Jan 2026: The Swarm Garden Project is now published in Science Robotics! Led by Dr. Merihan Alhafnawi, this project brings together swarm robotics and architecture to create living-like adaptive façades for environment, human well-being, and creative expression. Congrats to SSR members Dr. Merihan Alhafnawi, Yenet Tafesse, and Jad Bendarkawi. This project involved an incredible multidisciplinary team of roboticists, civil engineers, architects, and artists to bring this project to life: Prof. Sigrid Adriaenssens from Princeton CEE, Dr. Lucia Stein-Montalvo (Princeton CEE postdoc, now faculty at Northwestern), dancer Azariah Jones, and architecture graduate student Vicky Chow.

Links: Science Robotics Paper

LinkedIn post by Princeton MAE

Article by ArsTechnica: Watch a Robot Swarm ”Bloom" Like a Garden.