Recent advances in technology are delivering robots of reduced size and cost. A natural
outgrowth of these advances are systems comprised of large numbers of robots that …

Humans are an essential part of human-robot interaction (HRI), but what roles do they play
in HRI research? Analysis of the role of human subjects in research can serve as an …

Motivation Scientists increasingly rely on intelligent information systems to help them in their
daily tasks, in particular for managing research objects, like publications or datasets. The …

Swarm robotic systems are gaining in interest with the prospect of their use for various
applications, including monitoring, tracking, infrastructure support, and protection. Prior …

As development of robots with the ability to self-assess their proficiency for accomplishing
tasks continues to grow, metrics are needed to evaluate the characteristics and performance …

Robot swarms are becoming popular in domains that require spatial coordination. Effective
human control over swarm members is pivotal for ensuring swarm behaviours align with the …

Robotic swarms are distributed systems that exhibit global behaviors arising from local
interactions between individual robots. Each robot can be programmed with several local …

A complete prototype for multi-modal interaction between humans and multi-robot systems is
described. The application focus is on search and rescue missions. From the human-side …

Shepherding algorithms enable scalable swarm control via the utilization of one or a few
control agents. Despite their demonstrated effectiveness in controlling swarms of point …

Human multi-robot interaction exploits both the human operator's high-level decision-
making skills and the robotic agents' vigorous computing and motion abilities. While …