FlexiFly: Interfacing the Physical World with Foundation Models Empowered by Reconfigurable Drone Systems

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Autori principali: Zhao, Minghui, Xia, Junxi, Hou, Kaiyuan, Liu, Yanchen, Xia, Stephen, Jiang, Xiaofan
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Zhao, Minghui
Xia, Junxi
Hou, Kaiyuan
Liu, Yanchen
Xia, Stephen
Jiang, Xiaofan
author_facet Zhao, Minghui
Xia, Junxi
Hou, Kaiyuan
Liu, Yanchen
Xia, Stephen
Jiang, Xiaofan
contents Foundation models (FM) have shown immense human-like capabilities for generating digital media. However, foundation models that can freely sense, interact, and actuate the physical domain is far from being realized. This is due to 1) requiring dense deployments of sensors to fully cover and analyze large spaces, while 2) events often being localized to small areas, making it difficult for FMs to pinpoint relevant areas of interest relevant to the current task. We propose FlexiFly, a platform that enables FMs to ``zoom in'' and analyze relevant areas with higher granularity to better understand the physical environment and carry out tasks. FlexiFly accomplishes by introducing 1) a novel image segmentation technique that aids in identifying relevant locations and 2) a modular and reconfigurable sensing and actuation drone platform that FMs can actuate to ``zoom in'' with relevant sensors and actuators. We demonstrate through real smart home deployments that FlexiFly enables FMs and LLMs to complete diverse tasks up to $85\%$ more successfully. FlexiFly is critical step towards FMs and LLMs that can naturally interface with the physical world.
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spellingShingle FlexiFly: Interfacing the Physical World with Foundation Models Empowered by Reconfigurable Drone Systems
Zhao, Minghui
Xia, Junxi
Hou, Kaiyuan
Liu, Yanchen
Xia, Stephen
Jiang, Xiaofan
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Foundation models (FM) have shown immense human-like capabilities for generating digital media. However, foundation models that can freely sense, interact, and actuate the physical domain is far from being realized. This is due to 1) requiring dense deployments of sensors to fully cover and analyze large spaces, while 2) events often being localized to small areas, making it difficult for FMs to pinpoint relevant areas of interest relevant to the current task. We propose FlexiFly, a platform that enables FMs to ``zoom in'' and analyze relevant areas with higher granularity to better understand the physical environment and carry out tasks. FlexiFly accomplishes by introducing 1) a novel image segmentation technique that aids in identifying relevant locations and 2) a modular and reconfigurable sensing and actuation drone platform that FMs can actuate to ``zoom in'' with relevant sensors and actuators. We demonstrate through real smart home deployments that FlexiFly enables FMs and LLMs to complete diverse tasks up to $85\%$ more successfully. FlexiFly is critical step towards FMs and LLMs that can naturally interface with the physical world.
title FlexiFly: Interfacing the Physical World with Foundation Models Empowered by Reconfigurable Drone Systems
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12853