Since 2023
Research Group Leader
Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
University of Konstanz and Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany
Andreagiovanni Reina
Research Group Leader - GIO Lab - Group Intelligence and self-Organisation
Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, Universität Konstanz & Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany
Education and Research
2020 - 2023
Research Fellow of the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), Chargé de Recherches
Host: Prof. Marco Dorigo
Project: HECOROS — Heterogeneity for Cost-Effective Robot Swarms
2015 - 2020
Research Fellow in Collective Robotics
Project leader: Prof. James Marshall
ERC project: DiODe — Distributed Algorithms for Optimal Decision-Making
2011 - 2016
Ph.D. in Distributed Cognitive Systems
Supervisor: Prof. Marco Dorigo
Co-supervisor: Dr. Vito Trianni (CNR, Italy) (CNR, Italy)
Thesis: Engineering swarm systems: A design pattern for the best-of-n decision problem
2008 - 2010
Master of Science in Computer Engineering, taught in English (110/110 cum laude)
Web technologies, artificial intelligence, and robotics
2004 - 2008
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (106/110)
Focus areas: computer technology, programming languages, and automatic control
Supervision
Supervision of
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Ongoing (1)
Since 2026
Marco Fele
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
Project: Event-based neuro-inspired decision-making
In co-supervision with Iain Couzin.
Finished (3)
2024 - 2025
Alexandre Pacheco
Postdoc, Universität Konstanz.
Project: Blockchain-based swarm robotics
In co-supervision with Heiko Hamann.
2022 - 2024
Thierry-Sainclair Njougouo
Postdoc, Université de Namur, Belgium.
Project: Impact of the network connectivity in best-of-n collective decision making.
In co-supervision with Timoteo Carletti and Elio Tuci.
2019 - 2021
Arindam Saha
Postdoc, University of Sheffield, UK.
Project: Swarm Awareness.
In co-supervision with James Marshall.
Ongoing (1)
Since 2026
Marco Fele
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
Project: Event-based neuro-inspired decision-making
In co-supervision with Iain Couzin.
Finished (3)
2024 - 2025
Alexandre Pacheco
Postdoc, Universität Konstanz.
Project: Blockchain-based swarm robotics
In co-supervision with Heiko Hamann.
2022 - 2024
Thierry-Sainclair Njougouo
Postdoc, Université de Namur, Belgium.
Project: Impact of the network connectivity in best-of-n collective decision making.
In co-supervision with Timoteo Carletti and Elio Tuci.
2019 - 2021
Arindam Saha
Postdoc, University of Sheffield, UK.
Project: Swarm Awareness.
In co-supervision with James Marshall.
Ongoing (4)
Since 2025
Alberto Doimo
PhD, Universität Konstanz.
Thesis: Swarm ro-bat-ics
In co-supervision with Thejasvi Beleyur.
Since 2024
Sindiso Mkhatshwa
PhD, Universität Konstanz.
Thesis: Spatio-temporal computation in robot swarms
Main supervisor
Since 2024
Simay Atasoy
PhD, Universität Konstanz.
Thesis: Large-scale swarm robotics
In co-supervision with Heiko Hamann.
Since 2021
Raina Zakir
PhD, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Thesis: Swarm resiliency in collective decision making
In co-supervision with Marco Dorigo.
Finished (3)
2020 - 2026
Alexandre Pacheco
PhD, Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Thesis: Blockchain-based swarm robotics
In co-supervision with Marco Dorigo.
2016 - 2021
Aldo E. Encarnacion Segura
PhD, University of Sheffield, UK.
Thesis: Cellular decision-making models in yeast
In co-supervision with James Marshall and Thomas Bose.
2016 - 2021
Mohamed Salah Talamali
PhD, University of Sheffield, UK.
Thesis: Simple individual behavioural rules for improving the collective behaviours of robot swarms
In co-supervision with James Marshall.
Hosted PhD students (6)
11/2025 - 04/2026
Carlo Longhi
PhD, ISTC, Italian Research Council, Rome.
Project: Collective motion in large-scale swarms of bio-robots
In co-supervision with Vito Trianni.
2025 - 2026
Stefano Covone
PhD, Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples.
Project: Swarm of ring-attractor-based robots
In co-supervision with Mario di Bernardo.
01/2025 - 08/2025
Marco Fele
PhD, Swansea University, UK.
Project: Event-based neuro-inspired decision-making
In co-supervision with Andrew King.
2024 - 2025
Swadhin Agrawal
PhD, IISER Bhopal, India.
Project: Collective decision making via heterogeneous response thresholds
In co-supervision with Sujit P. Baliyarasimhuni and Liang Li.
10/2024 - 02/2025
Nicolas Bessone
PhD, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Project: Collective active sensing through active inference
In co-supervision with Heiko Hamann.
09/2024 - 12/2024
Fabio Oddi
PhD, ISTC, Italian Research Council, Rome.
Project: Quorum sensing in robot swarms
In co-supervision with Vito Trianni.
Ongoing (6)
Since 2026
Riccardo Corà
MSc, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. (visiting)
Project: The RO-BATs: bat-inspired robot swarms
In co-supervision with Thejasvi Beleyur and Alberto Doimo.
