Subprojects

Subproject A: ETH Zürich

• Institute: Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, Prof. Bernhard Plattner
• Senior researchers: Karin Anna Hummel, Domenico Giustiniano, Simon Heimlicher, Wolfgang Mühlbauer
• PhD researcher: Mahdi Asadpour
• The objective of this subproject is to provide reachability for highly mobile wireless networks, enabling communication between different classes of agents (flying robots, humans, and dogs).

Subproject B: EPF Lausanne

• Institute: Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, Prof. Dareo Floreano
• Project leader: Jean-Christophe Zufferey
• PhD researcher: Maja Varga
• Technical assistant: Yannick Gasser
• The subproject aims at developing flying robots that can locally adapt to the needs of the other agents by serving as an eye in the sky, communication relay, or as a guide for the dogs.

Subproject C: IDSIA

• Institute: Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale, Prof. Luca Gambardella
• Project leader: Gianni di Caro
• PhD researcher: Eduardo Feo
• This subproject focuses on the issue of swarm control, i.e., the adaptive system-lemovement patterns for the agents of a heterogeneous networked swarm

Subproject D: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

• Institute: Department of Ethology, Prof. Ádám Miklósi
• Project leader: Prof. Ádám Miklósi
• PhD researcher: Anna Gergely, Linda Gerencsér
• The goal of this subproject is to establish a replicable and reliable procedure to train dogs for collaborating in search tasks in heterogeneous swarms.