MessyNav at CoRL 2026: zero-shot robot navigation by safely moving obstacles aside
leto__jean · x · 2026-11-10
MessyNav, accepted at CoRL 2026, introduces zero-shot navigation via manipulation: when no collision-free path exists, a robot should move objects out of the way — but first reason about which objects are safe to move.
The motivating example: a cart blocks the path and can be pushed aside, unless it's carrying a champagne tower. The method enables in-the-wild navigation in messy real-world scenes without task-specific demonstrations.
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