Since 2026
Anh Thư Nguyễn Vũ
MSc, Universität Konstanz.
Thesis: Onboard 3D point cloud from a monocular camera
In co-supervision with Simay Atasoy Bingöl and Ulas Bingöl.
Since 2026
Iulia-Andreea Muresan
MSc, Universität Konstanz.
Thesis: Immersive Multiplayer Platform for Studying Decision-Making in Human Groups
Main supervisor
Since 2025
Donatien Leray
BSc, Universität Konstanz.
Thesis: Blockchain-based swarm robotics
In co-supervision with Alexandre Pacheco.
Since 2025
Elia D'Amen
MSc, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. (visiting)
Project: Underwater soundscaping
In co-supervision with Liang Li and Pranav Kedia.
Since 2025
Allen John Binu
MSc, Universität Konstanz.
Thesis: Neuro-inspired models for spatiotemporal decision making in audio-based robots
In co-supervision with Simay Atasoy.
Finished (24)
2025 - 2026
Vassil Radoynovski
BSc, Universität Konstanz.
Thesis: Optic flow for swarm robotics
In co-supervision with Sindiso Mkhatshwa.
2025 - 2026
Mattia Montanari
MSc, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. (visiting)
Project: The sound of bees
Main supervisor
2024 - 2026
Pierluigi Tartabini
MSc, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. (visiting)
Project: Emergent orchestra: a frame- work for bio-inspired musical robot swarms
In co-supervision with Lluc Bono.
10/2024 - 07/2025
Gabriele Baroli
MSc, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. (visiting)
Project: Echolocation for the RO-BAT platform: biomimetic autonomous mobile robot navigation exploiting ultra
In co-supervision with Thejasvi Beleyur and Alberto Doimo.
10/2024 - 09/2025
Iacopo Fornai
MSc, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. (visiting)
Project: Protecting collaborative SLAM through reputation mechanisms
In co-supervision with Alexandre Pacheco.
2024 - 2025
Mohammad Nomaan Husain
MSc, Universität Konstanz.
Thesis: Collective decision-making in swarm robotics
Main supervisor
03/2024 - 12/2024
Alberto Doimo
MSc, Universität Konstanz. (visiting)
Project: RO-BAT: A bat-inspired approach on mobile robot navigation using Direction of Arrival estimation
In co-supervision with Thejasvi Beleyur and Heiko Hamann.
2022 - 2023
Sébastien De Vos
MSc, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Thesis: Federated learning in swarm robotics using blockchain smart contracts
In co-supervision with Volker Strobel and Alexandre Pacheco.
2022 - 2023
Nemanja Antonic
MSc, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. (visiting)
Project: Collective resilience of heterogeneous decision makers against stubborn individuals
In co-supervision with Raina Zakir.
2022 - 2023
Francesco Cerri
MSc, Universtá di Bologna, Italy. (visiting)
Project: Reputation management in swarm robotics through crypto-economy
In co-supervision with Alexandre Pacheco.
2022 - 2023
Angelo Moroncelli
MSc, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. (visiting)
Project: Byzantine-fault tolerant Swarm SLAM
In co-supervision with Alexandre Pacheco.
2021 - 2022
Ludéric Van Calck
MSc, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Thesis: An Information Market for Social Navigation in Robots
In co-supervision with Alexandre Pacheco.
2021 - 2022
Antoine Bertoux
MSc, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Thesis: Swarm resiliency against non-cooperative agents in collective decision-making
Main supervisor
2021 - 2022
Till Aust
MSc, University of Lübeck, Germany. (visiting)
Project: Collective Adaptation and Symmetry Breaking to Environmental Changes in a Swarm of Kilobots Monitori
Main supervisor
2018 - 2019
Francesco Canciani
MSc, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. (visiting)
Project: Swarm Resiliency in Collective Decision-Making
In co-supervision with Salah Talamali.
2018 - 2019
Federico Pratissoli
MSc, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy. (visiting)
Project: The Kilobot Soft Robot: A Soft-Bodied Modular Reconfigurable Robotic System
In co-supervision with Roderich Gross.
2017 - 2018
Anna Font Llenas
MSc, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. (visiting)
Project: Value-sensitive decisions through pheromone trails
In co-supervision with Salah Talamali.
2016 - 2017
Mohamed Salah Talamali
MSc, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. (visiting)
Project: Automatic calibration system for kilobot robots
In co-supervision with James Marshall.
2016 - 2017
Eleftherios Nikolaidis
BSc, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece. (visiting)
Project: Creation of an overhead controller for the Kilobots and collective behavior
In co-supervision with Chelsea Sabo.
2014 - 2015
Davide Brambilla
MSc, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. (visiting)
Project: Environment Classification: an Empirical Study of the Response of a Robot Swarm to Three Different D
In co-supervision with Gabriele Valentini and Marco Dorigo.
2014 - 2015
Anthony Debruyn
MSc, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Thesis: Human-Swarm Interaction: An Escorting Robot Swarm that Diverts a Human away from Dangers one cannot
In co-supervision with Mauro Birattari.
