• A snake-like robot for internal inspection of complex pipe structures (PIKo) 

      Fjerdingen, Sigurd Aksnes; Liljeback, Pål; Transeth, Aksel Andreas (Chapter, 2009)
      This paper presents a mechanism for navigating complex pipe structures, both horizontally and vertically. The mechanism consists of a series of identical modules interconnected by two degree of freedom active joints. A set ...
    • AUV Pipeline Following using Reinforcement Learning 

      Fjerdingen, Sigurd Aksnes; Kyrkjebø, Erik; Transeth, Aksel Andreas (Chapter, 2010)
      This paper analyzes the application of several reinforcement learning techniques for continuous state and action spaces to pipeline following for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Continuous space SARSA is compared ...
    • Bevegelsesplanlegging og regulering av mobile robotmanipulatorer 

      Myhre, Ulrich Solli (Master thesis, 2011)
      Mobile robot manipulators will be prevalent in addressing many future needs such as contributing to the caring for an aging population, as well as monitoring environmental pollution and removing contamination. However, a ...
    • Modeling and Path-following for a snake robot with active wheels 

      Murugendran, Boathymathava; Transeth, Aksel Andreas; Fjerdingen, Sigurd Aksnes (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      Snake robots with active wheels provide interesting opportunities within many areas such as inspection and maintenance and search and rescue operations. The highly-articulated body of a snake robot combined with the ...
    • Optisk positurestimering for bevegelse i 5 frihetsgrader 

      Fjerdingen, Sigurd Aksnes (Master thesis, 2007)
      Fjerdingen fremla i 2006 en løsningsmetode for kamerabasert absolutt posisjonering for tre frihetsgrader, ved bruk av et referansemønster. Denne rapporten presenterer en løsningsmetode for fem frihetsgrader med tilsvarende ...
    • Robust pipeline localization for an autonomous underwater vehicle using stereo vision and echo sounder data 

      Breivik, Gøril Margrethe; Fjerdingen, Sigurd Aksnes; Skotheim, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      Submarine oil and gas pipeline inspection is a highly time and cost consuming task. Using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for such applications represents a great saving potential. However, the AUV navigation system ...
    • Using the Kinect Sensor for Social Robotics 

      Albrektsen, Sigurd Mørkved (Master thesis, 2011)
      This thesis presents an innovative approach to social robotics through gesture recognition. The focus is on recognizing gestures because this is an important aspect regarding interpretation of a person's intent when he or ...