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URDF-Anything: Constructing Articulated Objects with 3D Multimodal Language Model

arXiv 2511.00940 ↗First posted 2 Nov 2025cs.RO cs.AIcited by 20

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Abstract (arXiv)

Constructing accurate digital twins of articulated objects is essential for robotic simulation training and embodied AI world model building, yet historically requires painstaking manual modeling or multi-stage pipelines. In this work, we propose URDF-Anything, an end-to-end automatic reconstruction framework based on a 3D multimodal large language model (MLLM). URDF-Anything utilizes an autoregressive prediction framework based on point-cloud and text multimodal input to jointly optimize geometric segmentation and kinematic parameter prediction. It implements a specialized [SEG] token mechanism that interacts directly with point cloud features, enabling fine-grained part-level segmentation while maintaining consistency with the kinematic parameter predictions. Experiments on both simulated and real-world datasets demonstrate that our method significantly outperforms existing approaches regarding geometric segmentation (mIoU 17% improvement), kinematic parameter prediction (average error reduction of 29%), and physical executability (surpassing baselines by 50%). Notably, our method exhibits excellent generalization ability, performing well even on objects outside the training set. This work provides an efficient solution for constructing digital twins for robotic simulation, significantly enhancing the sim-to-real transfer capability.

Key facts. Cited by 20 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Embodied and robot world models, one of 11 directions in World models. Builds on 21 of its 31 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 2 Nov 2025.

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  1. 2023LiDAR-LLM: Exploring the Potential of Large Language Models for 3D LiDAR Understandingcited by 95
  2. 2024Articulate-Anything: Automatic Modeling of Articulated Objects via a Vision-Language Foundation Modelcited by 90
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  1. 2025PhysX-Anything: Simulation-Ready Physical 3D Assets from Single Imagecited by 32
  2. 2026Articraft: An Agentic System for Scalable Articulated 3D Asset Generationcited by 25
  3. 2026ArtLLM: Generating Articulated Assets via 3D LLMcited by 8
  4. 2026PhysX-Omni: Unified Simulation-Ready Physical 3D Generation for Rigid, Deformable, and Articulated Objectscited by 7
  5. 2025SPARK: Sim-ready Part-level Articulated Reconstruction with VLM Knowledgecited by 6
  6. 2025ArtiWorld: LLM-Driven Articulation of 3D Objects in Scenescited by 3
  7. 2026SIMART: Decomposing Monolithic Meshes into Sim-ready Articulated Assets via MLLMcited by 3
  8. 2026Instruct-Particulate: Scaling Feed-Forward 3D Object Articulation with Kinematic Controlcited by 2
  9. 2026MotionAnymesh: Physics-Grounded Articulation for Simulation-Ready Digital Twinscited by 1
  10. 2026ArtMesh: Part-Aware Articulated Mesh Fields with Motion-Consistent Dynamicscited by 1
  11. 2026GraspFoM: Towards Reconstruction-Driven Robotic Grasping with 3D Foundation Priorscited by 1
  12. 2026NeoWorld-Pro: Programming Interactive Scenes from Monocular Images for Embodied Simulationcited by 1
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  1. 20263D Generation for Embodied AI and Robotic Simulation: A Surveycited by 0
  2. 2026PhysX-CoT: Structured Physical Reasoning from a Single Image to Simulation-Ready 3D Assetscited by 0
  3. 2026ArtLang: Structured Language-to-Kinematics Grounding for Articulated 3D Actuationcited by 0
  4. 2026FAMOS: Feed-Forward 3D Articulation Modeling from Sparse Observationscited by 0
  5. 2026DiagGen: Agentic Generation of Deformable Assets with Sim-based Diagnostics for Robotic Simulationcited by 0
  6. 2026AgentSTAR: Agentic Shape Tracking and Reconstruction from Monocular Videoscited by 0
  7. 2026Fysiverse-3D-Vision Technical Report: Generating Executable 3D Worlds from Images through Unified Spatial Reasoningcited by 0
  8. 2026FACT: Fidelity-Aware Construction of Articulated Twinscited by 0

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  1. 2025Articulate AnyMesh: Open-Vocabulary 3D Articulated Objects Modeling
  2. 2026Articulated Object Reconstruction from Rest-State Observation
  3. 2025ArtGen: Conditional Generative Modeling of Articulated Objects in Arbitrary Part-Level States
  4. 2026ArtiMo: Agent-Driven Articulated Mesh Animation
  5. 2025KineDiff3D: Kinematic-Aware Diffusion for Category-Level Articulated Object Shape Reconstruction and Generation
  6. 2026UnfoldArt: Zero-Shot Recovery of Full Articulated 3D Objects from Text or Image
  7. 2026ArticuTable: Generating Instance-Level Interactive Rigid-Articulated 3D Tabletop Scenes from a Single Image
  8. 2026PWM-ArtGen: Part World Model for Articulated Object Generation