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Rethinking Safety for Generalist Robots

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 6, 2026 · UTC

Generalist robots promise to transform our society: the same system that prepares a meal or folds laundry might also repair a car, inspect infrastructure, or care for a loved one. Yet this versatility introduces risks far beyond the collision- and force-based safety notions that have long dominated robotics. Notions of safety must now consider context (e.g., turning off a building's electricity is only safe during scheduled maintenance), user intent (e.g., asking the robot to ``clean the kitchen'' includes unspoken expectations that the robot should not mix dangerous but powerful cleaning agen

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