OLiVia-Nav introduces an online lifelong learning system that helps robots navigate social environments while adapting to new scenarios in real-time.

• Integrates vision-language models with reinforcement learning for socially-aware navigation
• Enables robots to continuously learn from new experiences without forgetting previous knowledge
• Adapts to diverse social contexts found in hospitals, care homes, and office spaces
• Demonstrates improved navigation performance while respecting social norms

For healthcare settings, this technology enables service robots to move safely among patients, visitors, and staff while maintaining appropriate social distance and behavior - crucial for acceptance in sensitive medical environments.

OLiVia-Nav: An Online Lifelong Vision Language Approach for Mobile Robot Social Navigation