ORDER: A Fictitious-World Benchmark for Domain-Adaptive Embodied AI
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arXiv:2609.22285v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Adapting language models to new domains via continual pre-training raises a basic evaluation problem: if the training corpus overlaps with what the model already knows, performance gains cannot be cleanly attributed to new learning rather than pre-existing knowledge. This matters most for knowledge-intensive, task-light (KHTL) robot deployments - pharmaceutical dispensing, hazardous-material handling, facility-specific protocols, where the physical task is simple but the governing rules are proprietary and safety-critical, and where extensive l
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- arXiv:2609.22285v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Adapting language models to new domains via continual pre-training raises a basic evaluation problem: if the training corpus overlaps with what the model already knows, performance gains cannot be cleanly attributed to new learning rather than pre-existing knowledge.
- This matters most for knowledge-intensive, task-light (KHTL) robot deployments - pharmaceutical dispensing, hazardous-material handling, facility-specific protocols, where the physical task is simple but the governing rules are proprietary and safety-critical, and where extensive l
Why it matters
The value of this work lies as much in how it was tested as in the claim itself. Sample design, baselines, uncertainty and replication help separate a laboratory result from real-world impact.
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