Team
Sam Kriegman
Director
Assistant Professor,
Northwestern University
Depts. of Comp Sci, Mech Eng, Chem & Bio Eng
Zihan Guo
PhD student
Mech Eng
2024–
fully automatic design
Yiqi Lyu
PhD student
(co-advised w/ Mike Rubenstein)
Mech Eng
2024–
Luke Strgar
PhD student
Comp Sci
2023–
open-endedness
Chen Yu
PhD student
Comp Sci
2023–
modularity
Muhan Li
PhD student
Comp Sci
2023–
adaptive complexity
David Matthews
PhD student
Staff: 2022–24
Student: 2024-
differentiable robots
Tyler Hummer
PhD student
(on leave w/ startup)
Mech Eng
2022–
Jing Gu
Masters student
Comp Sci
2024–
sim2real transfer
Giovanni Michel
Masters student
Electr Eng
2024–
neuromorphic computing
Yukun Peng
Masters student
Electr Eng
2024-
mesoscale robots
Lingji Kong
Masters student
Comp Sci
2023-
generative design
Claire Ortiz-Witter
Undergrad intern
Mech Eng
2024–
aquatic robots
Aishani Das-Ghosh
Undergrad intern
Applied Math
2024–
modular robots
Emily Chi
Undergrad intern
Engineering
2024–
aquatic robots
Daniel Shamsoddini
Undergrad intern
Comp Sci
2023–
sim2real
Douglas Blackiston
Collaborator & Advisor
Senior Scientist,
Tufts University
Dept. of Biology
Luna
Lab dog
Dept. of Zoology
2012–
Run 52
Lab Mascot
Dept. of Zoology
2019–
If you would like to join the xenobot lab, please fill out this form and then send Sam a short email note.
Grachtengordel, Amsterdam, 2024
w/ Theo Jansen in Scheveningen, 2024
Strandbeests in Scheveningen, 2024
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo, 2024
Zashiki in Tokyo, 2024
Kriegman (left) with Matthews (right) in the Center for Robotics and Biosystems at Northwestern University. Matthews is holding an AI-generated robot.
Kriegman in the microinjection room of Michael Levin's lab at Tufts University in the Fall of 2021, one year before joining Northwestern.
Photographer: M. Scott Brauer (copyright; all rights reserved).
Blackiston (left) and Kriegman at Tufts.
Sept 2021.
Photographer: M. Scott Brauer (copyright; all rights reserved).
Kriegman (right) dressed as a robot.
Halloween, 1994.