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https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/478647/

@inproceedings{soton478647,
title = {Multi-agent signal-less intersection management with dynamic platoon formation},
author = {Phuriwat Worrawichaipat and Enrico Gerding and Ioannis Kaparias and Sarvapali Ramchurn},
url = {https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/478647/},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-05-01},
booktitle = {22nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (29/05/23 - 02/06/23)},
pages = {1542--1550},
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https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/477553/

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title = {AI Foundation Models: initial review, CMA Consultation, TAS Hub Response},
author = {Joshua Krook and Derek McAuley and Stuart Anderson and John Downer and Peter Winter and Sarvapali D Ramchurn},
url = {https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/477553/},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-06-01},
publisher = {University of Southampton},
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https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/479970/

@inproceedings{soton479970,
title = {The effect of data visualisation quality and task density on human-swarm interaction},
author = {Ayodeji Abioye and Mohammad Naiseh and William Hunt and Jediah R Clark and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Mohammad Soorati},
url = {https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/479970/},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-06-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)},
publisher = {IEEE},
abstract = {Despite the advantages of having robot swarms, human supervision is required for real-world applications. The performance of the human-swarm system depends on several factors including the data availability for the human operators. In this paper, we study the human factors aspect of the human-swarm interaction and investigate how having access to high-quality data can affect the performance of the human-swarm system - the number of tasks completed and the human trust level in operation. We designed an experiment where a human operator is tasked to operate a swarm to identify casualties in an area within a given time period. One group of operators had the option to request high-quality pictures while the other group had to base their decision on the available low-quality images. We performed a user study with 120 participants and recorded their success rate (directly logged via the simulation platform) as well as their workload and trust level (measured through a questionnaire after completing a human-swarm scenario). The findings from our study indicated that the group granted access to high-quality data exhibited an increased workload and placed greater trust in the swarm, thus confirming our initial hypothesis. However, we also found that the number of accurately identified casualties did not significantly vary between the two groups, suggesting that data quality had no impact on the successful completion of tasks.},
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Autonomous swarms of robots can bring robustness, scalability and adaptability to safety-critical tasks such as search and rescue but their application is still very limited. Using semi-autonomous swarms with human control can bring robot swarms to real-world applications. Human operators can define goals for the swarm, monitor their performance and interfere with, or overrule, the decisions and behaviour. We present the "Human And Robot Interactive Swarm'' simulator (HARIS) that allows multi-user interaction with a robot swarm and facilitates qualitative and quantitative user studies through simulation of robot swarms completing tasks, from package delivery to search and rescue, with varying levels of human control. In this demonstration, we showcase the simulator by using it to study the performance gain offered by maintaining a "human-in-the-loop'' over a fully autonomous system as an example. This is illustrated in the context of search and rescue, with an autonomous allocation of resources to those in need.

https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/479903/

@inproceedings{soton479903,
title = {Demonstrating performance benefits of human-swarm teaming},
author = {William Hunt and Jack Ryan and Ayodeji O Abioye and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Mohammad D Soorati},
url = {https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/479903/},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-05-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems},
pages = {3062--3064},
publisher = {International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS)},
abstract = {Autonomous swarms of robots can bring robustness, scalability and adaptability to safety-critical tasks such as search and rescue but their application is still very limited. Using semi-autonomous swarms with human control can bring robot swarms to real-world applications. Human operators can define goals for the swarm, monitor their performance and interfere with, or overrule, the decisions and behaviour. We present the "Human And Robot Interactive Swarm'' simulator (HARIS) that allows multi-user interaction with a robot swarm and facilitates qualitative and quantitative user studies through simulation of robot swarms completing tasks, from package delivery to search and rescue, with varying levels of human control. In this demonstration, we showcase the simulator by using it to study the performance gain offered by maintaining a "human-in-the-loop'' over a fully autonomous system as an example. This is illustrated in the context of search and rescue, with an autonomous allocation of resources to those in need.},
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