SwarmRL: building the future of smart active systems

April 7, 2025

We are excited to announce the publication of our latest research project on SwarmRL, a Python package designed to study intelligent active particles.

We are excited to announce the publication of our latest research projects on SwarmRL, published today in The European Physical Journal E for Soft Matter and Biological Physics. If you are interested, take a look at 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epje/s10189-025-00477-look4.

 

Abstract:

This work introduces SwarmRL, a Python package designed to study intelligent active particles. SwarmRL provides an easy-to-use interface for developing models to control microscopic colloids using classical control and deep reinforcement learning approaches. These models may be deployed in simulations or real-world environments under a common framework. We explain the structure of the software and its key features and demonstrate how it can be used to accelerate research. With SwarmRL, we aim to streamline research into micro-robotic control while bridging the gap between experimental and simulation-driven sciences. SwarmRL is available open-source on GitHub at https://github.com/SwarmRL/SwarmRL.

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