Kyrre Harald Glette

Kyrre Harald Glette is a Professor in the Department for Informatics at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the Robotics and Intelligent Systems Research Group and the RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion. His research focuses on the co-design of robot morphology and control using evolutionary and bio-inspired artificial intelligence methods.

Research Interests:

• Robotics and Intelligent Systems
• Evolutionary Robotics and Co-Design of Morphology and Control
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Evolvable Hardware and Embodied Computation
• Computational Creativity and Music-AI Interaction
• Human-Robot Interaction and Swarm Robotics

His recent publications (2023–2025) reflect a strong interdisciplinary trend, combining robotics, evolutionary computation, and music technology. Key themes include evolutionary design of modular robots, real-time adaptation in bio-inspired systems, interactive sonification, and AI-driven music generation. His work often involves the DyRET robotic platform, emphasizing real-world evolution and embodied learning.

Scientific Contributions:

• Extensive publications in top venues like Frontiers in Robotics and AI, IEEE ICRA, GECCO, and Nature Machine Intelligence.
• Development of open-source robotic platforms and frameworks for evolutionary robotics.
• Interdisciplinary work bridging AI, neuroscience, and music.

Advising and Projects: He supervises MSc students in evolutionary robotics, robot locomotion, and musical robot swarms. He is involved in several research projects including Predictive and Intuitive Robot Companion (PIRC), Modeling and Robots, Multimodal Elderly Care Systems (MECS), Musical Human-Machine Interaction, and Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Human Auditory Predictions (AudioPred).

Labs and Research Groups: He is a key member of the Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ROBIN) group, the RITMO Centre of Excellence, and the Creative Computing Hub Oslo (C2HO). These groups support interdisciplinary research in AI, robotics, music, and human interaction.