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==== What is NEST Lab? ==== | ==== 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. | 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 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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==== Latest News ==== | ==== Latest News ==== |
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* **Mar 7, 2017 >>** Nathalie Majcherczyk awarded the first WPI PhD Global Research Scholarship. Nathalie will use this scholarship to visit [[http://www.mistlab.ca/|MIST Lab]] in Montreal. | * **Jul 08, 2019 >>** Arsalan Akhter will be joining [[ |
| https://www.vecnarobotics.com/|Vecna Robotics]] for a summer internship. |
| * **Jun 24, 2019 >>** Nathalie Majcherczyk will be joining [[ |
| https://x.company/|GoogleX]] for a summer internship. |
| * **May 13, 2019 >>** Tyagaraja Ramaswamy will be joining [[ |
| https://www.irobot.com/|iRobot]] for a summer internship. |
| * **Sep 19, 2018 >>** The paper //Decentralized Progressive Shape Formation with Robot Swarms// by Guannan Li, David St-Onge, Carlo Pinciroli, Andrea Gasparri, Emanuele Garone, and Giovanni Beltrame was accepted at the [[https://www.springer.com/engineering/control/journal/10514|Autonomous Robots journal]]. |
| * **Sep 3, 2018 >>** The paper //A Gamification Concept for Teaching Swarm Robotics// by Heiko Hamann, Carlo Pinciroli, and Sebastian von Mammen was accepted at the [[http://ewme2018.iti.uni-luebeck.de/|12th European Workshop on Microelectronics Education (EWME 2018)]]. |
| * **Aug 30, 2018 >>** Nathalie Majcherczyk received a //IROS Student and Developing Countries (SDC) Travel Award// to attend [[https://www.iros2018.org/|IROS 2018]] in Madrid and present her paper. |
| * **Jul 24, 2018 >>** The paper //Decentralized Connectivity-Preserving Deployment of Large-Scale Robot Swarms// by Nathalie Majcherczyk, Adhavan Jayabalan, Giovanni Beltrame, and Carlo Pinciroli was accepted at [[https://www.iros2018.org/|IROS 2018]]. |
| * **Jul 24, 2018 >>** The paper //Circle Formation with Computation-Free Robots Shows Emergent Behavioral Structure// by David St-Onge, Carlo Pinciroli, and Giovanni Beltrame was accepted at [[https://www.iros2018.org/|IROS 2018]]. |
| * **Jun 14,2018 >>** The paper //Simulating Kilobots within ARGoS: Models and Experimental Validation// by Carlo Pinciroli, Mohamed Salaheddine Talamali, Andreagiovanni Reina, James A. R. Marshall, and Vito Trianni was accepted at the [[http://www.swarm-intelligence.eu/ants2018/|11th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2018)]]. |
| * **Jun 14, 2018 >>** The paper //Simulating Multi-Robot Construction in ARGoS// by Michael Allwright, Carlo Pinciroli, Navneet Bhalla, and Marco Dorigo was accepted at the [[http://www.swarm-intelligence.eu/ants2018/|11th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2018)]]. |
| * **May 07, 2018 >>** Nathalie Majcherczyk will be joining [[https://www.amazonrobotics.com|Amazon Robotics]] for a summer internship. |
| * **Apr 16, 2018 >>** Nathalie Majcherczyk received an //Inclusion@RSS// travel grant to attend [[http://www.roboticsconference.org/|RSS]] 2018 in Pittsburgh and present a poster about her work. |
| * **Mar 27, 2018 >>** Nathalie Majcherczyk received an //WPI Graduate Student// travel grant to attend [[https://www.iros2018.org/|IROS 2018]] in Madrid and present her paper. |
| * **Mar 6, 2018 >>** The paper //Engineering Safety in Swarm Robotics// by Giovanni Beltrame, Ettore Merlo, Jacopo Panerati, and Carlo Pinciroli was accepted at the [[https://sselab.de/lab9/public/wiki/RoSE18/index.php?title=Main_Page|1st International Workshop on Robotics Software Engineering (RoSE 2018)]]. |
| * **Jan 12, 2018 >>** The paper //From Swarms to Stars: Task Coverage in Robot Swarms with Connectivity Constraints// by Jacopo Panerati, Luca Gianoli, Carlo Pinciroli, Abdo Shabah, Gabriela Nicolescu, and Giovanni Beltrame was accepted for publication at [[http://icra2018.org/|ICRA 2018]]. |
| * **Aug 14, 2017 >>** [[https://youtu.be/JnXO-SaDr18|Worcester Channel 3 coverage]] of research at NEST Lab. |
| * **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. |
| * **May 29, 2017 >>** [[http://the.swarming.buzz/ICRA2017/|Tutorial]] about [[http://the.swarming.buzz/|Buzz]] at [[http://www.icra2017.org/|ICRA2017]]. |
| * **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. |
| * **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. |
* **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. | * **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. |
* **Nov 16, 2016 >>** Tutorial proposal about [[http://the.swarming.buzz/|Buzz]] accepted at [[http://www.icra2017.org/|ICRA2017]]. | * **Nov 16, 2016 >>** Tutorial proposal about [[http://the.swarming.buzz/|Buzz]] accepted at [[http://www.icra2017.org/|ICRA2017]]. |
* **Oct 12, 2016 >>** Talk about [[http://the.swarming.buzz/|Buzz]] at [[http://www.iros2016.org/|IROS2016]]. | * **Oct 12, 2016 >>** Talk about [[http://the.swarming.buzz/|Buzz]] at [[http://www.iros2016.org/|IROS2016]]. |
* **Sep 28, 2016 >>** Paper //Swarm-Oriented Programming of Distributed Robot Networks// to appear on the [[https://www.computer.org/computer-magazine/|IEEE Computer Magazine]]. | * **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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