SAFRON: Safe and Assured Foundation Robots for Open Environments @DARPAtv
SAFRON: Safe and Assured Foundation Robots for Open Environments  @DARPAtv
Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How can we ensure robots using foundation models, such as large language models (LLMs), won’t “hallucinate” when executing tasks in complex, previously unseen environments? Our Safe and Assured Foundation Robots for Open Environments (SAFRON) Advanced Research Concept (ARC) seeks ideas to make sure robots behave only as directed & intended.

https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/safron
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SAFRON: Safe and Assured Foundation Robots for Open Environments

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