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Main Authors: Fujii, Yasuyuki, Kameda, Emika, Fukada, Hiroki, Mori, Yoshiki, Matsuo, Tadashi, Shimada, Nobutaka
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10373
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author Fujii, Yasuyuki
Kameda, Emika
Fukada, Hiroki
Mori, Yoshiki
Matsuo, Tadashi
Shimada, Nobutaka
author_facet Fujii, Yasuyuki
Kameda, Emika
Fukada, Hiroki
Mori, Yoshiki
Matsuo, Tadashi
Shimada, Nobutaka
contents Robotic systems operating in real-world environments often suffer from concept shift, where the input-output relationship changes due to latent environmental factors that are not directly observable. Conventional adaptation methods update model parameters, which may cause catastrophic forgetting and incur high computational cost. This paper proposes a latent Trend ID-based framework for few-shot adaptation in non-stationary environments. Instead of modifying model weights, a low-dimensional environmental state, referred to as the Trend ID, is estimated via backpropagation while the model parameters remain fixed. To prevent overfitting caused by per-sample latent variables, we introduce temporal regularization and a state transition model that enforces smooth evolution of the latent space. Experiments on a quantitative food grasping task demonstrate that the learned Trend IDs are distributed across distinct regions of the latent space with temporally consistent trajectories, and that few-shot adaptation to unseen environments is achieved without modifying model parameters. The proposed framework provides a scalable and interpretable solution for robotics applications operating across diverse and evolving environments.
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spellingShingle Few-Shot Adaptation to Non-Stationary Environments via Latent Trend Embedding for Robotics
Fujii, Yasuyuki
Kameda, Emika
Fukada, Hiroki
Mori, Yoshiki
Matsuo, Tadashi
Shimada, Nobutaka
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Robotic systems operating in real-world environments often suffer from concept shift, where the input-output relationship changes due to latent environmental factors that are not directly observable. Conventional adaptation methods update model parameters, which may cause catastrophic forgetting and incur high computational cost. This paper proposes a latent Trend ID-based framework for few-shot adaptation in non-stationary environments. Instead of modifying model weights, a low-dimensional environmental state, referred to as the Trend ID, is estimated via backpropagation while the model parameters remain fixed. To prevent overfitting caused by per-sample latent variables, we introduce temporal regularization and a state transition model that enforces smooth evolution of the latent space. Experiments on a quantitative food grasping task demonstrate that the learned Trend IDs are distributed across distinct regions of the latent space with temporally consistent trajectories, and that few-shot adaptation to unseen environments is achieved without modifying model parameters. The proposed framework provides a scalable and interpretable solution for robotics applications operating across diverse and evolving environments.
title Few-Shot Adaptation to Non-Stationary Environments via Latent Trend Embedding for Robotics
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10373