# GaussianArt: Unified Modeling of Geometry and Motion for Articulated Objects

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14891 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2508.14891/

## Key facts

- Cited by 17 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 71 of its 92 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 20 Aug 2025.

## Builds on (most cited first, 30 of 71)

- [Segment Anything](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.02643/) (2023)
- [3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.04079/) (2023)
- [SAM 2: Segment Anything in Images and Videos](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2408.00714/) (2024)
- [V-Net: Fully Convolutional Neural Networks for Volumetric Medical Image Segmentation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1606.04797/) (2016)
- [NeuS: Learning Neural Implicit Surfaces by Volume Rendering for Multi-view Reconstruction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2106.10689/) (2021)
- [LoFTR: Detector-Free Local Feature Matching with Transformers](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2104.00680/) (2021)
- [Neural Sparse Voxel Fields](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2007.11571/) (2020)
- [Deformable 3D Gaussians for High-Fidelity Monocular Dynamic Scene Reconstruction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.13101/) (2023)
- [SAPIEN: A SimulAted Part-based Interactive ENvironment](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2003.08515/) (2020)
- [Real-time Photorealistic Dynamic Scene Representation and Rendering with 4D Gaussian Splatting](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2310.10642/) (2023)
- [SplaTAM: Splat, Track & Map 3D Gaussians for Dense RGB-D SLAM](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2312.02126/) (2023)
- [SC-GS: Sparse-Controlled Gaussian Splatting for Editable Dynamic Scenes](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2312.14937/) (2023)
- [Shape of Motion: 4D Reconstruction from a Single Video](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.13764/) (2024)
- [MegaSaM: Accurate, Fast, and Robust Structure and Motion from Casual Dynamic Videos](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2412.04463/) (2024)
- [Gaussian-Flow: 4D Reconstruction with Dynamic 3D Gaussian Particle](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2312.03431/) (2023)
- [Where2Act: From Pixels to Actions for Articulated 3D Objects](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2101.02692/) (2021)
- [Learning Shape Abstractions by Assembling Volumetric Primitives](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1612.00404/) (2016)
- [Segment Any 3D Gaussians](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2312.00860/) (2023)
- [Category-Level Articulated Object Pose Estimation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1912.11913/) (2019)
- [Ditto: Building Digital Twins of Articulated Objects from Interaction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2202.08227/) (2022)
- [GAPartNet: Cross-Category Domain-Generalizable Object Perception and Manipulation via Generalizable and Actionable Parts](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2211.05272/) (2022)
- [GART: Gaussian Articulated Template Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.16099/) (2023)
- [Shape2Motion: Joint Analysis of Motion Parts and Attributes from 3D Shapes](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1903.03911/) (2019)
- [PARIS: Part-level Reconstruction and Motion Analysis for Articulated Objects](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.07391/) (2023)
- [A-SDF: Learning Disentangled Signed Distance Functions for Articulated Shape Representation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2104.07645/) (2021)
- [URDFormer: A Pipeline for Constructing Articulated Simulation Environments from Real-World Images](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.11656/) (2024)
- [CAPTRA: CAtegory-level Pose Tracking for Rigid and Articulated Objects from Point Clouds](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2104.03437/) (2021)
- [3D-PRNN: Generating Shape Primitives with Recurrent Neural Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1708.01648/) (2017)
- [OmniSeg3D: Omniversal 3D Segmentation via Hierarchical Contrastive Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.11666/) (2023)
- [Neural Implicit Representation for Building Digital Twins of Unknown Articulated Objects](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.01440/) (2024)

## Built on by (most cited first, 17 of 17)

- [Feedforward 3D Editing Learns from Semantic-Part Transformation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.27351/) (2026)
- [Kinematify: Open-Vocabulary Synthesis of High-DoF Articulated Objects](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.01294/) (2025)
- [ArtiCAD: Articulated CAD Assembly Design via Multi-Agent Code Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2604.10992/) (2026)
- [SPARK: Sim-ready Part-level Articulated Reconstruction with VLM Knowledge](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2512.01629/) (2025)
- [REArtGS++: Generalizable Articulation Reconstruction with Temporal Geometry Constraint via Planar Gaussian Splatting](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.17059/) (2025)
- [UniArt: Unified 3D Representation for Generating 3D Articulated Objects with Open-Set Articulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.21887/) (2025)
- [MotionAnymesh: Physics-Grounded Articulation for Simulation-Ready Digital Twins](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.12936/) (2026)
- [DreamPartGen: Semantically Grounded Part-Level 3D Generation via Collaborative Latent Denoising](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.19216/) (2026)
- [PAWS: Perception of Articulation in the Wild at Scale from Egocentric Videos](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.25539/) (2026)
- [GEAR: GEometry-motion Alternating Refinement for Articulated Object Modeling with Gaussian Splatting](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2604.07728/) (2026)
- [ArtMesh: Part-Aware Articulated Mesh Fields with Motion-Consistent Dynamics](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.16582/) (2026)
- [ArtSplat: Feed-Forward Articulated 3D Gaussian Splatting from Sparse Multi-State Uncalibrated Views](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.24304/) (2026)
- [NeoWorld-Pro: Programming Interactive Scenes from Monocular Images for Embodied Simulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.24212/) (2026)
- [ArtLang: Structured Language-to-Kinematics Grounding for Articulated 3D Actuation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.15419/) (2026)
- [SNAP3D: Physically Grounded 3D Parts for Assembly from a Single Image](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.13146/) (2026)
- [FAMOS: Feed-Forward 3D Articulation Modeling from Sparse Observations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.20817/) (2026)
- [Track2Art: Articulated Object Model Recovery with Visual-Geometric Track Representations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.27675/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Reconstructing articulated objects is essential for building digital twins of interactive environments. However, prior methods typically decouple geometry and motion by first reconstructing object shape in distinct states and then estimating articulation through post-hoc alignment. This separation complicates the reconstruction pipeline and restricts scalability, especially for objects with complex, multi-part articulation. We introduce a unified representation that jointly models geometry and motion using articulated 3D Gaussians. This formulation improves robustness in motion decomposition and supports articulated objects with up to 20 parts, significantly outperforming prior approaches that often struggle beyond 2--3 parts due to brittle initialization. To systematically assess scalability and generalization, we propose MPArt-90, a new benchmark consisting of 90 articulated objects across 20 categories, each with diverse part counts and motion configurations. Extensive experiments show that our method consistently achieves superior accuracy in part-level geometry reconstruction and motion estimation across a broad range of object types. We further demonstrate applicability to downstream tasks such as robotic simulation and human-scene interaction modeling, highlighting the potential of unified articulated representations in scalable physical modeling.