Team
Sam Kriegman
Director
Assistant Professor,
Northwestern University
Depts. of Comp Sci, Mech Eng, Chem & Bio Eng
David Matthews
PhD student
Staff: 2022–24
Student: 2024-
differentiable robots
Muhan Li
PhD student
Comp Sci
2023–
multi-physics simulation
Chen Yu
PhD student
Comp Sci
2023–
modularity
Luke Strgar
PhD student
Comp Sci
2023–
open-endedness
Zihan Guo
rotation PhD student
Mech Eng
2024–
tbd
Yiji Lyu
rotation PhD student
Mech Eng
2024–
tbd
Yuchen Cao
rotation PhD student
Comp Sci
2024–
tbd
Xudong Tang
rotation PhD student
Comp Sci
2024–
tbd
Lingji Kong
Masters student
Comp Sci
2023-
generative design
Giovanni Michel
Masters student
Electr Eng
2024–
tbd
Jing Gu
Masters student
Comp Sci
2024–
sim2real transfer
Tianjie Shu
Masters student
Comp Sci
2024–
graphics
Yidi Li
Masters student
Comp Sci
2024–
fluid simulation
Daniel Shamsoddini
Undergrad intern
Comp Sci
2023–
evolutionary robotics
Emily Chi
Undergrad intern
Engineering
2024–
tbd
Tyler Hummer
Collaborator
Founder & CEO,
Soonuk Toys
former PhD student '22-24
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.