Resolving Conflicts Where and When They Arise: Reactive Composition of Multi-Goal Behavior

Reactive control often fails for multi-objective tasks due to conflicting goals creating local minima. This work extends graph-based world models with nullspace projections to resolve these conflicts dynamically. By projecting lower-priority gradients into the nullspace of higher ones, the system negotiates simultaneous objectives, enabling successful navigation around obstacles and pushing complex objects.

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