# Causal-based approaches to explain and learn from self-extension: A review

- Source: arXiv cs.RO
- Published: 2026-10-27T04:00:00.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/xmwdxshu7wo5b1u3kd7lkolqn
- Original: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33227

## Summary

This review surveys recent advances in aware, self-evolving robots, with the goal of enabling robots to give humans explanations for the reasons behind their actions, plan failures, or perceptual anomalies. The authors note that deep learning alone cannot close this gap, because the reasons behind the behavior of black-box models are not accessible; an underlying architecture based on deeper reasoning is needed. When explanations arise from cognitive processes and are shared with and validated by humans, the robot should be able to incorporate them into its knowledge base to improve subsequent behavior.