Policy support for autonomous swarms of drones
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Cullen, Alan
Karafili, E
Pilgrim, Alan
Williams, Chris
Lupu, Emil
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
In recent years drones have become more widely used in military and non-military applications. Automation of these drones will become more important as their use increases. Individual drones acting autonomously will be able to achieve some tasks, but swarms of autonomous drones working together will be able to achieve much more complex tasks and be able to better adapt to changing environments. In this paper we describe an example scenario involving a swarm of drones from a military coalition and civil/humanitarian organisations that are working collaboratively to monitor areas at risk of flooding. We provide a definition of a swarm and how they can operate by exchanging messages. We define a flexible set of policies that are applicable to our scenario that can be easily extended to other scenarios or policy paradigms. These policies ensure that the swarms of drones behave as expected (e.g., for safety and security). Finally we discuss the challenges and limitations around policies for autonomous swarms and how new research, such as generative policies, can aid in solving these limitations.
Date Issued
2018-11-24
Date Acceptance
2018-07-27
Citation
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2018, pp.56-70
ISSN
0302-9743
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Start Page
56
End Page
70
Journal / Book Title
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Springer-Verlag. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04372-8_6
Sponsor
IBM United Kingdom Ltd
IBM United Kingdom Ltd
Identifier
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-04372-8_6
Grant Number
CODSE_P67563
4603317662
Source
1st International Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Authorization and Authentication
Subjects
Swarm
Drone Systems
Policies
Coalitions
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2018-09-03
Finish Date
2018-09-07
Coverage Spatial
Barcelona, Spain
Date Publish Online
2018-11-24