2013 - 2014
Mattia Salvaro
MSc, Universtá di Bologna, Italy. (visiting)
Project: Virtual sensors for a robot swarm
In co-supervision with Gianpiero Francesca and Mauro Birattari.
2013 - 2014
Bernard Mayeur
MSc, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Thesis: A tool for automatic robot placement in swarm robotics experiments (in French)
In co-supervision with Gianpiero Francesca.
2012 - 2013
Jacopo De Stefani
MSc, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Politecnico di Milano (Project TIME for double degree).
Thesis: Spatial Allocation in Swarm Robotics
In co-supervision with Alessandro Stranieri.
Early Work Experiences
2009 - 2011
Internship / Junior Researcher
European project: Swarmanoid, 6th Framework Programme
Research activities: Analysis, design, and implementation of specific robot controllers; writing and publication of scientific papers
Master’s thesis project: “Swarms of Flying Robots Performing Distributed Path Planning for Objects on the Ground”
Period: Nov. 2009 – Apr. 2011
2009
Software Developer
European project: PHAROS — Platform for searcHing of Audiovisual Resources across Online Spaces, 6th Framework Programme
Work activities: Analysis, design, and implementation of specific processes and functionalities within the PHAROS multimedia information retrieval platform
2008 - 2009
Software Developer
European project: PHAROS — Platform for searcHing of Audiovisual Resources across Online Spaces, 6th Framework Programme
Work activities: Analysis, design, and implementation of wrappers for integrating face recognition and identification technology into a multimedia search engine platform
2006 - 2007
Web Designer / HTML Programmer
Employment type: Part-time
Work activities: Website design; HTML and CSS programming; use of CMS platforms
Awards
2025
Best Poster Award
CCS 2025, the Conference on Complex Systems, University of Siena
CCS 2025, the Conference on Complex Systems, University of Siena
2023
Best Paper Award in Multi-Robot Systems
IEEE ICRA 2023, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (USD 1,000)
IEEE ICRA 2023, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (USD 1,000)
2019
Selected as one of the top three projects in the
Research Software Competition for HPC@Sheffield 2019 (£1,000 development funding)
Research Software Competition for HPC@Sheffield 2019 (£1,000 development funding)
2019
Best Poster Award, 2019 Sheffield Robotics Showcase
University of Sheffield
2018
Best Paper Award, ANTS 2018
11th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
2016
Dedicated Outstanding Thesis Mentor Award, 2016 PhD Theses Mentoring Programme
University of Sheffield
2011
Best Poster Award
TAROS 2011, 12th International Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems
TAROS 2011, 12th International Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems
Grants
2024
Blockchain Ideas Competition Grant (64,575 €) — RoBuST Warehouse
Project “RoBuST Warehouse: Robotic Systems Using Blockchain Smart-Contract Technology for Warehouses”
With Heiko Hamann; main role in the conception of the idea, proposal writing, and project supervision
Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
Project “RoBuST Warehouse: Robotic Systems Using Blockchain Smart-Contract Technology for Warehouses”
With Heiko Hamann; main role in the conception of the idea, proposal writing, and project supervision
Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
2022
Support for International Cooperation (1,850 €)
Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
2022
Two-year Postdoctoral Grant — Collective Decision Making through Hypergraph Theory
Funding to hire a postdoc (Thierry Njougouo) for two years on the project “Modelling collective decision making in robot swarms through hypergraph theory”
With Elio Tuci and Timoteo Carletti (naXys Institute); main role in the conception of the idea, proposal writing, and project supervision
University of Namur, ADRE programme
Funding to hire a postdoc (Thierry Njougouo) for two years on the project “Modelling collective decision making in robot swarms through hypergraph theory”
With Elio Tuci and Timoteo Carletti (naXys Institute); main role in the conception of the idea, proposal writing, and project supervision
University of Namur, ADRE programme
2021
Support for International Cooperation (1,850 €)
Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
2020
Three-year Fellowship — Heterogeneity for Cost-Effective Robot Swarms
Belgian-Walloon National Fund for Scientific Research / FNRS, Chargé de Recherches
2018
Seal of Excellence, Proof-of-Concept Proposal
Proposal rejected with a Seal of Excellence by the European Commission
Named investigator with a major role in writing the grant proposal: “ExODUS — Extreme and Offworld Decentralised Unanimous Swarms”
2018
OnCampUS Placements Grant (£1,000)
Funding to hire an MSc student for a 100-hour placement on the project “Public Engagement with a Kilobot Swarm”
2018
Basic Research Grant ($205,266) — Swarm Awareness
Office of Naval Research Global (ONR-G), 2.5 years
PIs: James Marshall and Andreagiovanni Reina
University of Sheffield
Office of Naval Research Global (ONR-G), 2.5 years
PIs: James Marshall and Andreagiovanni Reina
University of Sheffield
2017
OnCampUS Placements Grant (£1,000)
Funding to hire an MSc student for a 100-hour placement on the project “Robot Art”
2011
Four-year Scholarship, Advanced Grants Programme
ERC, European Union — grant n.246939, led by Prof. Marco Dorigo (PI)
Université Libre de Bruxelles
ERC, European Union — grant n.246939, led by Prof. Marco Dorigo (PI)
Université Libre de Bruxelles
2010
Master’s Thesis Grant (CHF 4,000)
Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland
2009
International Traineeship Scholarship
LLP-Erasmus Placement Programme
Teaching
2018
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
2016 - 2026
Guest lectures at MSc courses
- VTK Collective animal behaviour, Universität Konstanz
(academic year 25/26)
- Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour (KSCB), Universität Konstanz.
