{"ID":2845230,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00027","arxiv_id":"2512.00027","title":"A Survey on Improving Human Robot Collaboration through Vision-and-Language Navigation","abstract":"Vision-and-Language Navigation (VLN) is a multi-modal, cooperative task requiring agents to interpret human instructions, navigate 3D environments, and communicate effectively under ambiguity. This paper presents a comprehensive review of recent VLN advancements in robotics and outlines promising directions to improve multi-robot coordination. Despite progress, current models struggle with bidirectional communication, ambiguity resolution, and collaborative decision-making in the multi-agent systems. We review approximately 200 relevant articles to provide an in-depth understanding of the current landscape. Through this survey, we aim to provide a thorough resource that inspires further research at the intersection of VLN and robotics. We advocate that the future VLN systems should support proactive clarification, real-time feedback, and contextual reasoning through advanced natural language understanding (NLU) techniques. Additionally, decentralized decision-making frameworks with dynamic role assignment are essential for scalable, efficient multi-robot collaboration. These innovations can significantly enhance human-robot interaction (HRI) and enable real-world deployment in domains such as healthcare, logistics, and disaster response.","short_abstract":"Vision-and-Language Navigation (VLN) is a multi-modal, cooperative task requiring agents to interpret human instructions, navigate 3D environments, and communicate effectively under ambiguity. This paper presents a comprehensive review of recent VLN advancements in robotics and outlines promising directions to improve...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00027","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.00027v1","authors":"[\"Nivedan Yakolli\",\"Avinash Gautam\",\"Abhijit Das\",\"Yuankai Qi\",\"Virendra Singh Shekhawat\"]","published":"2025-11-06T07:52:56Z","proceeding":"cs.RO","tasks":"[\"cs.RO\",\"cs.AI\",\"cs.CV\",\"cs.HC\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}