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When the Past Shapes Action: Understanding Embodied Memory — arXiv:2610.41688

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Original: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.41688
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@misc{dce227d46caeba,
  title = {When the Past Shapes Action: Understanding Embodied Memory — arXiv:2610.41688},
  howpublished = {arXiv (en)},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.41688},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_e227d46caeba; sha256 b52c1a5a0e7a71ba8414f6c93da54d185c10a3831ab70f2e4aa52b7de048ff8c},
  year = {2026}
}

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Recent advances in generative foundation models have expanded the capabilities of embodied AI, enabling increasingly general navigation, manipulation, and long-horizon task execution. However, effective interaction with dynamic environments requires more than only strong perception and reasoning: agents must act with partial knowledge and retain, retrieve, and update information from past observations, actions, and experiences. This survey examines embodied memory as a mechanism for preserving decision-relevant information beyond the current observation. We organize existing approaches along two complementary dimensions: six fundamental memory requirements, spanning world-state persistence, task progress, belief maintenance, and experiential learning; and eight architectural categories, including recurrent states, fast weights, visual and symbolic representations, spatial memory, and experience-based systems. We analyze their capabilities and limitations, and examine how existing benchmarks evaluate memory-dependent behavior, distinguishing genuine use of historical information from general task performance. Finally, we identify open challenges in selecting relevant experiences, maintaining consistent beliefs in changing environments, and consolidating knowledge across episodes. Our analysis provides a framework for understanding memory as an essential component of reliable, adaptive, and lifelong-horizon embodied intelligence.

Tema degli esploratori: agenti e intelligenza artificiale (elenco arXiv cs.AI, nuovi lavori del giorno).
Categorie arXiv: Robotics (cs.RO) ; Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG).
Pagina del lavoro: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.41688 — autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
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