SPARK: Self-Correcting Embodied Memory via Physical Re-Observation
SPARK: Self-Correcting Embodied Memory via Physical Re-Observation
This research presents SPARK, a corrective multi-episode framework for embodied retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) that addresses persistent errors in semantic labels, object positions, and spatial relationships.
The paper introduces SPARK, a framework that corrects errors in embodied retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) memory through targeted re-observation and selective merging of knowledge base entries.
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viewpoint conditions, using perception-built KBs, a visibility-constrained oracle used only for evaluation, and a fixed set of 158 embodied question answering (EQA) questions scored before and after correction. A single corrective episode improves downstream EQA on every map under both conditions while storing 13-41% fewer objects than append-only updating, with gains up to 2.7x on one map-condition pair. Extending
Open source S4performance gain
≤2.7
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viewpoint conditions, using perception-built KBs, a visibility-constrained oracle used only for evaluation, and a fixed set of 158 embodied question answering (EQA) questions scored before and after correction. A single corrective episode improves downstream EQA on every map under both conditions while storing 13-41% fewer objects than append-only updating, with gains up to 2.7x on one map-condition pair. Extending
Open source S4maps evaluated
4
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urate object positions, and inconsistent spatial relationships. To address this, we present SPARK, a corrective multi-episode framework for embodied RAG. After the first episode, a semantic critic flags regions of the KB, a targeted planner generates revisits, and a selective merge adds, removes, or replaces KB information based on the new observations. We evaluate SPARK on four outdoor AirSim maps under two degraded
Open source S3episodes
4
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correction through Episode 4 brings every map above the EQA performance of its undegraded reference. Ablations show that the critic's three signals each contribute to performance, that targeted revisits achieve a larger mean gain than untargeted ones under the same budget, and that selective merging achieves gains comparable to append-only updating with a smaller KB. Overall, SPARK demonstrates the value of correctin
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3
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correction through Episode 4 brings every map above the EQA performance of its undegraded reference. Ablations show that the critic's three signals each contribute to performance, that targeted revisits achieve a larger mean gain than untargeted ones under the same budget, and that selective merging achieves gains comparable to append-only updating with a smaller KB. Overall, SPARK demonstrates the value of correctin
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viewpoint conditions, using perception-built KBs, a visibility-constrained oracle used only for evaluation, and a fixed set of 158 embodied question answering (EQA) questions scored before and after correction. A single corrective episode improves downstream EQA on every map under both conditions while storing 13-41% fewer objects than append-only updating, with gains up to 2.7x on one map-condition pair. Extending
Open source S4
urate object positions, and inconsistent spatial relationships. To address this, we present SPARK, a corrective multi-episode framework for embodied RAG. After the first episode, a semantic critic flags regions of the KB, a targeted planner generates revisits, and a selective merge adds, removes, or replaces KB information based on the new observations. We evaluate SPARK on four outdoor AirSim maps under two degraded
Open source S3
correction through Episode 4 brings every map above the EQA performance of its undegraded reference. Ablations show that the critic's three signals each contribute to performance, that targeted revisits achieve a larger mean gain than untargeted ones under the same budget, and that selective merging achieves gains comparable to append-only updating with a smaller KB. Overall, SPARK demonstrates the value of correctin
Open source S5
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