(editions 2023, 2024, 2025)
- Swarm Intelligence (INFO-H414), Université Libre de Bruxelles.
(academic years 20/21, 21/22, 22/23)
- Modelling and Simulation of Natural Systems (COM3001/6009), University of Sheffield.
(academic years 17/18, 18/19, 19/20)
- Swarm Robotics, the “Maker” session, the Diamond, University of Sheffield. (2016)
- Swarm Robotics, online course Building a Future with Robots, University of Sheffield. (2016)
2016 - 2019
Mentor, PhD Theses Mentoring Programme
Mentored final-year PhD students to support progress towards thesis completion.
*Recognised as Dedicated Outstanding Thesis Mentor.*
University of Sheffield, UK
Mentored final-year PhD students to support progress towards thesis completion.
*Recognised as Dedicated Outstanding Thesis Mentor.*
University of Sheffield, UK
2015
Teaching Assistant, Swarm Intelligence
Course INFO-H-414, 5 ECTS.
2011 - 2023
(Co-)supervision of student projects
- Ulysse Denis, École Polytechnique (PROJ-H-402, 5 ECTS), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Toychain: A Simple Blockchain for Research in Swarm Robotics (2023)
- Eva Dubar, École Polytechnique (PROJ-H-402, 5 ECTS), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Customisable academic website (2023)
- Stefan Balan, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK
SURE project: Differences in efficency between a Kilobot Soft Robot and a Kilobot Rigid Robot (2019)
- Robert Dennison, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK
SURE project: 3D stream plots for MuMoT (Summer 2019)
- Gianmarco Pisanelli, Dept. of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK
OnCampUS Placement scheme: Public Engagement with a Kilobot Swarm (Spring 2019)
- Junjin Chen, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK
Charles Kent, Viktor Ioannou, Lu Lu, Institute of Arts, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
OnCampUS Placement scheme: Robot Art (October 2017 – June 2018)
- Freya Bottom, Department of Physics, University of Sheffield, UK
SURE project: Frequency-sensitivity in decision-making (Summer 2017)
- Alex Lenthall, Enoch Fwa, XiaoXuan Wang, Jiashu Pu, Jack Stephenson, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK
Darwin project: Accessible analysis of collective behaviour (academic year 2016/2017)
- Xavier Bodart, École Polytechnique (PROJ-H-402, 5 ECTS), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Automatic positioning of robots in formations though the tracking system (2013)
- Harold Waterkeyn, École Polytechnique (PROJ-H-402, 5 ECTS), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
An HTML 5 plugin for 2D visualisation of ARGoS simulation in the browser (2012)
2011 - 2014
Principal Supervisor, Master’s Computer Programming Project
Supervised several first-year master’s students enrolled in the “Master en sciences informatiques” programme.
Project: Computer Programming Project (PROJ-H-402), 5 ECTS.
Published Open Software for Research
2026
ROS-2-ARGoS Bridge
2024
ToyChain
2019
MuMoT
2018
K-ARGoS
2017
ARK
Languages
Italian
mother tongue
English
fluent written and verbal skills
French
good written and verbal skills (CEFR Level B1/B2)
Spanish
good understanding, basic written and verbal skills
German
basic understanding
Publications
According to Google Scholar, my h-index is 27 and my publications attracted more than 2300 citations
International Journals
(J38)
R. Zakir, T. Carletti, M. Dorigo, A. Reina.
Bio-inspired decision making in robot swarms under biases.
Nature Communications, in press, 2026..
(J37)
E. Gatti, A. Reina, H.J. Williams.
Energetic benefits of social information for movement in patchy landscapes.
Journal of The Royal Society Interface, in press, 2026.
(J36)
S. Atasoy Bingöl, T. Töpfer, S. Kosub, H. Hamann, A. Reina.
Optimal Scalability-Aware Allocation of Swarm Robots: From Linear to Retrograde Performance via Marginal Gains.
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Systems, in press, 2026..
(J35)
G. Volpe, N.A.M. Araujo, M. Guix, M. Miodownik, N. Martin, L. Alvarez, J. Simmchen, R. di Leonardo, N. Pellicciotta, Q. Martinet, W.K. NG, D. Saxena, R. Sapienza, S. Nadine, R. Mahdavi, C. Beck Adiels, J. Forth, C. Santangelo, S. Palagi, J.M. Seok, V.A. Webster-Wood, S. Wang, L. Yao, A. Aghakhani, T. Barois, H. Kellay, C. Coulais, M. van Hecke, C.J. Pierce, T. Wang, B. Chong, D.I. Goldman, A. Reina, V. Trianni, G. Volpe, R. Beckett, S.P. Nair, R. Armstrong.
