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Maria Yablonina is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of computational design, robotics, and architecture, whose work fundamentally reimagines how buildings and structures can be fabricated. Based at the University of Stuttgart's Institute for Computational Design and Construction, she has established herself as a leading voice in multi-robot fabrication systems, with a particular focus on filament winding, mobile robotics, and cooperative machine intelligence. Her most influential contribution, "Spatial Winding" (2020, 30 citations), demonstrates how heterogeneous multi-robot systems — combining robotic arms with CNC gantries — can collaboratively construct complex fibrous structures previously impossible with single-machine approaches. This work exemplifies her broader research philosophy: that distributed networks of smaller, specialized machines can outperform conventional monolithic fabrication setups. Her 2019 paper on "Distributed Fabrication" (19 citations) deepens this argument, advocating for cooperative making as a scalable architectural paradigm. Yablonina also explores adaptive and interactive architectural systems, investigating how UAVs, kinematic textiles, and human-robot collaboration can create responsive spatial environments. Her "Self-Choreographing Network" research challenges the rigid separation between design intent and physical operation. Collectively accumulating over 130 citations, her body of work is reshaping how researchers and practitioners think about robotic agency in architectural construction.