METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION TO RESOLVE TASK AMBIGUITY

Patent №

US 11,501,777

Granted

2022-11-15

Filed 2021

Owner

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

Lab

AI components

7

ml · nlp · vision · speech · kr · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

17161767

The disclosure herein relates to methods and systems for enabling human-robot interaction (HRI) to resolve task ambiguity. Conventional techniques that initiates continuous dialogue with the human to ask a suitable question based on the observed scene until resolving the ambiguity are limited. The present disclosure use the concept of Talk-to-Resolve (TTR) which initiates a continuous dialogue with the user based on visual uncertainty analysis and by asking a suitable question that convey the veracity of the problem to the user and seek guidance until all the ambiguities are resolved. The suitable question is formulated based on the scene understanding and the argument spans present in the natural language instruction. The present disclosure asks questions in a natural way that not only ensures that the user can understand the type of confusion, the robot is facing; but also ensures minimal and relevant questioning to resolve the ambiguities.

Machine learningNatural languageVisionSpeechKnowledge representationPlanningAI hardwareG06F 40/56G10L 15/22B25J 9/1661B25J 9/1679B25J 11/0005G06F 40/216G06F 40/284G06F 40/30+5 more

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Speech1.00
AI hardware1.00
Knowledge representation1.00
Vision1.00
Machine learning1.00
Planning1.00
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

assignment · 550720475

Assignors

SARKAR, CHAYAN, PRAMANICK, PRADIP, BANERJEE, SNEHASIS, BHOWMICK, BROJESHWAR

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

From the same owner

© 2026 NYSGPT2525 LLC