Roadmap for Animate Matter.
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 37: 333501, 2025..
(J34)
M. Pluhacek, S. Garnier, A. Reina.
Decentralised construction of a global coordinate system in a large swarm of minimalistic robots.
Swarm Intelligence, 19: 333-360, 2025..
(J33)
M. Dorigo, A. Pacheco, A. Reina, V. Strobel.
Blockchain technology for mobile multi-robot systems.
Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, 1: 264-274, 2024..
(J32)
J.A.R. Marshall, A. Reina.
On aims and methods of collective animal behaviour.
Animal Behaviour, 210: 189-197, 2024..
(J31)
A. Reina, T. Njougouo, E. Tuci, T. Carletti.
Speed-accuracy trade-offs in best-of-n collective decision making through heterogeneous mean-field modeling.
Physical Review E, 109(5): 054307, 2024..
(J30)
T. Njougouo, A. Reina, E. Tuci, T. Carletti.
On the impact of zealots in a population of susceptible agents in a best-of-n problem within a heterogeneous network.
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 655: 130198, 2024..
(J29)
L. Van Calck, A. Pacheco, V. Strobel, M. Dorigo, A. Reina.
A blockchain-based information market to incentivise cooperation in swarms of self-interested robots.
Scientific Reports, 13: 20417, 2023..
(J28)
A. Reina, R. Zakir, G. De Masi, E. Ferrante.
Cross-inhibition leads to group consensus despite the presence of strongly opinionated minorities and asocial behaviour.
Communications Physics, 6: 236, 2023..
(J27)
F. Pratissoli, A. Reina, Y. Kaszubowski Lopes, C. Pinciroli, G. Miyauchi, L. Sabattini, R. Gross.
Coherent movement of error-prone individuals through mechanical coupling.
Nature Communications, 14(4063): 8839-8846, 2023..
(J26)
L. Feola, A. Reina, M.S. Talamali, V. Trianni.
Multi-Swarm Interaction through Augmented Reality for Kilobots.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(11): 6907-6914, 2023..
(J25)
A. Reina, T. Bose, V. Srivastava, J.A.R. Marshall.
Asynchrony rescues statistically-optimal group decisions from information cascades through emergent leaders.
Royal Society Open Science, 10: 230175, 2023..
(J24)
A. Reina, J.A.R. Marshall.
Negative feedback may suppress variation to improve collective foraging performance.
PLoS Computational Biology, 18(5): e1010090, 2022..
(J23)
A. Pirrone, A. Reina, T. Stafford, J.A.R. Marshall, F. Gobet.
Magnitude-sensitivity: rethinking decision-making.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(1): 66-80, 2022..
(J22)
J.A.R. Marshall, A. Reina, C. Hay, A. Dussutour, A. Pirrone.
Magnitude-sensitive reaction times reveal non-linear time costs in multi-alternative decision-making.
PLoS Computational Biology, 18: e1010523, 2022..
(J21)
H. Hamann, A. Reina.
Scalability in Computing and Robotics.
IEEE Transactions on Computers, 71(6): 1453-1465, 2022..
(J20)
R. Miletitch, A. Reina, M. Dorigo, V. Trianni.
Emergent naming conventions in a foraging robot swarm.
Swarm Intelligence, 16(3): 211-232, 2022..
(J19)
M.S. Talamali, A. Saha, J.A.R. Marshall, A. Reina.
When less is more: Robot swarms adapt better to changes with constrained communication.
Science Robotics, 6(56): eabf1416, 2021..
(J18)
A. Pirrone, A. Reina, F. Gobet.
Input-dependent noise can explain magnitude-sensitivity in optimal value-based decision-making.
Judgment and Decision Making, 16(5): 1221-1333, 2021..
(J17)
A. Saha, J.A.R. Marshall, A. Reina.
Memory and communication efficient algorithm for decentralized counting of nodes in networks.
PLoS One, 16(11): e0259736, 2021..
(J16)
A. Reina.
Robot teams stay safe with blockchains.
Nature Machine Intelligence, 2: 240-241, 2020..
(J15)
M.S. Talamali, T. Bose, M. Haire, X. Xu, J.A.R. Marshall, A. Reina.
Sophisticated Collective Foraging with Minimalist Agents: A Swarm Robotics Test.
Swarm Intelligence, 14(1): 25-56, 2020..
(J14)
T. Bose, A. Pirrone, A. Reina, J.A.R. Marshall.
Comparison of magnitude-sensitive sequential sampling models in a simulation-based study.
Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 94: 102298, 2020..
(J13)
T. Bose, F. Bottom, A. Reina, J.A.R. Marshall.
Frequency-sensitivity and magnitude-sensitivity in decision-making: a computational study.
Computational Brain \& Behavior, 3: 66-85, 2020..
(J12)
J.A.R. Marshall, A. Reina, T. Bose.
Multiscale Modelling Tool: Mathematical Modelling of Collective Behaviour without the Maths.
PLoS ONE, 14(9): e0222906, 2019..
(J11)
I. Rausch, A. Reina, P. Simoens, Y. Khaluf.
Coherent collective behaviour emerging from decentralised balancing of social feedback and noise.
