Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nguyen, Giang, Pomarlan, Mihai, Jongebloed, Sascha, Leusmann, Nils, Vu, Minh Nhat, Beetz, Michael
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11770
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866916845222625280
author Nguyen, Giang
Pomarlan, Mihai
Jongebloed, Sascha
Leusmann, Nils
Vu, Minh Nhat
Beetz, Michael
author_facet Nguyen, Giang
Pomarlan, Mihai
Jongebloed, Sascha
Leusmann, Nils
Vu, Minh Nhat
Beetz, Michael
contents In robotics, the effective integration of environmental data into actionable knowledge remains a significant challenge due to the variety and incompatibility of data formats commonly used in scene descriptions, such as MJCF, URDF, and SDF. This paper presents a novel approach that addresses these challenges by developing a unified scene graph model that standardizes these varied formats into the Universal Scene Description (USD) format. This standardization facilitates the integration of these scene graphs with robot ontologies through semantic reporting, enabling the translation of complex environmental data into actionable knowledge essential for cognitive robotic control. We evaluated our approach by converting procedural 3D environments into USD format, which is then annotated semantically and translated into a knowledge graph to effectively answer competency questions, demonstrating its utility for real-time robotic decision-making. Additionally, we developed a web-based visualization tool to support the semantic mapping process, providing users with an intuitive interface to manage the 3D environment.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2507_11770
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Generating Actionable Robot Knowledge Bases by Combining 3D Scene Graphs with Robot Ontologies
Nguyen, Giang
Pomarlan, Mihai
Jongebloed, Sascha
Leusmann, Nils
Vu, Minh Nhat
Beetz, Michael
Robotics
In robotics, the effective integration of environmental data into actionable knowledge remains a significant challenge due to the variety and incompatibility of data formats commonly used in scene descriptions, such as MJCF, URDF, and SDF. This paper presents a novel approach that addresses these challenges by developing a unified scene graph model that standardizes these varied formats into the Universal Scene Description (USD) format. This standardization facilitates the integration of these scene graphs with robot ontologies through semantic reporting, enabling the translation of complex environmental data into actionable knowledge essential for cognitive robotic control. We evaluated our approach by converting procedural 3D environments into USD format, which is then annotated semantically and translated into a knowledge graph to effectively answer competency questions, demonstrating its utility for real-time robotic decision-making. Additionally, we developed a web-based visualization tool to support the semantic mapping process, providing users with an intuitive interface to manage the 3D environment.
title Generating Actionable Robot Knowledge Bases by Combining 3D Scene Graphs with Robot Ontologies
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11770