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+======= Welcome to the Novel Engineering for Swarm Technologies Lab! =======
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-===== Novel Engineering for Swarm Technologies =====
+We conduct research on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_robotics|swarm robotics]], including **coordination algorithms**, **software engineering**, and **human-swarm interaction.**
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-==== What is NEST Lab? ====
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-Robot swarms are complex and weird machines. A robot swarm is a distributed system, with a constantly changing communication topology, populated by a large number of individuals that act in the physical space. Robot swarms must react intelligently to environmental stimuli and interact with humans in a friendly manner. At NEST, we study how to best express swarm algorithms, how to make swarms aware of their internal state and the environment, and how to prevent the robocalipse.
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+    <h4 class="media-heading">Josh Successfully Defended His PhD (May 9, 2025)</h4>
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+Joshua Bloom successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Bloom!
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+    <h4 class="media-heading">Ashay Successfully Defended His PhD (May 6, 2025)</h4>
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+Ashay Aswale successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Aswale!
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+    <h4 class="media-heading">Stephen Successfully Defended His PhD (May 6, 2025)</h4>
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+Stephen Powers successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Powers!
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+    <h4 class="media-heading">Khai Yi Successfully Defended His PhD (April 17, 2025)</h4>
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+Khai Yi Chin successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Chin!
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-  * **Aug 14, 2017 >>** [[https://youtu.be/JnXO-SaDr18|Worcester Channel 3 coverage]] of research at NEST Lab.
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-  * **Aug 8, 2017 >>** [[https://www.wpi.edu/news/taking-world-swarm?utm_source=WPI&utm_medium=Link&utm_content=Swarm|Article of WPI Today]] about research at NEST Lab.
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-  * **May 29, 2017 >>** [[http://the.swarming.buzz/ICRA2017/|Tutorial]] about [[http://the.swarming.buzz/|Buzz]] at [[http://www.icra2017.org/|ICRA2017]].
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-  * **Apr 5, 2017 >>** WPI undergrad Brandon M. Sanders awarded a [[https://www.wpi.edu/research/student/undergraduate/summer-undergraduate-research-fellowships|Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship]]. Brandon will use this scholarship to join NEST Lab over the summer.
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-  * **Mar 7, 2017 >>** Nathalie Majcherczyk awarded the first [[https://www.wpi.edu/academics/graduate/funding-opportunities/phd-global-research-award|WPI PhD Global Research Scholarship]]. Nathalie will use this scholarship to visit [[http://www.mistlab.ca/|MIST Lab]] in Montreal over the summer.
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-  * **Feb 24, 2017 >>** WPI undergrad Sierra T. Palmer nominated [[http://www.hluce.org/cblprogram.aspx|Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholar]]. Sierra will use this scholarship to join NEST Lab over the summer.
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-  * **Nov 16, 2016 >>** Tutorial proposal about [[http://the.swarming.buzz/|Buzz]] accepted at [[http://www.icra2017.org/|ICRA2017]].
+Stephen Powers, Carlo Pinciroli. [[https://ants2022.uma.es/|ANTS 2022]].
-  * **Nov 9, 2016 >>** Talk about paper //Decentralized Progressive Shape Formation with Robot Swarms// at [[http://www.dars2016.org/|DARS2016]].
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-  * **Oct 29-30, 2016 >>** [[http://the.swarming.buzz/|Buzz]] demo at [[http://northeastrobotics.org/NERC2016.html|NERC2016]].
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-  * **Oct 12, 2016 >>** Talk about [[http://the.swarming.buzz/|Buzz]] at [[http://www.iros2016.org/|IROS2016]].
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-  * **Sep 28, 2016 >>** Paper //Swarm-Oriented Programming of Distributed Robot Networks// to appear on the [[https://www.computer.org/computer-magazine/|IEEE Computer Magazine]].
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+Ashay Aswale, Aukkawut Ammartayakun, Antonio Lopez, Carlo Pinciroli. [[https://aamas2022-conference.auckland.ac.nz/|AAMAS 2022]] (**Best Paper Award**).
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+    <h4 class="media-heading">On Multi-Human Multi-Robot Remote Interaction: A Study of Transparency, Inter-Human Communication, and Information Loss in Remote Interaction</h4>
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+Jayam Patel, Prajankya Sonar, Carlo Pinciroli. Swarm Intelligence 2022.
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