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Ronny Danielsen
Professor
Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen
Head of Department
Department of Engineering Cybernetics
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Key Scientist CoE Autonomous Marine
Operations and Systems (AMOS)
- Director of the NTNU TSO ICT programme of Robotics
- Board member IEEE Control
Systems Society - Board of Governors
- Council
member SINTEF
ICT
- Senior
member IEEE
Google scholar profile
Research
Publications
Research
interests
- Nonlinear
control theory
- Motion control of mechanical
systems, in particular ships, AUVs, robot manipulators, snake robots and
satellites
- Autonomous vehicles
- Robotics
- Cooperative and coordinated
control of mechanical systems
- Underactuated
and nonholonomic systems
PhD
candidates
- Filippo Sanfilippo
- Eleni Kelasidi [LI]
- Ehsan Rezapour [LI]
- Bo Peng [LI] (co-advised)
- Walter Caharija [LI]
- Magnus Christian Bjerkeng
[LI]
- Daniel de Almeida Fernandes [LI]
(co-advised)
- Johannes Schrimpf
(co-advised)
Former
PhD candidates
- Arnfinn Aas Eielsen [LI]
(co-advised), PhD thesis: Topics in Control of Nanopositioning Devices, NTNU
thesis 2013:315.
- Mernout Burger [LI], PhD
thesis: Disturbance Rejecton using Conditional Integrators, NTNU thesis
2011:4.
- Pål Liljebäck [LI], PhD
thesis: Modelling, Development, and Control of
Snake Robots, NTNU thesis 2011:70.
Awarded the 2011
ExxonMobil prize for best doctoral dissertation at NTNU.
- Pål From
[LI] (co-advised), PhD thesis: Off-Shore Robotics Robust and Optimal
Solutions for Autonomous Operations, NTNU thesis 2010:96.
- Anne Karin Bondhus, PhD thesis:
Leader-Follower Synchronization of Mechanical Systems, NTNU thesis 2010:58.
- David Moreno Salinas
(visiting), Dpto. Informática
y Automática, ETSI Informática,
UNED, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain. Fall 2009.
- Even Børhaug
[LI], PhD thesis: Nonlinear Control and Synchronization of Mechanical
Systems, NTNU thesis 2008:298.
- Aksel Andreas Transeth [LI] PhD
thesis: Modeling and Control of Snake Robots, NTNU thesis 2008:2.
- Jon E. Refsnes
[LI] (co-advised) PhD thesis: Nonlinear Model-Based Control of Slender
Body AUVs, NTNU thesis 2008:60.
- Erik Kyrkjebø [LI] PhD
thesis: Motion Coordination of Mechanical Systems: Leader-Follower
Synchronization of Euler-Lagrange Systems using Output Feedback Control, NTNU thesis 2007:60
- Lars Alminde
[LI] (visiting) Automation and Control, Aalborg University, Aalborg,
Denmark. Fall 2006.
- Reza Ghabcheloo
[LI] (visiting) Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica (ISR), Instituto Superior Técnico
(IST), Lisbon, Portugal. Spring
2006.
Post
Docs
- Christian
Holden [LI] 2011-2013.
- Pål
Liljebäck [LI] 2011-2015.
Former
Post Docs
- Erik Kyrkjebø [LI] 2007-2008.
- Alexey Pavlov [LI]
2005-2007.
Teaching
Courses
Student Projects
- Fall 2013 MSc student projects (Prosjektoppgaver)
- Spring 2014 MSc student projects (Hovedoppgaver)
Dissemination
- Fremtiden
er her. Bilag om teknisk kybernetikk i Dagens Næringsliv 6. mars 2013.
- AMOS skal gjøre verden smartere, By
Svein Inge Meland, Adresseavisen 2013-02-26.
- Roboter
skal øke realfagsinteressen. NRK 2012-11-29.
- Denne
roboten kan gjøre egne valg. Dagbladet Magasinet, 2009-09-15.
- Robotbarna. By Åse
Dragland. Gemini No. 3, 2009.
- Snake robot uses obstacles for
locomotion. By Mason Inman. New Scientist,
March 2008.
- Il serpente
meccanico. By Alessio
Balbi. TV
Repubblica, 2008-03-05.
- Reparere...transportere...patruljere.
By Hege J. Tunstad. Gemini No. 1, 2008
- Myk
professor. By Heidi Bolstad. Adresseavisen Ukeadressa, 2007-02-17.
- Fartøy
i flokk og formasjon. By Hege J. Tunstad. Gemini No. 5, 2006, and in
Byens Næringsliv 2006-12-05. Koreografi for båt. Forskning.no, 2007-01-05.
- Seduced by snake robots. By
Synnøve Ressem. Universitetsavisa
2006-09-21.
- Snake robot to the rescue. By Åse
Dragland.Gemini 2005/2006.
- Anna Konda is also addressed several places at the web, including Slashdot: Anna Konda, the Robotic Firefighter, Engadget: Anna Konda: the firefighting snakebot, Technovelgy: Robotic Fire Hose Anna Konda, and Innovations report: Snake robot to the rescue. - Verdens
mest avanserte brannslange. By Anne Marte Blindheim. Dagbladet,
15.02.2005.
- Q&A:
Norwegian Professor Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen. By Sarah Asp. Viking
Magazine, Sons of Norway, May 2005
- Ubåtprofessoren By
Beate Horg. Gemini Ung, 2004. Reprint: Yrke og utdanning - supplement to
Adresseavisen 2005-02-02.
- Møt
Slangeroboten Anna Conda. NRK Midnytt. 18.40 News 2005-02-08.
- Med kontroll på det meste...By Synnøve Ressem. Gemini no. 2, 2003. English Reprint: "In Full Control - Most of the Time." The Norseman no. 5, 2003, pp. 19-21.