Learning Action-Conditional and Object-Centric Gaussian Splatting World Models for Rigid Objects

Jens U. Kreber; Joerg Stueckler; Lukas Mack

arxiv: 2606.01950 · v1 · pith:2OCULL7Gnew · submitted 2026-06-01 · 💻 cs.RO · cs.CV· cs.LG

Learning Action-Conditional and Object-Centric Gaussian Splatting World Models for Rigid Objects

Jens U. Kreber , Lukas Mack , Joerg Stueckler This is my paper

Pith reviewed 2026-06-28 14:18 UTC · model grok-4.3

classification 💻 cs.RO cs.CVcs.LG

keywords modelobjectsrigidobjectgaussiansworldaction-conditionalactions

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The pith

Object-centric Gaussians in canonical frames let a spatio-temporal transformer predict rigid motions from action sequences in multi-object scenes.

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

The paper develops a world model that represents each rigid object as its own set of 3D Gaussians placed in a canonical frame. A novel spatio-temporal transformer then takes a history of these object Gaussians together with future actions and outputs the rigid-body transformations that will occur next. Because the representation separates shape from pose, the same Gaussians can describe arbitrary shapes and multiple interacting objects while the model is trained only on multi-view reconstructions. This matters for agents that must anticipate how their actions will rearrange everyday items without relying on hand-crafted meshes or full physics engines.

Core claim

By representing the scene by object-centric Gaussians, we can represent arbitrary object shapes and multi-object scenes. We develop a novel spatio-temporal transformer architecture that predicts future rigid body motion from a history of object Gaussians and future actions. Objects are represented by their Gaussians in a canonical frame, which allows for describing object motion as rigid body transformation. Our model is trained on reconstructions from multiple viewpoints, which requires the model to handle partial observations of objects due to occlusions.

What carries the argument

Object-centric Gaussians stored in a per-object canonical frame that encode shape while allowing all motion to be expressed as rigid transformations, processed by a spatio-temporal transformer conditioned on action history.

If this is right

The approach represents arbitrary object shapes and multi-object scenes without predefined meshes.
Future rigid-body motions are predicted directly from sequences of object Gaussians and planned actions.
Training on multi-view data forces the model to cope with occlusions and incomplete observations.
The resulting dynamics support model-predictive control for non-prehensile manipulation tasks in simulation.
Performance is measured on synthetic datasets of household objects undergoing robot end-effector interactions.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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

If the canonical-frame representation proves stable, the same Gaussians could be reused across different instances of similar objects for faster adaptation.
The method could be paired with online Gaussian splatting pipelines to maintain an up-to-date world model during physical robot operation.
Adding explicit uncertainty outputs from the transformer might improve safety margins when the model is used inside closed-loop controllers.
Testing whether the learned transformations remain accurate when object masses or friction coefficients change would reveal how much geometric information alone suffices for dynamics.
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Load-bearing premise

Objects remain rigid and can be consistently aligned to a shared canonical frame across partial observations so that motion reduces exactly to rigid-body transformations.

What would settle it

A sequence of multi-view images after a known pushing action on one object in an occluded multi-object scene, where the predicted Gaussian centers deviate measurably from the 3D positions recovered by an independent reconstruction method.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.01950 by Jens U. Kreber, Joerg Stueckler, Lukas Mack.

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: Prediction errors over horizon for different model variants, considering either all poses at [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_2.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: Predicted sequences over horizon 2.4 s (3 model invocations) and ground truth (atop predictions for each sequence) replayed in simulation. We select examples according to their combined prediction error rank from the top 10% quantile of pose changes (see text for details). Top row: Smallest and second smallest predicted error rank. Bottom left: Median error rank. Bottom right: Worst error rank. The object … view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: Examples for MPC performance with 5 objects and largest initial objective value. Top: [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_4.png] view at source ↗

read the original abstract

World models enable intelligent agents to predict the consequences of their actions on the environment. In this paper, we propose Multi Rigid Object Gaussian World Model (MRO-GWM), a novel model that learns action-conditional dynamics of rigid objects in 3D. By representing the scene by object-centric Gaussians, we can represent arbitrary object shapes and multi-object scenes. We develop a novel spatio-temporal transformer architecture that predicts future rigid body motion from a history of object Gaussians and future actions. Objects are represented by their Gaussians in a canonical frame, which allows for describing object motion as rigid body transformation. Our model is trained on reconstructions from multiple viewpoints, which requires the model to handle partial observations of objects due to occlusions. We analyze prediction performance of our approach on synthetic datasets composed of typical household objects with multi-object dynamics and interactions by a robot end effector. We also evaluate our model in model-predictive control for non-prehensile manipulation in simulation.

