Summary of Empowering Large Language Models on Robotic Manipulation with Affordance Prompting, by Guangran Cheng et al.
Empowering Large Language Models on Robotic Manipulation with Affordance Prompting
by Guangran Cheng, Chuheng Zhang, Wenzhe Cai, Li Zhao, Changyin Sun, Jiang Bian
First submitted to arxiv on: 17 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed framework, LLM+A, leverages pre-trained large language models (LLMs) for both sub-task planning and motion control in robotic manipulation tasks. By developing an affordance prompting technique that grounds plans and control sequences on the physical world, LLM+A substantially improves performance in various language-conditioned tasks. This approach enhances the feasibility of generated plans and control, allowing for easy generalization to different environments. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Large language models are great at processing language, but they struggle when it comes to interacting with the physical world. That’s because they’re not “grounded” in reality. To fix this, scientists created a new system that lets pre-trained language models plan and control robotic movements without needing special training. This system is called LLM+A. It uses two key techniques: predicting what will happen if a plan is followed, and assigning values to objects based on how useful they are for the task at hand. This approach has been shown to greatly improve performance in various robotic tasks. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Generalization » Prompting
