Swarms are groups of autonomous vehicles that work together in a collection to achieve an objective. Swarms will revolutionize our ability to efficiently and resiliently perform automated tasks in a variety of industries, especially in the domains of energy, agriculture, environment, and defense. At this session, learn about some of the challenges that face the use and adoption of swarms, and how these challenges are being addressed in recent work. Dr. Balasuriya, Marine Robotics Senior Scientist at Charles River, will explore swarms that are autonomous (they can make their own best decisions), decentralized (independent of a specific central leader), resilient (remain effective despite attrition), heterogeneous (vehicles with different capabilities and mobility characteristics), safe (reliable, even when not piloted directly), and managed (an operator can interact with the swarm rather than dealing with the overwhelming complexity of many individual vehicles).