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Governed Capability Evolution: Lifecycle-Time Compatibility Checking and Rollback for AI-Component-Based Systems, with Embodied Agents as Case Study

Cong Yang, John See, Simin Luan, Xue Qin, Zeyd Boukhers, Zhijun Li

Governed upgrades keep AI agent success at 67% with zero unsafe cases

arxiv:2604.08059 v5 · 2026-04-09 · cs.RO · cs.AI

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governed upgrade retains comparable success (67.4%) with zero unsafe activations across all rounds (Wilcoxon p=0.003)

C2weakest assumption

The four compatibility checks (interface, policy, behavioral, recovery) are sufficient to detect all unsafe evolutions in the target domain; the PyBullet/ROS 2 testbed with random seeds adequately represents real-world embodied agent upgrade scenarios.

C3one line summary

A governed capability evolution framework with interface, policy, behavioral, and recovery checks reduces unsafe activations to zero in embodied agent upgrades while preserving task success rates.

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ECM Contracts: Contract-Aware, Versioned, and Governable Capability Interfaces for Embodied Agents

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arxiv: 2604.08059 · arxiv_version: 2604.08059v5 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2604.08059 · pith_short_12: GYN5AJGV3V6S · pith_short_16: GYN5AJGV3V6SJK5G · pith_short_8: GYN5AJGV

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