Communication and Networking for Swarms Robotics
The 6th IEEE International Workshop on Communication and Networking for Swarms Robotics is organized in conjunction with IEEE CCNC 2026 – IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference.
Call for Papers
Recent advances in the field of telecommunications and electronics have led to the proliferation of autonomous robots in numerous novel application fields, from emergency situations to military
applications, from infrastructure inspection to ambient monitoring services, where the utilization of multiple robots is essential to accomplish the desired task. Recent works have demonstrated the challenges of coordinating multiple robots to deploy robot networks with self-configuration and self-healing capabilities to guarantee service continuity, also in case of failures.
Starting from the unique requirements of a multi robot system, Swarm Robotics is a complex approach that requires an understanding of how to define distributed systems to define self-organization behaviors. Swarm Robotics studies how to make robots collaborate and collectively solve a task where every robot contributes to the general task sharing the same higher-level objectives. To this end, communication wireless networks must be specifically designed to support cooperation and collaboration inside the swarm.
This workshop invites original research articles and review articles that focus on communication networking problems in swarm robotics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Communication Models and Protocols for Swarm Robotics
- Delay-Tolerant Applications for Swarm Robotics
- Fog and Edge Computing in Swarm Robotics
- 5G, beyond 5G, and 6G Integration with Swarm Robotics
- Satellite and Space Communications for Swarm Robotics
- Integration of Unmanned Aerial, Ground, and Underwater Vehicles in Swarm Robotics
- Localization, Navigation, and Dynamic Path Planning in Swarm Robotics
- Cooperative Control of Multiple Robots
- Security and Privacy in Swarm Robotics
- The Internet of Things (IoT) and the Web of Things (WoT) in Swarm Robotics
- Swarm Intelligence and Nature-Inspired Algorithm in Swarm Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence Applications in Swarm Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence Networked Control of Swarm Robotics
- Federated Learning in Swarm Robotics
- Continual Learning and Adaptation for Swarm Robotics
- Novel applications for Swarm Robotics
Committees
General Chairs
- Angelo Trotta, University of Bologna, Italy
- Gökhan Seçinti, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
- Nicola Roberto Zema, University of Paris-Saclay, France
- Zhangyu Guan, University at Buffalo, USA
Program
Real-Time Cryptographic Agility for Autonomous UAV Swarms: A Performance-Driven Approach to Post-Quantum Migration
Abdullah Aydeger; Marco M Carvalho
Who Leads the Spread? Strategic Nodes for Resilient Communication in Human-Machine Networks
Carmela Comito; Annalisa Socievole
HarmoniKt: a Unifying Middleware for Heterogeneous Robot Fleets
Manuel Andruccioli; Angela Cortecchia; Davide Domini; Nicolas Farabegoli; Giovanni Delnevo; Danilo Pianini; Riccardo Venanzi; Mirko Viroli
Coordinated Anti-Jamming Resilience in Swarm Networks via Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Bahman Abolhassani; Tugba Erpek; Kemal Davaslioglu; Yalin E Sagduyu; Sastry Kompella
Measuring and Understanding Visualization Latency Performance for Smart City Applications
Alessio Masola; Paolo Burgio; Carlo Augusto Grazia; Luca Bedogni
Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Data Download Scheduling Algorithm for Internet of Drones Systems
Image Bhattarai; Cong Pu
Explainable Reward Shaping via SHAP for Double-DQN in UAV-Assisted WSNs
Ali Alfayly; Nadine Abbas