Uncertainty-Resilient Active Intention Recognition for Robotic Assistants

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Main Authors: Saborío, Juan Carlos, Vinci, Marc, Lima, Oscar, Stock, Sebastian, Niecksch, Lennart, Günther, Martin, Sung, Alexander, Hertzberg, Joachim, Atzmüller, Martin
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Published: 2025
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author Saborío, Juan Carlos
Vinci, Marc
Lima, Oscar
Stock, Sebastian
Niecksch, Lennart
Günther, Martin
Sung, Alexander
Hertzberg, Joachim
Atzmüller, Martin
author_facet Saborío, Juan Carlos
Vinci, Marc
Lima, Oscar
Stock, Sebastian
Niecksch, Lennart
Günther, Martin
Sung, Alexander
Hertzberg, Joachim
Atzmüller, Martin
contents Purposeful behavior in robotic assistants requires the integration of multiple components and technological advances. Often, the problem is reduced to recognizing explicit prompts, which limits autonomy, or is oversimplified through assumptions such as near-perfect information. We argue that a critical gap remains unaddressed -- specifically, the challenge of reasoning about the uncertain outcomes and perception errors inherent to human intention recognition. In response, we present a framework designed to be resilient to uncertainty and sensor noise, integrating real-time sensor data with a combination of planners. Centered around an intention-recognition POMDP, our approach addresses cooperative planning and acting under uncertainty. Our integrated framework has been successfully tested on a physical robot with promising results.
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spellingShingle Uncertainty-Resilient Active Intention Recognition for Robotic Assistants
Saborío, Juan Carlos
Vinci, Marc
Lima, Oscar
Stock, Sebastian
Niecksch, Lennart
Günther, Martin
Sung, Alexander
Hertzberg, Joachim
Atzmüller, Martin
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Purposeful behavior in robotic assistants requires the integration of multiple components and technological advances. Often, the problem is reduced to recognizing explicit prompts, which limits autonomy, or is oversimplified through assumptions such as near-perfect information. We argue that a critical gap remains unaddressed -- specifically, the challenge of reasoning about the uncertain outcomes and perception errors inherent to human intention recognition. In response, we present a framework designed to be resilient to uncertainty and sensor noise, integrating real-time sensor data with a combination of planners. Centered around an intention-recognition POMDP, our approach addresses cooperative planning and acting under uncertainty. Our integrated framework has been successfully tested on a physical robot with promising results.
title Uncertainty-Resilient Active Intention Recognition for Robotic Assistants
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19150