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| author | Chekam, Ingrid Maéva Pastor-Martinez, Ines Tourani, Ali Millan-Romera, Jose Andres Ribeiro, Laura Soares, Pedro Miguel Bastos Voos, Holger Sanchez-Lopez, Jose Luis |
| author_facet | Chekam, Ingrid Maéva Pastor-Martinez, Ines Tourani, Ali Millan-Romera, Jose Andres Ribeiro, Laura Soares, Pedro Miguel Bastos Voos, Holger Sanchez-Lopez, Jose Luis |
| contents | As intelligent robots become more integrated into human environments, there is a growing need for intuitive and reliable Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) interfaces that are adaptable and more natural to interact with. Traditional robot control methods often require users to adapt to interfaces or memorize predefined commands, limiting usability in dynamic, unstructured environments. This paper presents a novel framework that bridges natural language understanding and robotic execution by combining Large Language Models (LLMs) with Behavior Trees. This integration enables robots to interpret natural language instructions given by users and translate them into executable actions by activating domain-specific plugins. The system supports scalable and modular integration, with a primary focus on perception-based functionalities, such as person tracking and hand gesture recognition. To evaluate the system, a series of real-world experiments was conducted across diverse environments. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach is practical in real-world scenarios, with an average cognition-to-execution accuracy of approximately 94%, making a significant contribution to HRI systems and robots. The complete source code of the framework is publicly available at https://github.com/snt-arg/robot_suite. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Interpretable Robot Control via Structured Behavior Trees and Large Language Models Chekam, Ingrid Maéva Pastor-Martinez, Ines Tourani, Ali Millan-Romera, Jose Andres Ribeiro, Laura Soares, Pedro Miguel Bastos Voos, Holger Sanchez-Lopez, Jose Luis Robotics Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning As intelligent robots become more integrated into human environments, there is a growing need for intuitive and reliable Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) interfaces that are adaptable and more natural to interact with. Traditional robot control methods often require users to adapt to interfaces or memorize predefined commands, limiting usability in dynamic, unstructured environments. This paper presents a novel framework that bridges natural language understanding and robotic execution by combining Large Language Models (LLMs) with Behavior Trees. This integration enables robots to interpret natural language instructions given by users and translate them into executable actions by activating domain-specific plugins. The system supports scalable and modular integration, with a primary focus on perception-based functionalities, such as person tracking and hand gesture recognition. To evaluate the system, a series of real-world experiments was conducted across diverse environments. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach is practical in real-world scenarios, with an average cognition-to-execution accuracy of approximately 94%, making a significant contribution to HRI systems and robots. The complete source code of the framework is publicly available at https://github.com/snt-arg/robot_suite. |
| title | Interpretable Robot Control via Structured Behavior Trees and Large Language Models |
| topic | Robotics Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09621 |