Swarm Intelligence, 13(3--4): 321-345, 2019..
(J10)
T. Bose, A. Reina, J.A.R. Marshall.
Inhibition and excitation shape activity selection: effect of oscillations in a decision-making circuit.
Neural Computation, 31(5): 870-896, 2019..
(J9)
A. Reina, T. Bose, V. Trianni, J.A.R. Marshall.
Psychophysical Laws and the Superorganism.
Scientific Reports, 8(1): 4387, 2018..
(J8)
A. Reina, A.J. Cope, E. Nikolaidis, J.A.R. Marshall, C. Sabo.
ARK: Augmented Reality for Kilobots.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(3): 1755-1761, 2017..
(J7)
A. Reina, J.A.R. Marshall, V. Trianni, T. Bose.
Model of the best-of-N nest-site selection process in honeybees.
Physical Review E, 95(5): 052411, 2017..
(J6)
T. Bose, A. Reina, J.A.R. Marshall.
Collective Decision-Making.
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 6: 30-34, 2017..
(J5)
V. Trianni, D. De Simone, A. Reina, A. Baronchelli.
Emergence of Consensus in a Multi-Robot Network: from Abstract Models to Empirical Validation.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 1(1): 348-353, 2016..
(J4)
A. Reina, G. Valentini, C. Fernández-Oto, M. Dorigo, V. Trianni.
A design pattern for decentralised decision making.
PLoS ONE, 10(10): e0140950, 2015..
(J3)
A. Reina, R. Miletitch, M. Dorigo, V. Trianni.
A quantitative micro-macro link for collective decisions: The shortest path discovery/selection example.
Swarm Intelligence, 9(2--3): 75-102, 2015..
(J2)
G. Francesca, M. Brambilla, A. Brutschy, L. Garattoni, R. Miletitch, G. Podevijn, A. Reina, T. Soleymani, M. Salvaro, C. Pinciroli, F. Mascia, V. Trianni, M. Birattari.
AutoMoDe-Chocolate: automatic design of control software for robot swarms.
Swarm Intelligence, 9(2--3): 125-152, 2015..
(J1)
A. Reina, L.M. Gambardella, M. Dorigo, G. Di Caro.
zePPeLIN: Distributed path planning using an overhead camera network.
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 11(119): 1-6, 2014..
Editor
(V5)
J. Kuckling, T.K. Kaiser, M.D. Soorati, K. Hasselmann, A. Reina, L. Pérez Cáceres, H. Hamann.
ANTS 2024 Special Issue: Editorial.
Swarm Intelligence, 20: 1-3, 2026..
(V4)
H. Hamann, M. Dorigo, L. Pérez Cáceres, A. Reina, J. Kuckling, T.K. Kaiser, M. Soorati, K. Hasselmann, E. Buss.
Swarm Intelligence, 14th International Conference, ANTS 2024.
LNCS 14987, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2024..
(V3)
A. Reina, E. Ferrante, G. Valentini.
Collective decision-making in living and artificial systems: editorial.
Swarm Intelligence, 15(1-2): 1-6, 2021..
(V2)
M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, A.L. Christensen, A. Reina, V. Trianni.
ANTS 2018 special issue: Editorial.
Swarm Intelligence, 13(3-4): 169-172, 2019..
(V1)
M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, A.L. Christensen, A. Reina, V. Trianni.
Swarm Intelligence, 11th International Conference, ANTS 2018.
LNCS 11172, Springer, Cham, Switzerland., 2018.
Book Chapters
(B1)
A. Reina, V. Trianni.
Deployment and redeployment of wireless sensor networks: a swarm robotics perspective.
In N. Mitton and D. Simplot-Ryl, editors, Wireless Sensor and Robot Networks, pages: 143-162. World Scientific, Singapore, 2014..
Proceedings of International Conferences
(C35)
R. Wu, S. Atasoy Bingöl, O. Deussen, H. Hamann, I.D. Couzin, A. Reina, L. Li.
AutoPercep: A Pipeline for Onboard Neighbor Position Estimation Toward Large-Scale Swarm Robotics.
In Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2026), in press. IEEE. 2026..
(C34)
C. Tomaselli, S. Covone, A. Reina, M. di Bernardo.
Multi-robot obstacle-aware shepherding of non-cohesive target agents.
In Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2026), in press. IEEE, 2026.
(C33)
S. Mkhatshwa, T. Zhang, P. Leopardi, H. Hamann, A. Reina.
ROS-2-ARGoS Bridge: Scalable Simulations of Swarms of 1000 and More Robots.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2026), LNCS 16515: in press. Springer, Cham, 2026..
(C32)
A. Doimo, H. Hamann, A. Reina, T. Beleyur.
SonoRo: A Swarm Robotics Platform to Study Acoustically-Driven Collective Behaviour.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2026), LNCS 16515: in press. Springer, Cham, 2026..
(C31)
H. Hamann, A. Reina.
Ten Years of the Collective Perception Benchmark in Swarm Robotics: Achievements and Challenges.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2026), LNCS 16515: in press. Springer, Cham, 2026..
