Schr"odinger's Navigator: Imagining an Ensemble of Futures for Zero-Shot Object Navigation

Name: Schr"odinger's Navigator: Imagining an Ensemble of Futures for Zero-Shot Object Navigation
Uploaded: 2026-10-17T19:40:40.179020+00:00
Duration: 403 s
Description: Schrödinger's Navigator improves zero-shot object navigation by reasoning over multiple imagined 3D futures at inference time. Instead of relying on a single map, it maintains a superposition of plausible scene realizations. This belief-aware approach uses trajectory-conditioned models and future-aware maps to select safer, more robust paths in cluttered environments with heavy occlusion.

Schrödinger's Navigator improves zero-shot object navigation by reasoning over multiple imagined 3D futures at inference time. Instead of relying on a single map, it maintains a superposition of plausible scene realizations. This belief-aware approach uses trajectory-conditioned models and future-aware maps to select safer, more robust paths in cluttered environments with heavy occlusion.

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