When to Adapt: Multi-Signal Domain Shift Detection for Efficient Training-Free Adaptation in Open-Vocabulary Segmentation

Robust and reliable perception is essential for autonomous robots operating in real-world environments, particularly in long-term missions where environmental conditions may change significantly over time. Although recent advances in Visual Foundation Models (VFMs) have improved open-vocabulary semantic segmentation, these models can still suffer from domain shift, which can significantly degrade performance if they are not adapted to the current environment.

From the abstract. Our summary is in progress.