# Understanding Path Planning Explanations

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.07132 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.07132/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
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- First posted on arXiv 13 Nov 2023.

## Builds on (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- ["Why Should I Trust You?": Explaining the Predictions of Any Classifier](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1602.04938/) (2016)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Navigation is a must-have skill for any mobile robot. A core challenge in navigation is the need to account for an ample number of possible configurations of environment and navigation contexts. We claim that a mobile robot should be able to explain its navigational choices making its decisions understandable to humans. In this paper, we briefly present our approach to explaining navigational decisions of a robot through visual and textual explanations. We propose a user study to test the understandability and simplicity of the robot explanations and outline our further research agenda.