates comprehensive embodied reasoning capabilities, spanning embodied cognition, task planning, cor…

cs.AI2026

RoboPIN: Grounded Embodied Reasoning via Pinned Chain-of-Thought

Yaoting Huang, Yifu Yuan, Linqi Han +6

Embodied reasoning requires models to perceive task-relevant objects and spaces in physical environments and maintain consistent visual grounding throughout multi-step reasoning. H…

cs.LG2026

The Mirage of Optimizing Training Policies: Monotonic Inference Policies as the Real Objective for LLM Reinforcement Learning

Jing Liang, Hongyao Tang, Yi Ma +9

Reinforcement learning (RL) has gained growing attention in large language model (LLM) post-training, yet RL training remains fragile and can suffer from instability or collapse. O…

cs.NE2026

Bridging Evolutionary Algorithms and Reinforcement Learning: A Comprehensive Survey on Hybrid Algorithms

Pengyi Li, Jianye Hao, Hongyao Tang +3

Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning (ERL), which integrates Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) and Reinforcement Learning (RL) for optimization, has demonstrated remarkable performance…

cs.RO2026

ForceFlow: Learning to Feel and Act via Contact-Driven Flow Matching

Shuoheng Zhang, Yifu Yuan, Hongyao Tang +7

Existing imitation learning methods enable robots to interact autonomously with the physical environment. However, contact-rich manipulation tasks remain a significant challenge du…