从神经科学出发,构建具身智能体的空间认知新框架。
Mind Meets Space: Rethinking Agentic Spatial Intelligence from a Neuroscience-inspired Perspective
- 基于神经科学设计六模块计算框架,模拟人类多感官空间认知。
- 揭示当前方法在空间记忆与动态环境推理上的关键缺失。
- 适合研究具身智能、机器人导航与类脑推理的学者参考。
近期具身智能系统虽具备自主执行任务与语言推理能力,但其空间推理能力仍受限于符号化与顺序处理,难以应对真实三维环境。相比之下,人类空间智能依托多模态感知、空间记忆与认知地图,可在非结构化环境中灵活决策。为此,本文从计算神经科学中的空间神经模型出发,提出一个基于生物机制的新型计算框架,包含六个核心模块:生物启发的多模态感知、多感官融合、自身-他者坐标转换、人工认知地图、空间记忆与空间推理。该框架为虚拟与物理环境中的智能体空间推理提供了统一视角。我们进一步分析现有方法在各模块中的适配性,识别出关键差距;评估新兴基准与数据集,并探讨从虚拟系统到具身机器人等应用前景。最后,提出可泛化于动态或非结构化环境的未来研究方向。本工作旨在为具身空间智能提供神经科学基础与系统化路径。项目主页见 GitHub。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Recent advances in agentic AI have led to systems capable of autonomous task execution and language-based reasoning, yet their spatial reasoning abilities remain limited and underexplored, largely constrained to symbolic and sequential processing. In contrast, human spatial intelligence, rooted in integrated multisensory perception, spatial memory, and cognitive maps, enables flexible, context-aware decision-making in unstructured environments. Therefore, bridging this gap is critical for advancing Agentic Spatial Intelligence toward better interaction with the physical 3D world. To this end, we first start from scrutinizing the spatial neural models as studied in computational neuroscience, and accordingly introduce a novel computational framework grounded in neuroscience principles. This framework maps core biological functions to six essential computation modules: bio-inspired multimodal sensing, multi-sensory integration, egocentric-allocentric conversion, an artificial cognitive map, spatial memory, and spatial reasoning. Together, these modules form a perspective landscape for agentic spatial reasoning capability across both virtual and physical environments. On top, we conduct a framework-guided analysis of recent methods, evaluating their relevance to each module and identifying critical gaps that hinder the development of more neuroscience-grounded spatial reasoning modules. We further examine emerging benchmarks and datasets and explore potential application domains ranging from virtual to embodied systems, such as robotics. Finally, we outline potential research directions, emphasizing the promising roadmap that can generalize spatial reasoning across dynamic or unstructured environments. We hope this work will benefit the research community with a neuroscience-grounded perspective and a structured pathway. Our project page can be found at Github.
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