Hi all, I'll be defending my thesis on Thursday at 10AM. Virtual snacks will be provided. *Title:* Deployment Planning for Multiple Marsupial Robots *Date & Time:* Thursday, September 16th at 10:00 am *Abstract:* Multi-robot systems are versatile and extremely capable of exploration tasks in complex environments. Increasingly sophisticated planners, which incorporate new features of a multi-robot system, are necessary for the operation of the systems. Marsupial robots are multi-robot systems consisting of a carrier robot (e.g., a ground vehicle), which is highly capable and has a long mission duration, and at least one passenger robot (e.g., a short-duration aerial vehicle) transported by the carrier. These heterogeneous robot systems are more flexible than traditional homogeneous multi-robot systems in handling the constraints of a complex environment. However, the physical coupling of a carrier robot and passenger robots requires planners that are capable of accounting for passenger robot deployment planning in exploration. In this thesis, we present two algorithms for deploying passenger robots from marsupial robot systems, culminating into a generalized deployment framework. *Advisor:* Dr. Geoffrey Hollinger *Committee:* Dr. Geoffrey Hollinger, Dr. Julie Adams, Dr. Kagan Tumer, Dr. Bogdan Strimbu *Zoom Meeting:* Chris Lee is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Chris Lee's Personal Meeting Room Join Zoom Meeting https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/2965178854?pwd=RmYySkNKNks2ZkxYajNxZVNJSTh1dz0... Password: 497622 Phone Dial-In Information +1 971 247 1195 US (Portland) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Meeting ID: 296 517 8854 Join by Polycom/Cisco/Other Room System 2965178854@zoomcrc.com Thanks, Chris