arxivcs.CVcs.AIcs.RO2026-07-18
Hazard or Anomaly? Evaluating VLMs for Understanding Dangers and Discrepancies
Murali Indukuri, Mohammad Eskandari, Sree Nitya Kollu, Stephanie Lukin, Cynthia Matuszek
Modern safety-critical systems increasingly rely on human-robot interaction to reduce disaster risk and support decision-making during emergencies. Vision-Language Models (VLMs) are promising for these settings because they can interpret complex scenes and communicate safety-rele…