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arxiv: 2605.22272 · v2 · pith:VKV62HWPnew · submitted 2026-05-21 · 💻 cs.RO · cs.CV

Imagine2Real: Towards Zero-shot Humanoid-Object Interaction via Video Generative Priors

Jiahe Chen , ZiRui Wang , Feiyu Jia , Xiao Chen , Xiaojie Niu , Weishuai Zeng , Tianfan Xue , Xiaowei Zhou
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keywords humanoid-object interactionzero-shot deploymentvideo generative priors4D point trajectoriesbehavior foundation modelkeypoints trackingwhole-body controlrobotics
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A keypoints tracker using only base, hands, and object points inside a behavior foundation model latent space enables zero-shot humanoid-object interactions from video priors.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper tries to establish that whole-body humanoid-object interactions can reach zero-shot physical deployment by representing motions as unified 4D point trajectories and limiting tracking to sparse base, hands, and object points inside a pre-trained behavior foundation model. This matters to a sympathetic reader because existing video-to-robot methods depend on scarce 3D data, explicit CAD models, and error-prone full-body retargeting that blocks practical use. By staying inside the model's latent space and using progressive training with basic tracking rewards, the method claims to produce natural gaits and robust behaviors without those extra steps.

Core claim

Imagine2Real resolves representation misalignment by formulating robot and object motions as unified 4D point trajectories. It overcomes retargeting complexity with a Keypoints Tracker that tracks only sparse critical points (base, hands, and object) and uses the latent space of a Behavior Foundation Model as the search domain. Progressive training with simple tracking rewards then produces robust behaviors that support zero-shot physical deployment within a motion capture system.

What carries the argument

The Keypoints Tracker, which searches motions inside the latent space of a pre-trained Behavior Foundation Model using only sparse base, hands, and object points derived from unified 4D point trajectories.

If this is right

  • Resolves representation misalignment between video and robot without reliance on geometric priors such as explicit CAD models.
  • Bypasses the error-amplifying full-body retargeting process by tracking only sparse critical points.
  • Maintains natural gaits and robust object interactions from sparse signals by restricting the search to the BFM latent space.
  • Enables zero-shot physical deployment of whole-body HOI after progressive training with simple tracking rewards.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If sparse base-hand-object tracking proves adequate, full-body retargeting pipelines may become unnecessary for many interaction tasks.
  • The method could reduce dependence on large dedicated 3D motion datasets by leveraging existing video generative priors.
  • A testable extension would be to apply the same tracker to new robot morphologies without retraining the underlying behavior model.

Load-bearing premise

Sparse tracking of only base, hands, and object points inside the BFM latent space is sufficient to produce natural gaits and robust interaction behaviors without geometric priors or full-body retargeting.

What would settle it

A physical mocap deployment trial in which the humanoid exhibits unstable gaits, dropped objects, or unnatural motion when performing previously unseen interactions after training with the sparse keypoints tracker.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.22272 by Feiyu Jia, Jiahe Chen, Jiangmiao Pang, Jingbo Wang, Tianfan Xue, Weishuai Zeng, Xiao Chen, Xiaojie Niu, Xiaowei Zhou, Zirui Wang.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: The Imagine2Real zero-shot deployment loop. Given (1) an image and text instruction, we [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p001_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Overview of the Imagine2Real framework. Top: The zero-shot real-world deployment pipeline synthesizes an interaction video, extracts unified 3D point trajectories via a points tracker, and executes the motion using the Keypoints Tracker and Interaction Adaptor. Bottom: The policy training adopts a three-stage progressive strategy: (1) training a BFM backbone (Encoder, Predictor, Decoder) on diverse whole-b… view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Qualitative results in simulation. Time-lapse sequences illustrate natural whole-body [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Qualitative results of zero-shot real-world deployment. Time-lapse sequences demonstrate [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_4.png] view at source ↗
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Whole-body Humanoid-Object Interaction (HOI) is bottlenecked by the scarcity of high-fidelity 3D data. While video generative priors offer a promising alternative, existing methods suffer from \textit{Representation Misalignment} due to their reliance on geometric priors (e.g., explicit CAD models), and \textit{Retargeting Complexity} arising from intensive morphing and morphological mismatch. We propose Imagine2Real, a zero-shot HOI framework for flexible, geometry-free interaction. To resolve misalignment, we formulate robot and object motions as unified 4D point trajectories. To overcome retargeting complexity, our Keypoints Tracker tracks only sparse critical points (base, hands, and object), entirely bypassing the error-amplifying retargeting process. To maintain natural gaits despite these sparse signals, we utilize the latent space of a Behavior Foundation Model (BFM) as the tracker's search domain. Using a progressive training strategy, Imagine2Real learns robust behaviors with simple tracking rewards, enabling zero-shot physical deployment within a motion capture(mocap) system.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper proposes Imagine2Real, a zero-shot framework for whole-body humanoid-object interaction (HOI) that leverages video generative priors to address data scarcity. It resolves representation misalignment via unified 4D point trajectories for robot and object motions, and overcomes retargeting complexity by using a Keypoints Tracker that follows only sparse critical points (base, hands, object) inside the latent space of a pre-trained Behavior Foundation Model (BFM). A progressive training strategy with simple tracking rewards is claimed to yield natural gaits and robust behaviors suitable for zero-shot physical deployment in a mocap system.

