OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000000990

Uncertainty-aware failure detection for imitation learning robot policies

Published: 2026-09-15T19:03:42.065347Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000990
Categories: Robotics & Automation > Robot Architectures

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ABSTRACT

Systems and methods described herein relate to generating a discrimination
scores set based on observation data and action data obtained from a robot
trained to perform a task, determining a threshold value based on the
discrimination score set, and comparing a discrimination score obtained while
the task is being performed with the threshold value to determine if a failure
condition is present. This may be performed by utilizing random network
distillation or other out-of-distribution detectors and conformal band
prediction computed on a set of successful rollouts by the robot.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000000990
Published 2026-09-15T19:03:42.065347Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000990