SayComply: Grounding Field Robotic Tasks in Operational Compliance through Retrieval-Based Language Models

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Main Authors: Ginting, Muhammad Fadhil, Kim, Dong-Ki, Kim, Sung-Kyun, Krishna, Bandi Jai, Kochenderfer, Mykel J., Omidshafiei, Shayegan, Agha-mohammadi, Ali-akbar
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author Ginting, Muhammad Fadhil
Kim, Dong-Ki
Kim, Sung-Kyun
Krishna, Bandi Jai
Kochenderfer, Mykel J.
Omidshafiei, Shayegan
Agha-mohammadi, Ali-akbar
author_facet Ginting, Muhammad Fadhil
Kim, Dong-Ki
Kim, Sung-Kyun
Krishna, Bandi Jai
Kochenderfer, Mykel J.
Omidshafiei, Shayegan
Agha-mohammadi, Ali-akbar
contents This paper addresses the problem of task planning for robots that must comply with operational manuals in real-world settings. Task planning under these constraints is essential for enabling autonomous robot operation in domains that require adherence to domain-specific knowledge. Current methods for generating robot goals and plans rely on common sense knowledge encoded in large language models. However, these models lack grounding of robot plans to domain-specific knowledge and are not easily transferable between multiple sites or customers with different compliance needs. In this work, we present SayComply, which enables grounding robotic task planning with operational compliance using retrieval-based language models. We design a hierarchical database of operational, environment, and robot embodiment manuals and procedures to enable efficient retrieval of the relevant context under the limited context length of the LLMs. We then design a task planner using a tree-based retrieval augmented generation (RAG) technique to generate robot tasks that follow user instructions while simultaneously complying with the domain knowledge in the database. We demonstrate the benefits of our approach through simulations and hardware experiments in real-world scenarios that require precise context retrieval across various types of context, outperforming the standard RAG method. Our approach bridges the gap in deploying robots that consistently adhere to operational protocols, offering a scalable and edge-deployable solution for ensuring compliance across varied and complex real-world environments. Project website: saycomply.github.io.
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spellingShingle SayComply: Grounding Field Robotic Tasks in Operational Compliance through Retrieval-Based Language Models
Ginting, Muhammad Fadhil
Kim, Dong-Ki
Kim, Sung-Kyun
Krishna, Bandi Jai
Kochenderfer, Mykel J.
Omidshafiei, Shayegan
Agha-mohammadi, Ali-akbar
Robotics
This paper addresses the problem of task planning for robots that must comply with operational manuals in real-world settings. Task planning under these constraints is essential for enabling autonomous robot operation in domains that require adherence to domain-specific knowledge. Current methods for generating robot goals and plans rely on common sense knowledge encoded in large language models. However, these models lack grounding of robot plans to domain-specific knowledge and are not easily transferable between multiple sites or customers with different compliance needs. In this work, we present SayComply, which enables grounding robotic task planning with operational compliance using retrieval-based language models. We design a hierarchical database of operational, environment, and robot embodiment manuals and procedures to enable efficient retrieval of the relevant context under the limited context length of the LLMs. We then design a task planner using a tree-based retrieval augmented generation (RAG) technique to generate robot tasks that follow user instructions while simultaneously complying with the domain knowledge in the database. We demonstrate the benefits of our approach through simulations and hardware experiments in real-world scenarios that require precise context retrieval across various types of context, outperforming the standard RAG method. Our approach bridges the gap in deploying robots that consistently adhere to operational protocols, offering a scalable and edge-deployable solution for ensuring compliance across varied and complex real-world environments. Project website: saycomply.github.io.
title SayComply: Grounding Field Robotic Tasks in Operational Compliance through Retrieval-Based Language Models
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11323