The interaction between humans and robot teams is highly relevant in many application
domains, for example in collaborative manufacturing, search and rescue, and logistics. It is …

The inspection of aquatic environments is a challenging activity, which is made more difficult
if the environment is complex or confined, such as those that are found in nuclear storage …

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to expand its reach, the demand for human control
and the development of AI systems that adhere to our legal, ethical, and social values also …

This paper reports on insights by robotics researchers that participated in a 5-day robot-
assisted nuclear disaster response field exercise conducted by Kerntechnische Hilfdienst …

This article presents an Expert-guided Mixed-initiative Control Switcher (EMICS) for remotely
operated mobile robots. The EMICS enables switching between different levels of autonomy …

This article surveys the Variable Autonomy (VA) robotics literature that considers two
contributory elements to Trustworthy AI: transparency and explainability. These elements …

This letter addresses the problem of automatically detecting and quantifying performance
degradation in remote mobile robots, in real-time, during task execution. A robot may …

We consider robot learning in the context of shared autonomy, where control of the system
can switch between a human teleoperator and autonomous control. In this setting we …

This paper addresses the problem of mixed initiative, shared control for master-slave
grasping and manipulation. We propose a novel system, in which an autonomous agent …

This paper addresses the problem of safe and efficient navigation in remotely controlled
robots operating in hazardous and unstructured environments; or conducting other remote …