Human–AI Collaboration & Multi-Agent Autonomy

We investigate intelligent collaboration between humans and autonomous agents, as well as coordination among interconnected robotic systems. Our research focuses on human-autonomy teaming, trust-aware decision-making, adaptive task allocation, cooperative perception, and distributed control to enable effective and resilient multi-agent operations.

Human trust in automation and how automation communicates its reliability
Adaptive task allocation for human-machine teams, from manufacturing to m:N operations of uncrewed aircraft
Perception-aware distributed formation control for teams of drones and ground robots
Resilient vehicle platoons and networked control over unreliable wireless links

Representative publications

Lab members are in bold. ★ PhD student, ♦ Master's student, † equal contribution. The full list is on the Publications page.

2026

IROS

Formation-Aware Adaptive Conformalized Perception for Safe Leader-Follower Multi-Robot Systems

Richie R. Suganda^★ and Bin Hu

In Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (Acceptance Rate: 36%) (IROS), Sep 2026

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@inproceedings{suganda2026formation,
  title = {Formation-Aware Adaptive Conformalized Perception for Safe Leader-Follower Multi-Robot Systems},
  author = {Suganda★, Richie R. and Hu, Bin},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (Acceptance Rate: 36%)},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  address = {Pittsburgh, PA, USA},
}

2025

IEEE THMS

Human Perception of AI Capabilities at Classifying Perturbed Roadway Signs

Katherine R Garcia, Jing Chen, Yanru Xiao, Scott Mishler, Cong Wang, and Bin Hu

IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems (IEEE THMS), 2025

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@article{garcia2025human,
  title = {Human Perception of AI Capabilities at Classifying Perturbed Roadway Signs},
  author = {Garcia, Katherine R and Chen, Jing and Xiao, Yanru and Mishler, Scott and Wang, Cong and Hu, Bin},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems},
  volume = {55},
  number = {4},
  pages = {499--507},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1109/THMS.2025.3573173},
}

2022

IEEE TAC

Optimal Transmission Power and Controller Design for Networked Control Systems Under State-Dependent Markovian Channels

Bin Hu and Tua A Tamba

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (IEEE TAC), 2022

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@article{hu2022optimal,
  title = {Optimal Transmission Power and Controller Design for Networked Control Systems Under State-Dependent Markovian Channels},
  author = {Hu, Bin and Tamba, Tua A},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  volume = {67},
  pages = {5669--5676}
}

2021

Figure from Stochastic stability analysis for Vehicular Networked Systems with State-dependent bursty fading channels: A self-triggered approach

AUTOM

Stochastic stability analysis for Vehicular Networked Systems with State-dependent bursty fading channels: A self-triggered approach

Bin Hu

Automatica (AUTOM), 2021

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@article{hu2021stochastic,
  title = {Stochastic stability analysis for Vehicular Networked Systems with State-dependent bursty fading channels: A self-triggered approach},
  author = {Hu, Bin},
  journal = {Automatica},
  volume = {123},
  pages = {109352},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {Pergamon},
}

Figure from Automation error type and methods of communicating automation reliability affect trust and performance: An empirical study in the cyber domain

IEEE THMS

Automation error type and methods of communicating automation reliability affect trust and performance: An empirical study in the cyber domain

Jing Chen, Scott Mishler, and Bin Hu

IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems (IEEE THMS), 2021

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@article{chen2021automation,
  title = {Automation error type and methods of communicating automation reliability affect trust and performance: An empirical study in the cyber domain},
  author = {Chen, Jing and Mishler, Scott and Hu, Bin},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems},
  volume = {51},
  number = {5},
  pages = {463--473},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}

2019

IEEE TVT

String stability analysis for vehicle platooning under unreliable communication links with event-triggered strategy

Zhicheng Li, Bin Hu, Ming Li, and Gengnan Luo

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (IEEE TVT), 2019

Bib

@article{li2019string,
  title = {String stability analysis for vehicle platooning under unreliable communication links with event-triggered strategy},
  author = {Li, Zhicheng and Hu, Bin and Li, Ming and Luo, Gengnan},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology},
  volume = {68},
  number = {3},
  pages = {2152--2164},
  year = {2019},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

2018

IJHCS

The description-experience gap in the effect of warning reliability on user trust and performance in a phishing-detection context

Jing Chen, Scott Mishler, Bin Hu, Ninghui Li, and Robert W Proctor

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS), 2018

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@article{chen2018description,
  title = {The description-experience gap in the effect of warning reliability on user trust and performance in a phishing-detection context},
  author = {Chen, Jing and Mishler, Scott and Hu, Bin and Li, Ninghui and Proctor, Robert W},
  journal = {International Journal of Human-Computer Studies},
  volume = {119},
  pages = {35--47},
  year = {2018},
  publisher = {Elsevier}
}

2017

IEEE RAL

Optimal task allocation for human–machine collaborative manufacturing systems

Bin Hu and Jing Chen

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (IEEE RAL), 2017

Bib

@article{hu2017optimal,
  title = {Optimal task allocation for human--machine collaborative manufacturing systems},
  author = {Hu, Bin and Chen, Jing},
  journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
  volume = {2},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1933--1940},
  year = {2017},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

2015

IEEE TAC

Distributed switching control to achieve almost sure safety for leader-follower vehicular networked systems

Bin Hu and Michael D Lemmon

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (IEEE TAC), 2015

Bib

@article{hu2015distributed,
  title = {Distributed switching control to achieve almost sure safety for leader-follower vehicular networked systems},
  author = {Hu, Bin and Lemmon, Michael D},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control},
  volume = {60},
  number = {12},
  pages = {3195--3209},
  year = {2015},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

Funded projects

NASA Adaptive human-autonomy responsibility allocation for scalable and safe m:N operational architectures 2023–2027 Site PI
NSF CHS: Small AI-Human Collaboration in Autonomous Vehicles for Safety and Security 2020–2025 Co-PI