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--> [Submitted on 28 Aug 2026] Title:CAVE-NAV: VLM-Based Autonomous 3D Navigation in Underwater Cave Environments View a PDF of the paper titled CAVE-NAV: VLM-Based Autonomous 3D Navigation in Underwater Cave Environments, by Zhenqi Wu and 6 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Autonomous navigation in underwater cave environments is essential for search-and-rescue operations, scientific exploration, and emergency egress. Traditional navigation systems commonly depend on dense visual features for localization and mapping. In underwater caves, however, visual degradation can undermine feature-based localization, sonar-based mapping may yield overly conservative obstacle representations, and communication constraints preclude real-time human guidance. To address these limitations, we propose an autonomous underwater cave navigation framework that leverages a vision-language model (VLM) with Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning to infer navigable directions from environmental cues, including light intensity gradients, passage morphology, and geometric complexity, captured through multimodal inputs comprising RGB imagery, depth maps, and sonar-based vertical-clearance measurements, thereby supporting safe 3D navigation through confined cave passages. High-fidelity simulations across multiple cave topologies demonstrate that the proposed framework completes all evaluated end-to-end traversals without collisions while maintaining safe clearance from cave boundaries. Subjects: Robotics (cs.RO) Cite as: arXiv:2608.27793 [cs.RO] (or arXiv:2608.27793v1 [cs.RO] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.27793 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Xiaomin Lin [view email] [v1] Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:16:09 UTC (2,397 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled CAVE-NAV: VLM-Based Autonomous 3D Navigation in Underwater Cave Environments, by Zhenqi Wu and 6 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: cs.RO new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: cs References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar Loading... Data provided by: Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)