MCP経由のLLM駆動ロボットナビゲーションのための空間・意味推論
Spatial and Semantic Reasoning for LLM-Driven Robot Navigation via MCP
占有グリッドを画像化し意味注釈を付与する表現層をMCPツールとして提供し、既存ROSスタックを変更せずにLLMが自然言語指示でナビゲーションできる枠組みを提案した。
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著者: Jungsoo Lee, Jaegyun Park, Wansoo Kim
分類: cs.RO
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Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used as natural-language interfaces for robotic systems, yet their integration with Robot Operating System (ROS)-based navigation remains limited by two gaps. First, navigation data such as occupancy grids are represented as raw geometric messages that are difficult for LLMs to use directly as spatial or semantic context. Second, adding LLM-driven capabilities often requires custom wrappers or robot-specific interfaces, limiting reuse across systems. To address these challenges, we propose a non-invasive framework that connects LLM reasoning with ROS-based navigation through a navigation-oriented representation layer, exposed through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as standardized, reusable tools so that any MCP-compatible LLM can access them without robot-specific wrappers. The visual map modules transform occupancy grids into metric, pose-aware images for goal reasoning, while the semantic annotation modules record waypoint-level observations with robot poses. We evaluate the framework on three tasks: autonomous mapping, spatial reasoning-based navigation, and semantic reasoning-based navigation. The results show that the evaluated LLM backends use these representations to achieve over 97% map coverage and select spatial or semantic navigation targets from natural-language instructions in a simulated indoor environment. This demonstrates representation-mediated LLM navigation without modifying the existing ROS navigation stack.