Demo abstract: real-time out-of-distribution detection on a mobile robot

In a cyber-physical system such as an autonomous vehicle (AV), machine learning (ML) models can be used to navigate and identify objects that may interfere with the vehicle’s operation. However, ML models are unlikely to make accurate decisions when presented with data outside their training distrib...

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Main Authors: Yuhas, Michael, Easwaran, Arvind
Other Authors: Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS)
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162460
http://2022.rtss.org/call-for-demo/
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:In a cyber-physical system such as an autonomous vehicle (AV), machine learning (ML) models can be used to navigate and identify objects that may interfere with the vehicle’s operation. However, ML models are unlikely to make accurate decisions when presented with data outside their training distribution. Out-of-distribution (OOD) detection can act as a safety monitor for ML models by identifying such samples at run time. However, in safety critical systems like AVs, OOD detection needs to satisfy real-time constraints in addition to functional requirements. In this demonstration, we use a mobile robot as a surrogate for an AV and use an OOD detector to identify potentially hazardous samples. The robot navigates a miniature town using image data and a YOLO object detection network. We show that our OOD detector is capable of identifying OOD images in real-time on an embedded platform concurrently performing object detection and lane following. We also show that it can be used to successfully stop the vehicle in the presence of unknown, novel samples.