arXiv:2603.16013cs.ROcs.SE2026-03

为指令驱动的自动驾驶系统设计安全论证模式,提升可信度。

Safety Case Patterns for VLA-based driving systems: Insights from SimLingo

  • 提出RAISE方法,专用于VLA系统的安全论证
  • 通过案例研究验证可构建有证据支持的安全声明
  • 适合关注自动驾驶安全与人机指令交互的研究者

基于视觉-语言-动作(VLA)的自动驾驶系统代表了自主驾驶的重要范式转变,因其融合交通场景理解、语言解析与动作生成,能实现更灵活、自适应且响应指令的驾驶行为。然而,随着其广泛应用,这类系统可能产生新型危险行为。例如,将开放式的自然语言输入(如用户或导航指令)引入多模态控制回路,可能导致不可预测且不安全的行为,危及乘客与行人。因此,确保此类系统的安全性至关重要,以建立运行信任。为此,我们提出一种名为RAISE的新安全论证设计方法,包含针对指令驱动型系统的特化模式、扩展的危险分析与风险评估(HARA)以明确安全场景及其后果,并提供一套设计技术来构建VLA系统安全论证。在SimLingo的案例研究中,展示了该方法如何用于构建严谨、基于证据的安全主张,适用于这一新兴自动驾驶系统类别。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Vision-Language-Action (VLA)-based driving systems represent a significant paradigm shift in autonomous driving since, by combining traffic scene understanding, linguistic interpretation, and action generation, these systems enable more flexible, adaptive, and instruction-responsive driving behaviors. However, despite their growing adoption and potential to support socially responsible autonomous driving as well as understanding high-level human instructions, VLA-based driving systems may exhibit new types of hazardous behaviors. For instance, the integration of open-ended natural language inputs (e.g., user or navigation instructions) into the multimodal control loop may lead to unpredictable and unsafe behaviors that could endanger vehicle occupants and pedestrians. Hence, assuring the safety of these systems is crucial to help build trust in their operations. To support this, we propose a novel safety case design approach called RAISE. Our approach introduces novel patterns tailored to instruction-based driving systems such as VLA-based driving systems, an extension of Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA) detailing safe scenarios and their outcomes, and a design technique to create the safety cases of VLA-based driving systems. A case study on SimLingo illustrates how our approach can be used to construct rigorous, evidence-based safety claims for this emerging class of autonomous driving systems.

自动驾驶安全论证VLA系统指令驱动

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