Human Multi-Robot Interaction Workshop at IROS 2023

With autonomous robots becoming increasingly capable we expect to see their deployment in a broader range of applications and at larger scale. Thus, there is a need for human-robot interaction (HRI) studies on how multi-robot systems can work with and around humans, how end-users can refine their behaviour, and how to enable efficient coordination of robot fleets to accomplish complex tasks. In this workshop, we focus on fundamental challenges around the interaction of humans with multi-robot systems. 

From an HRI perspective, this prompts new challenges arising from the complexity and scalability issues specific to multi-robot problems. Conversely, the design of multi-robot systems needs to consider the usability by, and interaction with, different end-users such as system operators, human co-workers or people sharing the robots’ environment. Thus, we aim to bring together experts from both HRI and multi-robot systems to discuss pressing research questions.