Computer Science Program Presents

Robot Partners for Our Deep Ocean World

The deep ocean remains underexplored, despite its critical role in climate, ecosystems, geology, and infrastructure. As scientific understanding of remote domains must increasingly rely on autonomy without human supervision, these systems need to move beyond pre-scripted surveys and toward autonomy that can reason about goals, adapt to new observations, and collaborate with human operators during exploration. I summarize approaches used in the field before introducing my research: the DYNOS mission architecture, which is designed to support flexible, interpretable autonomy by integrating symbolic reasoning, reactive and ML behaviors, and human-robot interaction principles. Drawing on my work deploying the Sentry autonomous underwater robot for scientific exploration, and controlled environment experiments, I show how this method works towards robot partners for our deep ocean world: self-directed systems that extend the reach of our understanding while remaining transparent, controllable, and responsive in complex unknown environments.

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For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 3:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium

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