Safer Robot Decision-Making

Safer Robot Decision-Making

Using LLM Uncertainty to Enhance Robot Safety and Reliability

This research introduces Introspective Planning - a novel approach that improves robot safety by aligning language model uncertainty with task ambiguity.

  • Addresses the critical issue of LLM hallucination that can lead to robots executing unsafe actions
  • Calibrates language model confidence to reflect genuine ambiguity in instructions
  • Establishes a new benchmark for safe mobile manipulation
  • Demonstrates significant improvements in both task compliance and safety

For security professionals, this research offers a promising framework to reduce risks in autonomous robotic systems where incorrect decision-making could lead to physical harm or security breaches.

Introspective Planning: Aligning Robots' Uncertainty with Inherent Task Ambiguity

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