(C30)
A. Pacheco, S. De Vos, M. Dorigo, A. Reina, V. Strobel.
Securing Federated Learning in Robot Swarms using Blockchain Technology.
In Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2024): The 17th International Symposium, SPAR 34: in press, 2026., 2025.
(C29)
L. Bono Rosselló, M. Alkilabi, E. Tuci, H. Bersini, A. Reina.
Emergent Orchestras: A Modular Framework for Musical Robot Swarms.
In Proceedings of ALIFE 2024: The 2024 Conference on Artificial Life, 29. MIT Press. 2024..
(C28)
N. Antonic, R. Zakir, M. Dorigo, A. Reina.
Collective robustness of heterogeneous decision-makers against stubborn individuals.
In Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2024 68-77. IFAAMAS, Richland, SC, 2024..
(C27)
J. Kuckling, R. Luckey, V. Avrutin, A. Vardy, A. Reina, H. Hamann.
Do We Run Large-scale Multi-Robot Systems on the Edge? More Evidence for Two-Phase Performance in System Size Scaling.
In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024), 4562-4568. IEEE. 2024..
(C26)
R. Zakir, M. Dorigo, A. Reina.
Miscommunication between robots can improve group accuracy in best-of-n decision-making.
In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024), 9014-9021. IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2024..
(C25)
R. Zakir, M. Salahshour, M. Dorigo, A. Reina.
Heterogeneity Can Enhance the Adaptivity of Robot Swarms to Dynamic Environments.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2024), LNCS 14987: 112-126. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2024..
(C24)
S. Agrawal, J. Jhawar, A. Reina, S.P. Baliyarasimhuni, H. Hamann, L. Li.
Impact of Individual Defection on Collective Motion.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2024), LNCS 14987: 127-140. Springer, Cham, 2024..
(C23)
A. Moroncelli, A. Pacheco, V. Strobel, P. Lajoie, M. Dorigo, A. Reina.
Byzantine Fault Detection in Swarm-SLAM using Blockchain and Geometric Constraints.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2024), LNCS 14987: 42-56. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2024..
(C22)
F. Oddi, A. Reina, V. Trianni.
Minimalist Protocols for Quorum Sensing in Robot Swarms.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2024), LNCS 14987: 141-154. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2024..
(C21)
H. Zhao, A. Pacheco, V. Strobel, A. Reina, X. Liu, G. Dudek, M. Dorigo.
A Generic Framework for Byzantine-tolerant Consensus Achievement in Robot Swarms.
In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023), 8839-8846. IEEE. 2023..
(C20)
L. Feola, A. Sion, A. Reina, V. Trianni, E. Tuci.
Aggregation through adaptive random walks in a minimalist robot swarm.
In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2023), 21-29. ACM Press, New York, NY, USA, 2023..
(C19)
T. Njougouo, T. Carletti, A. Reina, E. Tuci.
Heterogeneous mean-field analysis of best-of-n decision making in networks with zealots.
In Proceedings of the XVII International Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation (WIVACE 2023), 339-351, Cham, Switzerland, 2023..
(C18)
R. Zakir, M. Dorigo, A. Reina.
Robot Swarms Break Decision Deadlocks in Collective Perception through Cross-inhibition.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2022), LNCS 13491: 209-221. Springer, Cham, 2022..
(C17)
T. Aust, M.S. Talamali, M. Dorigo, H. Hamann, A. Reina.
The hidden benefits of limited communication and slow sensing in collective monitoring of dynamic environments.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2022), LNCS 13491: 234-247. Springer, Cham, 2022..
(C16)
A. Pacheco, V. Strobel, A. Reina, M. Dorigo.
Real-time coordination of a foraging robot swarm using blockchain smart contracts.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2022), LNCS 13491: 196-208. Springer, Cham, 2022..
(C15)
A. Sion, A. Reina, M. Birattari, E. Tuci.
Controlling robot swarm aggregation through a minority of informed robots.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2022), LNCS 13491: 91-103. Springer, Cham, 2022..
(C14)
S. Agrawal, S.P. Baliyarasimhuni, A. Reina.
Response Threshold Distributions to Improve Best-of-n Decisions in Minimalistic Robot Swarms.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2022), LNCS 13491: 350-359. Springer, Cham, 2022..
(C13)
A. Sion, A. Reina, M. Birattari, E. Tuci.
Impact of the update time on the aggregation of robotic swarms through informed robots.
In From Animals to Animats 16 (SAB 2022), LNAI 13499: 193-204. Springer, Cham, 2022..
(C12)
H. Hamann, T. Aust, A. Reina.
Guerrilla Performance Analysis for Robot Swarms: Degrees of Collaboration and Chains of Interference Events.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2020), LNCS 12421: 134-147. Springer, Cham, 2020..
(C11)
M.S. Talamali, J.A.R. Marshall, T. Bose, A. Reina.
Improving collective decision accuracy via time-varying cross-inhibition.
In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019), pp. 9652-9659. IEEE. 2019..
(C10)
F. Pratissoli, A. Reina, Y. Kaszubowski Lopes, L. Sabattini, R. Gross.
A Soft-Bodied Modular Reconfigurable Robotic System Composed of Interconnected Kilobots.
