Abstract
Experience reuse can reduce repeated exploration in embodied agents, but a trajectory that succeeded previously may be unsuitable for the current execution context. Existing memory systems pri marily optimize construction and retrieval; semantic relevance and historical success therefore remain insufficient when retrieved ex perience contains incompatible actions or an inappropriate level of structure. We introduce Memory Adaptation for Task-Conditioned Execution (MATE), a deterministic post-retrieval procedure that converts trajectories into execution-oriented memory. MATE re moves obsolete control context, extracts condition-action-effect transitions, applies verified action normalization, selects a task dependent representation, and serializes the result under a fixed budget without additional LLM inference. On 134 ALFWorld tasks, MATE achieves task success rates of 81.3% and 93.3% with Qwen2.5-14B and 72B while using approximately one-tenth of the tokens required by raw trajectories. Controlled comparisons show that verified action normalization is the principal mechanism by which MATE restores the utility of retrieved experience, support ing memory adaptation as a distinct stage between retrieval and embodied execution.
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APA 7
Li, Q., Zhang, H., Chi, Y., Song, L., Li, J., Huang, Y., Zhang, H., & Cao, G. (2026). When Successful Memories Mislead Embodied Agents:Memory Adaption For Task-Conditioned Execution. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/when-successful-memories-mislead-embodied-agents-memory-adaption-for-task-conditioned-execution
MLA 9
Li, Quanquan, et al. "When Successful Memories Mislead Embodied Agents:Memory Adaption For Task-Conditioned Execution." https://omanscience.com/en/articles/when-successful-memories-mislead-embodied-agents-memory-adaption-for-task-conditioned-execution.
Chicago (author–date)
Li, Quanquan, Hongbo Zhang, Yihe Chi, Liuyang Song, Jingyu Li, Yuxiang Huang, Hongzhen Zhang, and Guitao Cao. 2026. "When Successful Memories Mislead Embodied Agents:Memory Adaption For Task-Conditioned Execution." https://omanscience.com/en/articles/when-successful-memories-mislead-embodied-agents-memory-adaption-for-task-conditioned-execution.
Harvard
Li, Q., Zhang, H., Chi, Y., Song, L., Li, J., Huang, Y., Zhang, H. and Cao, G. (2026) 'When Successful Memories Mislead Embodied Agents:Memory Adaption For Task-Conditioned Execution', Available at: https://omanscience.com/en/articles/when-successful-memories-mislead-embodied-agents-memory-adaption-for-task-conditioned-execution.
Vancouver
Li Q, Zhang H, Chi Y, Song L, Li J, Huang Y, et al. When Successful Memories Mislead Embodied Agents:Memory Adaption For Task-Conditioned Execution. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/when-successful-memories-mislead-embodied-agents-memory-adaption-for-task-conditioned-execution
IEEE
Q. Li, H. Zhang, Y. Chi, L. Song, J. Li, Y. Huang, H. Zhang, and G. Cao, "When Successful Memories Mislead Embodied Agents:Memory Adaption For Task-Conditioned Execution," https://omanscience.com/en/articles/when-successful-memories-mislead-embodied-agents-memory-adaption-for-task-conditioned-execution.