arXiv:2609.08678cs.RO2026-09

让机器人在群组互动中更懂何时该说啥,还能解释清楚原因。

HiBRIDGE: A Hierarchical Bayesian Neural Network Framework for Interpretable Dialogue Management in Group-Robot Interaction

论文配图:HiBRIDGE: A Hierarchical Bayesian Neural Network Framework for Interpretable Dialogue Management in Group-Robot Interaction
图 1 · 摘自论文原文
  • 用分层贝叶斯网络建模对话决策,分步处理说话对象与内容选择。
  • 在3个离线数据集上表现优于主流方法,且对少量数据鲁棒性强。
  • 解释结果更易懂,适合关注可解释性的机器人交互研究者。

在多人人机交互中,机器人需持续决定向谁发言及说什么以有效参与对话。现实中,多个行为可能同时合理:机器人可延续某人话题、通过提问引入他人,或面向全体发言,具体选择取决于对象与上下文。现有方法难以同时处理多种行为的不确定性,也缺乏可解释的决策结构。为此,我们提出HiBRIDGE,一种用于群组机器人对话管理的分层贝叶斯神经网络框架。其贝叶斯设计支持不确定性感知预测,并在有限交互数据下实现稳健学习;分层结构将行为选择分解为语义明确的多阶段决策过程。我们还使用决策树代理模型探究该结构是否支持更可解释的解释。在三个离线群组人机交互数据集上,贝叶斯方法性能优于确定性基线及多个先进方法。在线实验(N=20)显示,来自分层模型的解释被评价为更有助于理解机器人行为,且更受偏好。在面对面实验(N=12)中,验证了两种贝叶斯变体在真实实时群组交互中的可行性,两者均获正面反馈。总体而言,HiBRIDGE兼具强预测能力与结构化决策流程,支持更可解释的机器人行为说明。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

In multi-party human-robot interaction, a robot must continuously decide whom to address and what to say to participate effectively in the conversation. In real-world interactions, this is challenging because several behaviours may be plausible at the same time: a robot might continue a topic with one participant, involve another through a question, or address the whole group, with the appropriate choice depending on both whom it addresses and the interaction context. Current approaches remain limited in representing uncertainty when several behaviours are plausible and in structuring decisions into semantically meaningful intermediate steps that make robot decisions easier to interpret. Addressing these, we present HiBRIDGE, a hierarchical Bayesian neural network framework for group-robot dialogue management. Its Bayesian formulation enables uncertainty-aware prediction and robust learning from limited interaction data, while the hierarchical approach formulates behaviour selection as a structured, multi-stage decision process. We further use decision-tree surrogates to investigate whether this structure can support more interpretable explanations. Across three offline group-HRI datasets, our findings show that Bayesian formulations outperform their deterministic counterparts and several state-of-the-art baselines. Next, through an online study (N=20), we show that explanations derived from the hierarchical model are rated as more helpful for understanding robot behaviour and are preferred over those derived from the flat model. Finally, through our in-person study (N=12), we demonstrate the feasibility of HiBRIDGE for autonomous real-time group interaction, with both hierarchical and flat Bayesian variants positively perceived. Overall, HiBRIDGE combines strong predictive performance with a structured decision process that supports more interpretable explanations of robot behaviour.

对话管理可解释性贝叶斯网络群组交互

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