Using Human Extrapolation to Compare Robotic Swarm Control Schemes

• Mentors: Dr. Matthew S. Cain, Ph.D. & Dr. Dawn Wendell, Ph.D.

• Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Tufts University, 2018

• Research Science Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018

SUMMARY

I worked to find the method of robotic swarm control that produced swarm motion that is easiest to predict for humans; study of this problem is important to determine the optimal way for humans to pilot robotic swarms. Working under Dr. Matthew S. Cain and Dr. Dawn Wendell at the Research Science Institute, I found that lockstep swarm control is superior to leader swarm control.