Liam Merz Hoffmeister

2 accepted papers

2025

Towards Zero-Knowledge Task Planning via a Language-based Approach

Liam Merz Hoffmeister, Brian Scassellati, Daniel Rakita

IROS 2025

In this work, we introduce and formalize the Zero-Knowledge Task Planning (ZKTP) problem, i.e., formulating a sequence of actions to achieve some goal without task-specific knowledge. Additionally, we present a first investigation and approach for ZKTP that leverages a large language model (LLM) to

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2024

Sequential Discrete Action Selection via Blocking Conditions and Resolutions

Liam Merz Hoffmeister, Brian Scassellati, Daniel Rakita

IROS 2024poster

In this work, we introduce a strategy that frames the sequential action selection problem for robots in terms of resolving blocking conditions, i.e., situations that impede progress on an action en route to a goal. This strategy allows a robot to make one-at-a-time decisions that take in pertinent c…

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