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Ruairi Glynn is an installation artist and the Director of the Interactive Architecture Lab at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He founded Bartlett’s MArch Design Performance & Interaction program, which is dedicated to emerging practices in robotics, embodied AI, and machine-led performance. His work investigates advances in autonomous systems, machine learning, and responsive materials that reshape the aesthetics and behavior of art, architecture, and design. Glynn has exhibited internationally at venues such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, and Tate Modern in London. His research practice engages deeply with robotic fabrication, human–machine interaction, and the perceptual thresholds of audience experiences with artificial agency. He has collaborated with major cultural and scientific institutions including the Royal Academy of Arts, the Medical Research Council, and the BBC, producing large-scale public installations for clients like Twitter, Nike, Arup, Buro Happold, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Additionally, he works with choreographers and technologists in interdisciplinary studios to explore new forms of kinetic, intelligent, and spatially responsive environments.