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New NeST-Bayes framework infers robot and hypothesis trust in multi-robot systems

Researchers have developed NeST-Bayes, a novel neural-symbolic framework designed to infer trust in multi-robot systems without relying on pre-existing trust relationships or external identity signals. This system jointly assesses the trustworthiness of both individual robots and their reported hypotheses by analyzing the consistency of observations between robots. Through Bayesian updates of Beta-distributed trust beliefs, NeST-Bayes maintains temporally consistent trust estimates, demonstrating superior performance in precision and recall across various benchmark settings, even under adversarial attacks. AI

IMPACT This framework could enhance the reliability and coordination of multi-robot systems in complex, potentially adversarial environments.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Ruiyang Wang, Hao-Lun Hsu, Haocheng Meng, Songqiao Xie, Miroslav Pajic ·

    Who to Trust in Multi-Robot Systems: Joint Robot and Object Hypothesis Trust Inference via Neural-Symbolic Cross-Validation

    arXiv:2610.14530v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Multi-robot systems (MRS) offer significant advantages over single-robot platforms by enabling information sharing and coordination for different tasks in complex environments. However, reliable cooperation critically depends on i…

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Who to Trust in Multi-Robot Systems: Joint Robot and Object Hypothesis Trust Inference via Neural-Symbolic Cross-Validation

    Multi-robot systems (MRS) offer significant advantages over single-robot platforms by enabling information sharing and coordination for different tasks in complex environments. However, reliable cooperation critically depends on inferring trust over both information sources and t…