Summary of Diffusion As Reasoning: Enhancing Object Goal Navigation with Llm-biased Diffusion Model, by Yiming Ji et al.
Diffusion as Reasoning: Enhancing Object Goal Navigation with LLM-Biased Diffusion Model
by Yiming Ji, Yang Liu, Zhengpu Wang, Boyu Ma, Zongwu Xie, Hong Liu
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a new approach to solving the Object Goal Navigation (ObjectNav) task by training a diffusion model to learn the statistical distribution patterns of objects in semantic maps. The model, dubbed “Diffusion as Reasoning” (DAR), uses the map of explored regions during navigation as a condition to generate the map of unknown regions, enabling semantic reasoning about the target object. To further improve performance, the authors introduce two bias methods: global target bias and local LLM bias. These biases constrain the diffusion model to generate the target object more effectively and utilize common sense knowledge extracted from language models (LLMs) to enhance generalization. The method is evaluated on Gibson and MP3D datasets, demonstrating its effectiveness. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In this paper, scientists are trying to make a computer program that can navigate to a specific place in an unknown environment. They want the program to use memory of what it has seen so far to figure out where the target might be. The researchers train a special kind of model called a diffusion model to learn patterns in pictures and maps. This allows the program to create its own map of the unknown area, which helps it decide where to go next. To make this process even better, they introduce some new techniques that help the program focus on finding the target and use common sense to make decisions. They test their method with two different datasets and show that it works well. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Diffusion » Diffusion model » Generalization
