Zero-shot Active Visual Search (ZAVIS): Intelligent Object Search for Robotic Assistants

Jeongeun Park,Taerim Yoon,Jejoon Hong,Youngjae Yu,Matthew Pan,Sungjoon Choi,Jeongeun Park,Taerim Yoon,Jejoon Hong,Youngjae Yu,Matthew Pan,Sungjoon Choi

In this paper, we focus on the problem of efficiently locating a target object described with free-form text using a mobile robot equipped with vision sensors (e.g., an RGBD camera). Conventional active visual search predefines a set of objects to search for, rendering these techniques restrictive in practice. To provide added flexibility in active visual searching, we propose a system where a use...