Editorial analysis

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Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit. Tearing a paper down is the easy half of reading it; the pith above is the substance, this is the friction.

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Object-centric Gaussians in canonical frames plus a spatio-temporal transformer for action-conditional rigid motion is a clean incremental idea, but the work stays in simulation on synthetic data.

read the letter

The one thing to know is that this paper builds a 3D world model for rigid objects by representing them with Gaussians in canonical frames and predicting their motions with a spatio-temporal transformer conditioned on actions. It's an incremental but targeted step for robotic manipulation planning.

What stands out is the object-centric approach, which naturally handles multiple objects and arbitrary shapes without needing a single global representation. Modeling motion as rigid transformations in that frame is straightforward and fits the problem. Training on multi-view reconstructions to deal with partial observations from occlusions is a smart practical choice. They test it on synthetic multi-object scenes with robot interactions and apply it to model-predictive control for non-prehensile tasks in sim.

The weaker parts are the evaluation staying entirely in simulation on synthetic data, so real-world robustness isn't shown. Without seeing the full results or baselines, it's unclear how much the new architecture improves over existing dynamics predictors. The claim of a novel transformer needs to be backed by clear differences from prior spatio-temporal work.

This is for people in robotics and computer vision building world models. Someone working on 3D scene representations for planning would get something out of it. It deserves a serious referee because the setup is coherent and addresses a real need, even with the simulation-only experiments.

I'd send it out for review.

Referee Report

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Summary. The paper proposes Multi Rigid Object Gaussian World Model (MRO-GWM), a world model that learns action-conditional dynamics of rigid objects in 3D scenes. Scenes are represented via object-centric Gaussians placed in a canonical frame (enabling rigid-body transformations for motion), a novel spatio-temporal transformer predicts future motions from histories of these Gaussians plus future actions, training uses multi-view reconstructions to handle partial observations from occlusions, and the model is evaluated on synthetic multi-object household datasets plus model-predictive control for non-prehensile manipulation in simulation.

Significance. If the central claims hold, the work could advance 3D world models for robotics by showing that object-centric Gaussian splatting combined with transformer-based dynamics prediction can scale to multi-object rigid scenes and support downstream planning. The canonical-frame representation and multi-view training strategy are presented as key enablers for shape generality and occlusion robustness.

major comments (1)

[Abstract] Abstract: The description of the model architecture, training approach, and evaluation supplies no equations, quantitative results, error analysis, or derivation details, so it is impossible to verify whether the described components support the stated claims about prediction performance, rigid-body motion modeling, or occlusion handling.

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We thank the referee for their review and the opportunity to respond. We address the single major comment below.

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Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The description of the model architecture, training approach, and evaluation supplies no equations, quantitative results, error analysis, or derivation details, so it is impossible to verify whether the described components support the stated claims about prediction performance, rigid-body motion modeling, or occlusion handling.

Authors: Abstracts are intentionally concise high-level summaries and do not contain equations or detailed quantitative results; those elements appear in the body of the manuscript. Section 3 presents the object-centric Gaussian representation in canonical frames, the rigid-body transformation formulation, and the full spatio-temporal transformer architecture with equations for attention over history Gaussians and action conditioning. Section 4 details the multi-view training procedure, the loss terms used to enforce consistency under partial observations, and the associated derivations for handling occlusions. Section 5 reports quantitative prediction metrics (e.g., Chamfer distance, rotation/translation errors), ablation studies, and error analyses on the synthetic multi-object datasets, together with MPC success rates for non-prehensile manipulation. These sections collectively allow verification of the claims regarding prediction performance, rigid-body motion, and occlusion robustness. revision: no

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full rationale

The abstract and description present a novel architecture (object-centric Gaussians in canonical frame + spatio-temporal transformer) for predicting rigid-body motion from actions and history. No equations, fitted parameters renamed as predictions, self-citations, or ansatzes are quoted that would reduce any claimed derivation to its own inputs by construction. The central claims rest on the proposed representation and training procedure without visible self-definitional loops or load-bearing internal citations. This is the common case of a self-contained proposal whose validity is to be judged by external experiments rather than internal reduction.

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