2 papers
cs.RO2026
Where Should I Join? Robot Group Joining via Language-Guided Goal Prediction
Zilin Fang, Zishuo Wang, Gim Hee Lee +1
Social navigation typically assumes a specified goal and focuses on reaching it while respecting social conventions, whereas robot group joining requires predicting where to join b…
cs.RO2026
From Obstacles to Etiquette: Robot Social Navigation with VLM-Informed Path Selection
Zilin Fang, Anxing Xiao, David Hsu +1
Navigating socially in human environments requires more than satisfying geometric constraints, as collision-free paths may still interfere with ongoing activities or conflict with…