将多模态多任务与联邦学习结合,打造边缘智能的隐私保护新范式。
Multi-Modal Multi-Task (M3T) Federated Foundation Models for Embodied AI: Potentials and Challenges for Edge Integration
- 融合多模态多任务与联邦学习,实现边端协同的通用智能
- 在资源受限下保持个性化与安全性,支持持续学习
- 为机器人、可穿戴设备等场景提供可落地的系统框架
随着具身AI系统日益多模态、个性化和交互化,亟需能从多样化感官输入中高效学习、持续适应用户偏好,并在资源与隐私约束下安全运行的模型。现有方法各有局限:多模态多任务基础模型(M3T-FMs)擅长跨任务与模态泛化,而联邦学习(FL)则提供分布式、隐私保护的更新机制。本文提出多模态多任务联邦基础模型(M3T-FFMs),统一二者优势,构建面向无线边缘的智能系统新范式。我们提出统一框架EMBODY,涵盖具身异构性、模态丰富与不平衡、带宽与算力限制、设备端持续学习、分布式控制与自主性、安全性/隐私/个性化产出等关键维度,识别具体挑战并提出可操作的研究方向。同时构建评估框架,分析部署中的权衡。最后通过原型实现验证其能耗与延迟性能。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
As embodied AI systems become increasingly multi-modal, personalized, and interactive, they must learn effectively from diverse sensory inputs, adapt continually to user preferences, and operate safely under resource and privacy constraints. These challenges expose a pressing need for machine learning models capable of swift, context-aware adaptation while balancing model generalization and personalization. Here, two methods emerge as suitable candidates, each offering parts of these capabilities: multi-modal multi-task foundation models (M3T-FMs) provide a pathway toward generalization across tasks and modalities, whereas federated learning (FL) offers the infrastructure for distributed, privacy-preserving model updates and user-level model personalization. However, when used in isolation, each of these approaches falls short of meeting the complex and diverse capability requirements of real-world embodied AI environments. In this vision paper, we introduce multi-modal multi-task federated foundation models (M3T-FFMs) for embodied AI, a new paradigm that unifies the strengths of M3T-FMs with the privacy-preserving distributed training nature of FL, enabling intelligent systems at the wireless edge. We collect critical deployment dimensions of M3T-FFMs in embodied AI ecosystems under a unified framework, which we name "EMBODY": Embodiment heterogeneity, Modality richness and imbalance, Bandwidth and compute constraints, On-device continual learning, Distributed control and autonomy, and Yielding safety, privacy, and personalization. For each, we identify concrete challenges and envision actionable research directions. We also present an evaluation framework for deploying M3T-FFMs in embodied AI systems, along with the associated trade-offs. Finally, we present a prototype implementation of M3T-FFMs and evaluate their energy and latency performance.
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