In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS 2019), pp. 50-52. IEEE. 2019..
(C9)
A. Reina, T. Bose, V. Trianni, J.A.R. Marshall.
Effects of Spatiality on Value-Sensitive Decisions Made by Robot Swarms.
In Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2016): The 13th International Symposium, SPAR 6: 461-473. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2018..
(C8)
A. Font Llenas, M.S. Talamali, X. Xu, J.A.R. Marshall, A. Reina.
Quality-sensitive foraging by a robot swarm through virtual pheromone trails.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2018), LNCS 11172: 135-149. Springer, Cham, 2018..
(C7)
C. Pinciroli, M.S. Talamali, A. Reina, J.A.R. Marshall, V. Trianni.
Simulating Kilobots within ARGoS: models and experimental validation.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2018), LNCS 11172: 176-187. Springer, Cham, 2018..
(C6)
Y. Khaluf, C. Markarian, P. Simoens, A. Reina.
Scheduling Access to Shared Space in Multi-robot Systems.
In Advances in Practical Applications of Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Systems: The PAAMS Collection. PAAMS 2017, LNCS 10349: 144-156. Springer, Cham, 2017..
(C5)
A. Reina, M. Salvaro, G. Francesca, L. Garattoni, C. Pinciroli, M. Dorigo, M. Birattari.
Augmented reality for robots: virtual sensing technology applied to a swarm of e-pucks.
In Proceedings of the IEEE 2015 NASA/ESA Conference of Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS), 1-6. IEEE Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 2015..
(C4)
A. Reina, M. Dorigo, V. Trianni.
Towards a Cognitive Design Pattern for Collective Decision-Making.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2014), LNCS 8667: 194-205. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2014..
(C3)
G. Francesca, M. Brambilla, A. Brutschy, L. Garattoni, R. Miletitch, G. Podevijn, A. Reina, T. Soleymani, M. Salvaro, C. Pinciroli, V. Trianni, M. Birattari.
An Experiment in Automatic Design of Robot Swarms: AutoMoDe-Vanilla, EvoStick, and Human Experts.
In Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2014), LNCS 8667: 25-37. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2014..
(C2)
A. Reina, M. Dorigo, V. Trianni.
Collective Decision Making in Distributed Systems Inspired by Honeybees Behaviour.
In Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), 1421-1422. IFAAMAS, Richland, SC, 2014..
(C1)
A. Reina, G. Di Caro, F. Ducatelle, L.M. Gambardella.
Distributed Motion Planning for Ground Objects Using a Network of Robotic Ceiling Cameras.
In Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6856: 137-148. Springer, Berlin, 2011..
Conference Abstracts and Scientific Workshops (with my presentation)
(W3)
F. Canciani, M.S. Talamali, J.A.R. Marshall, A. Reina.
Keep calm and vote on:
Swarm resiliency in collective decision making.
Proceedings of Workshop Resilient Robot Teams of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019), 4 pages. 2019..
(W2)
A. Reina, J.A.R. Marshall, T. Bose.
Swarm deadlock for symmetric choices over three or more options.
The 14th International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB), 1-2. 2016..
(W1)
A. Reina, G. Di Caro, F. Ducatelle, L.M. Gambardella.
A distributed approach to holonomic path planning.
Proceedings of the Workshop on Motion Planning: From Theory to Practice at Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 33-34, Zaragoza, Spain, 2010..
Preprint
(X2)
A. Pacheco, U. Denis, R. Zakir, V. Strobel, A. Reina, M. Dorigo.
Toychain: A Simple Blockchain for Research in Swarm Robotics.
arXiv: 2407.06630, 2024.
(X1)
A. Reina, V. Ioannou, J. Chen, L. Lu, C. Kent, J.A.R. Marshall.
Robots as Actors in a Film: No War, A Robot Story.
arXiv: 1910.12294, 2019.
Technical report
(R3)
E. Nikolaidis, C. Sabo, J.A.R. Marshall, A. Reina.
Characterisation and upgrade of the communication between overhead controllers and Kilobots.
Figshare, The University of Sheffield. 2017.
(R2)
A. Stranieri, A.E. Turgut, M. Salvaro, G. Francesca, A. Reina, M. Dorigo, M. Birattari.
IRIDIA's Arena Tracking System.
TR/IRIDIA/2013-013 IRIDIA, Universit'e Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2013.
(R1)
A. Reina, C. Pinciroli, E. Ferrante, A.E. Turgut, R. O'Grady, M. Birattari, M. Dorigo.
Closed-Loop Aerial Robot-Assisted Navigation of a Cohesive Ground-Based Robot Swarm.
TR/IRIDIA/2011-020 IRIDIA, Universit'e Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2011.
Thesis
(T3)
A. Reina.
Engineering swarm systems: A design pattern for the best-of-n decision problem.
Phd Thesis, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2016..
(T2)
A. Reina.
A network of ceiling cameras performs distributed path planning to guide a ground robot.
Master Thesis, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2012..
(T1)
A. Reina.
Swarms of fying robots performing distributed path planning for objects on the ground.
Master Thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Electronics and Information, Milan, Italy, 2010..