Hi everyone, Looking forward to this week's seminar! We'll have a talk from our very own Dr. Adams this week, on the interesting and evolving topic of how many robots one human operator can successfully command. As a reminder, everyone is expected to come to the seminar. We’ve got a strict no-device policy. We also have, as always, coffee and coffee cake. For the spring term, we're in Rogers Hall 230. Seminar is at 10am Friday. See you then! Cheers, Naomi P.S. In entertaining science communication news, there's also an exciting event coming up this Friday (5/23) at the Majestic Theater with professional science communicator/comedian Ben Miller: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=273951<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fl.facebook.com%2Fl.php%3Fu%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fapp.arts-people.com%252Findex.php%253Fshow%253D273951%2526fbclid%253DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExUW5wYjNUb3k4YlA2UlpSbgEe5mrTzizuUo9trfRF-wMDmASmZDlhaSWy7OKS2xfaE64hBnmxLP17N7HsMl0_aem_oSU5QasjmT3icxb2JrYlww%26h%3DAT3FKY_srQajVTUk-maL_yebbqv6O6ljrdCRt8Rugt-HwJmAmctrGltLLbM_3BsAyuY1caMwxAFmJIclSt5Fz6HOsEUh0kLAOL4L2voxW_pd75-xtOn3rB-2A523n46I62HU-ZbH_NpT9JpctVo%26__tn__%3D-UK*F%26c%5B0%5D%3DAT2rykaAiOplitrokhpNv4NieMAqGCT68NJ2PW57TIMmv1TJ7d-v9fORETJI4PpZxyh6999019UoHuk_DXkAdu9FgHqtdmIJcEIlEcahlz-FA72zpSOC4gm-zq9cdRHzBRoXfX7J9EU65vjBHZmKQtACPJRuAHZ5An6QMN_WlW6kZamNO30y7EXT28vRsDwello2zPnLaNjatAgz2R3r-g3hFLcr&data=05%7C02%7Crobotics-seminar%40engr.oregonstate.edu%7C31a2a74604a04c58f5c408dd9707696c%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C638832780549464268%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=McI2cFixvwFnHAff%2BHNwDLpk9GrQX5rkvExHiUaz0RY%3D&reserved=0>. I encourage anyone who is interested to attend! Please let me know if you'd be interested in connecting with Ben to learn more about creative science communication while he's in town (similarly to the seminar with IEEE's Evan Ackerman in the Fall). ______________________________________________________________ Julie A. Adams, Professor at Oregon State Associate Director of Research Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute Bio: Dr. Adams is the founder of the Human-Machine Teaming Laboratory and the Associate Director of Research of the Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CoRIS) Institute. Adams has focused on human-machine teaming and distributed artificial intelligence for thirty-five years. Throughout her career she has focused on unmanned systems, but also focused on crewed civilian and military aircraft at Honeywell, Inc. and commercial, consumer and industrial systems at the Eastman Kodak Company. Her research, which is grounded in robotics applications for domains such as first response, archaeology, oceanography, and the U.S. military, focuses on distributed artificial intelligence, swarms, robotics and human-machine teaming. Dr. Adams is an NSF CAREER award recipient, a Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Fellow as well as a member of the National Academies Board on Army Research and Development and the DARPA Information Science and Technology Study Group. Talk Title: The Human-Robot Ratio (m:N) Theory: Limitations and Considerations Abstract: The traditional human-to-robot ratio, or m:N theory states that the number of robots limits humans ability to manage and maintain overall team performance. This theory was developed primarily based on ground robot capabilities 10-15 years ago. While some traditional m:N limitations persist, both applied research and commercial systems debunk this traditional theory, particularly for very large numbers of robots (m<<N). This keynote will discuss the limitations of the theory, provide evidence that contradicts the theory, and discuss human factors aspects that will have an impact on the number of robots a single human can safely deploy. Results and examples will include simulated large autonomous uncrewed aircraft with associated necessary interactions with air traffic control, heterogeneous swarms deployed in urban environments, and commercial delivery uncrewed aircraft.