SEAMS 2026
Mon 13 - Tue 14 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
co-located with ICSE 2026
Tue 14 Apr 2026 14:00 - 14:15 at Oceania II - Autonomous, Robotic & Cyber-Physical Systems Chair(s): Matteo Camilli

The development of systems comprised of multiple robots is challenging. This holds in particular for swarm robotics, where no central coordination is possible. Swarm programming requires the developer to foresee the desired emergent behavior as the result of the interaction between individual robots. The application logic is designed on micro-level, i.e, for an individual robot. But, the envision application is on macro-level, i.e., the swarm. In this paper, we aim to bridge the gap between micro- and macro-level programming by introducing a swarm element feedback loop on top of the individual feedback loop for each swarm constituent. The additional feedback loop uses context-role-oriented programming to capture the current role the robot plays within the swarm as well as its beliefs about its current perception. This enables developers to embed swarm-level application logic into their micro-level application. In turn, program comprehension and explainability of adaptation actions are improved. We evaluate our approach using an exemplary swarm application: a foraging chain. All robots participating in the swarm work together to collect prey and transport it to the nest. When robots detect each other, they form a chain and hand over the collected material to each other. We show the feasibility of our approach by simulating swarms of increasing size, and we assess the performance and scalability of our approach.

Tue 14 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

14:00 - 15:30
Autonomous, Robotic & Cyber-Physical SystemsResearch Track / Artifact Track / Journal First Track / SEAMS Program at Oceania II
Chair(s): Matteo Camilli Politecnico di Milano
14:00
15m
Talk
Using Context-Role-Oriented Programming for Swarms to Alleviate the Micro-Macro ProblemFull PaperVirtual Attendance
Research Track
Sebastian Götz Technische Universität Dresden, Christian Gutsche Boysen-TU Dresden-Graduiertenkolleg; Technische Universität Dresden, Adrian Scholze Technische Universität Dresden, Uwe Aßmann TU Dresden, Germany
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14:15
15m
Talk
Maneuver Sequence Coverage of Scenarios for Autonomous Driving SystemFull Paper
Research Track
Yulin Jin University of Edinburgh, Ajitha Rajan The University of Edinburgh
14:30
10m
Talk
Formally Guaranteed Control Adaptation for ODD-Resilient Autonomous SystemsShort Paper
Research Track
Gricel Vázquez University of York, UK, Calum Imrie University of York, Sepeedeh Shahbeigi University of York, UK, Nawshin Mannan Proma University of York, Tian Gan University of York, UK, Victoria J. Hodge University of York, John Molloy University of York, Simos Gerasimou Cyprus University of Technology
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14:40
15m
Talk
EvoDriver: Novelty-Search Driven Evolution of Behavioral Test Suites for Autonomous VehiclesFull Paper
Research Track
Sol Zilberman Michigan State University, Kenneth Chan Michigan State University, Betty H.C. Cheng Michigan State University
14:55
10m
Talk
Towards Assured Mission Adaptation of Multi-Robot SystemsShort Paper
Research Track
Vicente Romeiro Ruhr University Bochum, Ricardo Caldas Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Gianluca Filippone Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Thorsten Berger Ruhr University Bochum, Genaína Nunes Rodrigues University of Brasília
15:05
15m
Talk
Automated Planning for Task-Based Cyber-Physical Systems under Multiple Sources of UncertaintyVirtual AttendanceJournal-First
Journal First Track
Raquel Sánchez Salas University of Malaga, Javier Troya ITIS Software, University of Malaga, Javier Camara University of Málaga
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15:20
10m
Talk
Ubi-AAL: A Self-Adaptive Ubiquitous Computing System Problem Exemplar in Ambient Assisted LivingArtifact
Artifact Track
Javier Camara University of Málaga, Ilias Gerostathopoulos Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Livia Lestingi DEIB, Politecnico di Milano, Michele Loreti University of Camerino, Hiroyuki Nakagawa Okayama University, Marjan Sirjani Malardalen University, Kenji Tei Institute of Science Tokyo