Significance. If the central claims hold, the work could meaningfully advance geometry-free HOI by bypassing CAD models and full-body retargeting, potentially enabling more flexible deployment from generative priors. The use of BFM latent space as a search domain for sparse tracking is a distinctive idea that might compensate for missing kinematic signals. However, the manuscript contains no quantitative results, ablations, or deployment data, so the practical significance remains unevaluable at present.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: No experiments, quantitative results, ablation studies, or implementation details are provided to substantiate whether unified 4D trajectories resolve misalignment, whether the sparse Keypoints Tracker in BFM latent space produces natural gaits without geometric priors, or whether progressive training enables the claimed zero-shot hardware deployment.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract, paragraph on Keypoints Tracker and BFM search domain: The assumption that tracking only base/hands/object points inside the BFM latent space suffices for natural whole-body motions and robust HOI (without full-body retargeting or geometric priors) is load-bearing for the zero-shot claim, yet no supporting analysis, ablation on keypoint sparsity, or comparison to direct tracking is given.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the detailed and constructive review. Below we respond point-by-point to the major comments on the abstract.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: No experiments, quantitative results, ablation studies, or implementation details are provided to substantiate whether unified 4D trajectories resolve misalignment, whether the sparse Keypoints Tracker in BFM latent space produces natural gaits without geometric priors, or whether progressive training enables the claimed zero-shot hardware deployment.

    Authors: The referee is correct that the submitted manuscript presents the Imagine2Real framework and its design rationale without accompanying quantitative experiments, ablations, or deployment metrics. The zero-shot claim is currently supported only by the architectural arguments (unified 4D trajectories, sparse tracking inside the BFM latent space, and progressive reward shaping) laid out in the methods. We will add a new experimental section containing simulation results, mocap deployment metrics, and basic implementation details in the revised manuscript. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract, paragraph on Keypoints Tracker and BFM search domain: The assumption that tracking only base/hands/object points inside the BFM latent space suffices for natural whole-body motions and robust HOI (without full-body retargeting or geometric priors) is load-bearing for the zero-shot claim, yet no supporting analysis, ablation on keypoint sparsity, or comparison to direct tracking is given.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the manuscript does not yet contain an ablation on keypoint sparsity or a direct comparison against full-body or direct-tracking baselines. The choice of sparse base/hands/object keypoints is justified in the text by the need to bypass retargeting error amplification while relying on the BFM prior to complete natural whole-body motion; however, empirical verification of this assumption is absent. We will include the requested ablation study and baseline comparison in the revision. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No derivation chain or equations present; no circularity detectable

full rationale

The provided abstract and manuscript excerpt contain only high-level descriptive claims about the method (unified 4D trajectories, sparse keypoints tracker inside BFM latent space, progressive training with tracking rewards). No equations, derivations, fitted parameters presented as predictions, self-citations invoked as load-bearing uniqueness theorems, or ansatzes are visible. Without any explicit derivation chain to inspect, no reduction to inputs by construction can be exhibited. This matches the default expectation for papers lacking technical derivation content.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Abstract-only review supplies no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the Behavior Foundation Model is treated as an external prior whose properties are not audited here.

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