Andreagiovanni Reina
Principal Investigator
Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, Universität Konstanz & Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany
Group Intelligence & self-Organisation
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
The GIO Team
Group Intelligence & self-Organisation
Lab members
Event-based neuro-inspired decision-making
Co-supervised with Iain Couzin
Large-scale swarm robotics
Co-supervised with Heiko Hamann
Spatio-temporal computation in robot swarms
Swarm ro-bat-ics
Co-supervised with Thejasvi Beleyur
Allen John Binu
Since 2025 · Master Student
Universität Konstanz
Neuro-inspired models for spatiotemporal decision making in audio-based robots
Co-supervised with Simay Atasoy
Anh Thư Nguyễn Vũ
Since 2026 · Master Student
Universität Konstanz
Onboard 3D point cloud from a monocular camera
Co-supervised with Simay Atasoy Bingöl and Ulas Bingöl
Iulia-Andreea Muresan
Since 2026 · Master Student
Universität Konstanz
Immersive Multiplayer Platform for Studying Decision-Making in Human Groups
Elia D'Amen
Since 2025 · Visiting Master Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Underwater soundscaping
Co-supervised with Liang Li and Pranav Kedia
Riccardo Corà
Since 2026 · Visiting Master Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
The RO-BATs: bat-inspired robot swarms
Co-supervised with Thejasvi Beleyur and Alberto Doimo
Donatien Leray
Since 2025 · Bachelor Student
Universität Konstanz
Blockchain-based swarm robotics
Co-supervised with Alexandre Pacheco
Muqi Zhang
Since 2026 · Student Assistant
Universität Konstanz
Academic website
Remote Lab Members
Swarm resiliency in collective decision making
Co-supervised with Marco Dorigo
Alumni
Former GIO Lab members in Konstanz
Blockchain-based swarm robotics
Co-supervised with Heiko Hamann
Carlo Longhi
Nov. 2025 - Apr. 2026 · Visiting PhD
ISTC, Italian Research Council, Rome
Collective motion in large-scale swarms of bio-robots
Co-supervised with Vito Trianni
Stefano Covone
2025 - 2026 · Visiting PhD
Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples
Swarm of ring-attractor-based robots
Co-supervised with Mario di Bernardo
Event-based neuro-inspired decision-making
Co-supervised with Andrew King
Collective active sensing through active inference
Co-supervised with Heiko Hamann
Swadhin Agrawal
2024 - 2025 · Visiting PhD
IISER Bhopal, India
Collective decision making via heterogeneous response thresholds
Co-supervised with Sujit P. Baliyarasimhuni and Liang Li
Fabio Oddi
Sep. 2024 - Dec. 2024 · Visiting PhD
ISTC, Italian Research Council, Rome
Quorum sensing in robot swarms
Co-supervised with Vito Trianni
Mohammad Nomaan Husain
2024 - 2025 · Master Student
Universität Konstanz
Collective decision-making in swarm robotics
Pierluigi Tartabini
2024 - 2026 · Visiting Master Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Emergent orchestra: a frame- work for bio-inspired musical robot swarms
Co-supervised with Lluc Bono
Mattia Montanari
2025 - 2026 · Visiting Master Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
The sound of bees
Iacopo Fornai
Oct. 2024 - Sep. 2025 · Visiting Master Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Protecting collaborative SLAM through reputation mechanisms
Co-supervised with Alexandre Pacheco
Gabriele Baroli
Oct. 2024 - Jul. 2025 · Visiting Master Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Echolocation for the RO-BAT platform: biomimetic autonomous mobile robot navigation exploiting ultra
Co-supervised with Thejasvi Beleyur and Alberto Doimo
RO-BAT: A bat-inspired approach on mobile robot navigation using Direction of Arrival estimation
Co-supervised with Thejasvi Beleyur and Heiko Hamann
Vassil Radoynovski
2025 - 2026 · Bachelor Student
Universität Konstanz
Optic flow for swarm robotics
Co-supervised with Sindiso Mkhatshwa
Venkata Sai Yakkshit Reddy Asodi
Mar. 2026 - May. 2026 · Student Assistant
Universität Konstanz
The Swarm Orchestra
Jyotsna Bellary
2025 - 2026 · Student Assistant
Universität Konstanz
Simulating robot swarms
Co-supervised with Sindiso Mkhatshwa and Paolo Leopardi
Joannas J. Nadar
Apr. 2025 - Jun. 2025 · Student Assistant
Universität Konstanz
Blockchain-based swarm robotics
Co-supervised with Alexandre Pacheco
Louis Renard
Jun. 2026 - Aug. 2026 · Intern
McGill University
The Bayesian ring attractor for mobile robots
Co-supervised with Simay Atasoy and Sindiso Mkhatshwa
Noah Ginzburg
Jun. 2026 - Aug. 2026 · Intern
Queen's University, Canada
Controlling drone with 3D ring attactors
Co-supervised with Sindiso Mkhatshwa and Simay Atasoy
Alumni before Konstanz
Thierry-Sainclair Njougouo
2022 - 2024 · Postdoc
Université de Namur, Belgium
Impact of the network connectivity in best-of-n collective decision making.
