DriveMLLM: A Benchmark for Spatial Understanding with Multimodal Large Language Models in Autonomous Driving

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.13112v2
• Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:24:04 GMT
• Title: DriveMLLM: A Benchmark for Spatial Understanding with Multimodal Large Language Models in Autonomous Driving
• Authors: Xianda Guo, Ruijun Zhang, Yiqun Duan, Yuhang He, Chenming Zhang, Shuai Liu, Long Chen,
• Abstract summary: We introduce DriveMLLM, a benchmark designed to evaluate the spatial understanding capabilities of multimodal large language models (MLLMs) in autonomous driving. DriveMLLM includes 880 front-facing camera images and introduces both absolute and relative spatial reasoning tasks, accompanied by linguistically diverse natural language questions. We evaluate several state-of-the-art MLLMs on DriveMLLM, and our results reveal the limitations of current models in understanding complex spatial relationships in driving contexts.
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• Abstract: Autonomous driving requires a comprehensive understanding of 3D environments to facilitate high-level tasks such as motion prediction, planning, and mapping. In this paper, we introduce DriveMLLM, a benchmark specifically designed to evaluate the spatial understanding capabilities of multimodal large language models (MLLMs) in autonomous driving. DriveMLLM includes 880 front-facing camera images and introduces both absolute and relative spatial reasoning tasks, accompanied by linguistically diverse natural language questions. To measure MLLMs' performance, we propose novel evaluation metrics focusing on spatial understanding. We evaluate several state-of-the-art MLLMs on DriveMLLM, and our results reveal the limitations of current models in understanding complex spatial relationships in driving contexts. We believe these findings underscore the need for more advanced MLLM-based spatial reasoning methods and highlight the potential for DriveMLLM to drive further research in autonomous driving. Code will be available at \url{https://github.com/XiandaGuo/Drive-MLLM}.

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