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Main Authors: Wang, Peng, Robbiani, Mattia, Guo, Zhihao
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14653
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author Wang, Peng
Robbiani, Mattia
Guo, Zhihao
author_facet Wang, Peng
Robbiani, Mattia
Guo, Zhihao
contents Assistive robots have attracted significant attention due to their potential to enhance the quality of life for vulnerable individuals like the elderly. The convergence of computer vision, large language models, and robotics has introduced the `visuolinguomotor' mode for assistive robots, where visuals and linguistics are incorporated into assistive robots to enable proactive and interactive assistance. This raises the question: \textit{In circumstances where visuals become unreliable or unavailable, can we rely solely on language to control robots, i.e., the viability of the `linguomotor` mode for assistive robots?} This work takes the initial steps to answer this question by: 1) evaluating the responses of assistive robots to language prompts of varying granularities; and 2) exploring the necessity and feasibility of controlling the robot on-the-fly. We have designed and conducted experiments on a Sawyer cobot to support our arguments. A Turtlebot robot case is designed to demonstrate the adaptation of the solution to scenarios where assistive robots need to maneuver to assist. Codes will be released on GitHub soon to benefit the community.
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spellingShingle LLM Granularity for On-the-Fly Robot Control
Wang, Peng
Robbiani, Mattia
Guo, Zhihao
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Assistive robots have attracted significant attention due to their potential to enhance the quality of life for vulnerable individuals like the elderly. The convergence of computer vision, large language models, and robotics has introduced the `visuolinguomotor' mode for assistive robots, where visuals and linguistics are incorporated into assistive robots to enable proactive and interactive assistance. This raises the question: \textit{In circumstances where visuals become unreliable or unavailable, can we rely solely on language to control robots, i.e., the viability of the `linguomotor` mode for assistive robots?} This work takes the initial steps to answer this question by: 1) evaluating the responses of assistive robots to language prompts of varying granularities; and 2) exploring the necessity and feasibility of controlling the robot on-the-fly. We have designed and conducted experiments on a Sawyer cobot to support our arguments. A Turtlebot robot case is designed to demonstrate the adaptation of the solution to scenarios where assistive robots need to maneuver to assist. Codes will be released on GitHub soon to benefit the community.
title LLM Granularity for On-the-Fly Robot Control
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14653