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Viktoria Millentrup is a researcher at the intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence, and self-organizing systems, with a primary focus on autonomous construction and evolutionary design. Her most cited work, "Using Interactive Evolution to Design Behaviors for Non-deterministic Self-organized Construction" (2018, 5 citations), addresses a critical challenge in on-site construction robotics: the inherent stochasticity of self-organizing systems. Millentrup’s key contribution lies in demonstrating how interactive evolution can be leveraged to design robust robot behaviors that produce predictable built structures despite non-deterministic processes. This work bridges evolutionary computation and swarm robotics, offering a novel framework for modeling and controlling emergent construction outcomes. Her research has implications for adaptive architecture, disaster response, and extraterrestrial habitat building, where centralized control is impractical. While her citation count reflects an emerging career, the conceptual depth of her work—tackling unpredictability in self-organization—positions her as a thoughtful contributor to the growing field of autonomous construction. Millentrup’s approach is particularly notable for its emphasis on human-in-the-loop evolution, enabling designers to guide emergent behaviors without sacrificing autonomy.