Co-supervised with Timoteo Carletti and Elio Tuci
Arindam Saha
2019 - 2021 · Postdoc
University of Sheffield, UK
Swarm Awareness.
Co-supervised with James Marshall
Blockchain-based swarm robotics
Co-supervised with Marco Dorigo
Aldo E. Encarnacion Segura
2016 - 2021 · PhD
University of Sheffield, UK
Cellular decision-making models in yeast
Co-supervised with James Marshall and Thomas Bose
Simple individual behavioural rules for improving the collective behaviours of robot swarms
Co-supervised with James Marshall
Sébastien De Vos
2022 - 2023 · Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Federated learning in swarm robotics using blockchain smart contracts
Co-supervised with Volker Strobel and Alexandre Pacheco
Ludéric Van Calck
2021 - 2022 · Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
An Information Market for Social Navigation in Robots
Co-supervised with Alexandre Pacheco
Antoine Bertoux
2021 - 2022 · Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Anthony Debruyn
2014 - 2015 · Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Human-Swarm Interaction: An Escorting Robot Swarm that Diverts a Human away from Dangers one cannot
Co-supervised with Mauro Birattari
Bernard Mayeur
2013 - 2014 · Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
A tool for automatic robot placement in swarm robotics experiments (in French)
Co-supervised with Gianpiero Francesca
Jacopo De Stefani
2012 - 2013 · Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles and Politecnico di Milano (Project TIME for double degree)
Spatial Allocation in Swarm Robotics
Co-supervised with Alessandro Stranieri
Nemanja Antonic
2022 - 2023 · Visiting Master Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Collective resilience of heterogeneous decision makers against stubborn individuals
Co-supervised with Raina Zakir
Francesco Cerri
2022 - 2023 · Visiting Master Student
Universtá di Bologna, Italy
Reputation management in swarm robotics through crypto-economy
Co-supervised with Alexandre Pacheco
Angelo Moroncelli
2022 - 2023 · Visiting Master Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Byzantine-fault tolerant Swarm SLAM
Co-supervised with Alexandre Pacheco
Till Aust
2021 - 2022 · Visiting Master Student
University of Lübeck, Germany
Francesco Canciani
2018 - 2019 · Visiting Master Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Swarm Resiliency in Collective Decision-Making
Co-supervised with Salah Talamali
Federico Pratissoli
2018 - 2019 · Visiting Master Student
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
The Kilobot Soft Robot: A Soft-Bodied Modular Reconfigurable Robotic System
Co-supervised with Roderich Gross
Anna Font Llenas
2017 - 2018 · Visiting Master Student
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Value-sensitive decisions through pheromone trails
Co-supervised with Salah Talamali
Automatic calibration system for kilobot robots
Co-supervised with James Marshall
Davide Brambilla
2014 - 2015 · Visiting Master Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Environment Classification: an Empirical Study of the Response of a Robot Swarm to Three Different D
Co-supervised with Gabriele Valentini and Marco Dorigo
Mattia Salvaro
2013 - 2014 · Visiting Master Student
Universtá di Bologna, Italy
Virtual sensors for a robot swarm
Co-supervised with Gianpiero Francesca and Mauro Birattari
Eleftherios Nikolaidis
2016 - 2017 · Visiting Bachelor Student
Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece
Creation of an overhead controller for the Kilobots and collective behavior
Co-supervised with Chelsea Sabo