arXiv AI

As You Wish: Mission Planning with Formal Verification using LLMs in Precision Agriculture

arXiv:2606. 18519v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Though robotic systems are now being commercialized and deployed in various industries, many of these systems are highly specialized and often require an advanced skill set to operate and ensure they perform as instructed.

arXiv AI
Sep 25

Design and Evaluation of LLM Chaining-Based Task Planning for General Purpose Service Robots

The paper introduces an LLM chaining architecture for General Purpose Service Robots that splits instruction classification and action generation into two stages, cutting prompt length by about 45% and boosting planning consistency. Evaluation on 100 synthetic GPSR commands across three language models shows consistent improvements over single-prompt methods, with up to +37 percentage points gain on local models. Real‑robot trials on the Toyota HSR confirm that while planning success improves, execution-layer failures remain the main obstacle to full task completion.

By Lucas Da Mota Bruno, Jiahao Sim, Yoshinobu Hagiwara
arXiv AI
Sep 15

Bridging Thought and Action: Taming Long-Horizon Instability in Open-Source LLM Agents with a MetaTool-Enhanced ROS Framework

The paper introduces a ROS-Agent architecture that enhances task reliability and execution efficiency for open‑source LLM‑powered robotic agents. It adds a MetaTool that forces the LLM to produce a structured pseudo‑code plan before any action, storing this plan in a scratchpad to separate planning from execution. Experiments on a custom mobile robot show up to ~24% improvement in complex task completion and contextual consistency compared to the baseline.

By Kazi Abrar Mahmud, Nilotpaul Kundu Dhurubo, Tamal Kirttonia, Sabbir Hossain Ujjal, Mohammad Ariful Haque
arXiv AI
Aug 28

STEP: State-Aware Task Estimation and Planning with Multi-Modal LLMs for Human-Robot Collaboration

The paper introduces STEP, a State‑Aware Task Estimator and Planner that uses multi‑modal large language models to explicitly estimate system states and predict state transitions during task planning. By forecasting future states alongside actions, STEP reduces hallucinated actions and improves task‑convergent planning. In a simulated robot assembly task, STEP outperforms the state‑of‑the‑art by 32.8% in action executability and 14.8% in final‑state error.

By Maitrey Gramopadhye, Prakash Baskaran, Xiao Liu, Songpo Li, Soshi Iba