Conference Program

8:15-08:30 AM Opening Remarks
Prof. Sylvia Herbert
8:30-9:00 AM Invited Talk 1
Prof. Amanda Prorok- Uncovering the Role of Diversity in Achieving Resilient Multi-Robot Coordination
9:00-9:30 AM Poster Previews 1
9:30-10:20 AM Poster Session 1 (A)
10:00-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30-11:10 AM Keynote 1
Prof. Magnus Egerstedt- From Coordination to Collaboration in Multi-Robot Systems: Lessons from Ecology
11:10-11:40 AM Invited Talk 2
Prof. Michael Milford- Drone and Marine Robot Teams, and the Vital Importance of Introspection
11:40 AM-12:10 PM Invited Talk 3
Prof. Nikolay Atanasov- Encoding Sparsity Constraints and Physics Knowledge in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
12:10-12:40 PM Panel 1
Resilience and Scalability Through Collective Intelligence
12:30-2:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00-2:30 PM Invited Talk 4
Dr. Nare Karapetyan- Scaling in Field Robotics: Hierarchical Approach
2:30-3:00 PM Poster Previews 2
3:00-3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:00-3:50 PM Poster Session 2 (C)
3:50-4:30 PM Keynote 2
Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme- End-to-end Learning of Coordinated Multi-robot Performant Flight with 20 Neurons
4:30-5:00 PM Invited Talk 5
Prof. Roberto Tron- Introspection in Multi-Robot Systems: A Tool for Cyberphysical Security
5:00-5:10 PM Industry Talk 1
Dr. Katia Estabridis
5:10-5:20 PM Industry Talk 2
Dr. Jean-Pierre de La Croix- CADRE: Scalability and Resilience on a Small Rover Team on the Moon
5:20-5:50 PM Panel 2
Barriers to Real World Deployment of Large and Robust MRS
5:50-6:15 PM Best Paper Candidates Session
6:15-6:30 PM Closing Remarks
Prof. Stephanie Gil