Overview of the SkillWrapper architecture.

SkillWrapper: Generative Predicate Invention for Skill Abstraction

TL;DR – This paper introduces SkillWrapper, a system for creating abstract representations of skills using foundation models.

November 2025 · Ziyi Yang, Benned Hedegaard, Ahmad Jaafar, Yichen Wei, Skye Thompson, Shreyas Sundara Raman, Haotian Fu, Stefanie Tellex, George Konidaris, David Paulius, Naman Shah
Brief overview of key advantages of object-level planning for hierachical planning

[CoRL-WS-22] Object-Level Planning and Abstraction

TL;DR – This workshop paper (specifically, a blue-sky submission) introduces the importance of object-level planning and representation as an additional layer on top of task and motion planning. I present several benefits of using object-level planning for long-term use in robotics.

December 2022 · David Paulius

[RAS-19] A Survey of Knowledge Representation in Service Robotics

TL;DR – This was my first survey paper that covers knowledge representations for service robotics. Although it is dated, it covers an extensive list of approaches used to represent knowledge for several robot sub-tasks.

August 2019 · David Paulius, Yu Sun